ACM TechTalks

ACM members and non-members alike are welcome to attend our popular series of free TechTalks by expert industry professionals, distinguished ACM award laureates, and visionary researchers from industry and academia. Focused on keeping our global audience of busy practitioners at the forefront of technical trends, professional development, and emerging technologies, the TechTalks are also popular with students and educators. Recent talks have covered topics in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Big Data and Data Science, Blockchain, Computer Vision, Deep Learning, JavaScript, Microservices, Python, Quantum Computing, and more. Registration is free and the TechTalks can be attended both live and on-demand, on desktop and mobile devices. Check this page frequently for upcoming events as well as our on-demand archive. To subscribe to our TechTalk announcements, email [email protected].

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Software Verification in the Age of Artificial Intelligence with Bertrand Meyer

The AI tsunami is transforming every aspect of software engineering. What does it hold in store for the world’s software and for the profession itself? Beyond the buzz, can "vibe coding" scale up to the production of the high-quality systems the world increasingly requires? How do these evolutions affect testing and, more generally, software verification?

ACM Learning Center TechTalk Archive

ACM award winners, leading researchers, industry veterans, thought leaders, and innovators address today and tomorrow's hottest topics and issues in computing for busy practitioners, as well as educators, students, and researchers. Check out our archive of these ACM TechTalks, free for members and non-members alike.

TechTalks on Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

Talks from some of the leading visionaries and bleeding-edge researchers in AI/ML: Fei-Fei Li on visual intelligence in computers and ImageNet; Eric Horvitz on AI solutions in the open world; and Tom Mitchell on using ML to study how the brain creates and represents language.

Toward a Quantum-Native Internet: From Architecture to Protocol Organization

View the recent ACM TechTalk, "Toward a Quantum-Native Internet: From Architecture to Protocol Organization," presented by Angela Sara Cacciapuoti, Professor of Quantum Communications and Networks at the University of Naples Federico II (Italy). ACM Distinguished Member Rajkumar Kettimuthu, Senior Scientist and Group Leader, Argonne National Laboratory, moderated the Q&A session. Continue the discussion on ACM's Discourse Page.

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A Practical Introduction to Agentic Coding

View the recent ACM TechTalk, "A Practical Introduction to Agentic Coding," presented by Microsoft Python/AI Expert Marlene Mhangami. The discussion was moderated by Open Source Researcher Abigail Mesrenyame Dogbe. Continue the discussion on ACM's Discourse Page.

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