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Opinion Sep 1 2014

David Anderson's "Tom Kilburn: A Tale of Five Computers" (May 2014) was fascinating and informative, but no article on the history of British computing can avoid the precedence controversy between the Universities of Manchester and Cambridge.

Opinion Jul 1 2014

Snowden Weak Link: Copying to USB Device

I wish reality were as simple as Bob Toxen made it out to be in his article "The NSA and Snowden: Securing the All-Seeing Eye" (May 2014).

Computing Applications

News Jun 1 2014

Visualizations Make Big Data Meaningful

New techniques are designed to translate "invisible numbers" into visible images.

Computing Applications

Opinion Jun 1 2014

Efficient Code to Counter Dying Moore’s Law

If Moore's Law is indeed winding down, as Moshe Y. Vardi said in "Moore's Law and the Sand-Heap Paradox" (May 2014), software practitioners must focus even more than they already do on developing efficient code.

Computing Applications

News May 1 2014

ACM’s 2014 General Election: Please Take This Opportunity to Vote

Meet the candidates who introduce their plans — and stands — for the Association.

Computing Applications

Opinion May 1 2014

Know Your Steganographic Enemy

"Trends in Steganography" (Mar. 2014) included a good survey of the history of data hiding and a comprehensive list of methods for inserting bits into cover objects but omitted an important actor from the scene — the enemy.

Computing Profession

Opinion Apr 1 2014

Code That Missed Mars

Gerard J. Holzmann's article "Mars Code" (Feb. 2014) demonstrated a nonblocking implementation of concurrent double-ended queues to not work through an application of Holzmann's own Spin model checker. However, the demonstration seemed too shallow.

Computing Applications

Opinion Mar 1 2014

Develop Research Culture in the Arab Middle East

The Arab Middle East needs a cultural revolution in terms of research, especially in computer science.

Computing Applications

Opinion Feb 1 2014

Contribute More Than Algorithmic Speculation

Jacob Loveless et al.'s article "Online Algorithms in High-Frequency Trading" (Oct. 2013) is an example of potentially valuable research misdirected.

Computing Applications

News Feb 1 2014

ACM Fellows Inducted

ACM has recognized 50 of its members for their contributions to computing that are driving innovations across multiple domains and disciplines.

Computing Applications

Shape the Future of Computing

ACM encourages its members to take a direct hand in shaping the future of the association. There are more ways than ever to get involved.

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