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Humans in computing: growing responsibilities for researchers

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Considering the role of institutional review boards in computing research.

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                cover image Communications of the ACM
                Communications of the ACM  Volume 58, Issue 3
                March 2015
                83 pages
                ISSN:0001-0782
                EISSN:1557-7317
                DOI:10.1145/2739250
                • Editor:
                • Moshe Y. Vardi
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