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Confronting the Myth of Rapid Obsolescence in Computing Research
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Confronting the Myth of Rapid Obsolescence in Computing Research

Computing research ages more slowly than research in other scientific disciplines, supporting the call for parity in funding.

blog@CACM | 08.26.2010
My Top 10 Assertions About Data Warehouses

My Top 10 Assertions About Data Warehouses

Data warehouses, business intelligence, business analytics, and complex analytics are the subject of increasingly intense marketing wars, seemingly accelerated by Oracle’s recent introduction of the Exadata appliance. Here is my spin on the situation, organized …

Practice | 09.01.2010
Thinking Clearly About Performance, Part 1

Thinking Clearly About Performance, Part 1

Improving the performance of complex software is difficult, but understanding some fundamental principles can make it easier.

News | 08.31.2010
K-Anonymity Privacy Protection Model Needs a Little Help

K-Anonymity Privacy Protection Model Needs a Little Help

The "K-anonymity"  method of providing anonymity to large data sets has raised excitement in realms as diverse as social networks and medical records, but it appears to need a little help.

THIS DAY IN HISTORY | 09.02.1997

IBM announces improved chess-playing supercomputer

After its Deep Blue chess-playing computer defeated human world chess champion Gary Kasparov in a closely watched match in May, the pioneering computer company decided to make the machine even faster and stronger. On September…

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