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CHI 2013 in Paris: A Personal Review of the Conference
CHI 2013 in Paris: A Personal Review of the Conference
05.06.2013

In this short report I offer some reflections on the 2013 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems …

The Role of HyperCard in Today's World
The Role of HyperCard in Today's World
04.30.2013

 HyperCard is an end-user programming tool from the 1990's.  A new version that runs on most modern platforms raises the …

Simplifying Communication
Simplifying Communication
04.24.2013

How often have you picked up a scholarly journal in a discipline far removed from your expertise, only to be …

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Why Google and the Pentagon Want 'Quantum Computers'
Why Google and the Pentagon Want 'Quantum Computers'
05.17.2013

Imagine a computer that can teach your mobile phone to …

Paul Otellini's Intel: Can the Company That Built the Future Survive It?
Paul Otellini's Intel: Can the Company That Built the Future Survive It?
05.17.2013

Forty-five years after Intel was founded by Silicon Valley legends …

Should Patents Be Awarded to Software?
Should Patents Be Awarded to Software?
05.17.2013

The goal of the U.S. patent system is clear: to …

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Anatomy of High-Performance Matrix Multiplication

Publication: ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software

Presenting the basic principles that underlie the high-performance implementation of the matrix-matrix multiplication that is part of the widely used GotoBLAS library.

Arabic Natural Language Processing: Challenges and Solutions

Publication: ACM Transactions on Asian Language Information Processing

A description of the challenges facing researchers and developers of natural language processing applications for Arabic text and speech, and some solutions that would guide current and future practitioners in the field.

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Strategies for Tomorrow's 'Winners-Take-Some' Digital Goods Markets
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Markets characterized by multiple competing digital standards have room for more than one winner, unlike traditional analog markets.

'Small Data' Enabled Prediction of Obama's Win, Say Economists
05.01.2013
'Small Data' Enabled Prediction of Obama's Win, Say Economists

"Big data" from crowdsourcing resulted in more complex predictions.

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