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Opinion Dec 1 2011

To Boost Presentation Quality, Ask Questions

Moshe Y. Vardi's "Are You Talking to Me?" (Sept. 2011) said conference attendees are sometimes unable to follow speakers' presentations and eventually give up trying. How about an experimental conference where session chairs are expected to ask questions during presentations?

News Dec 1 2011

Nominees For Elections and Report of the ACM Nominating Committee

In accordance with the Constitution and Bylaws of the ACM, the Nominating Committee hereby submits the following slate of nominees for ACM's officers.

Computing Applications

Opinion Nov 1 2011

Justice For Jahromi

The computer science community is deeply concerned over the fate of Masaud Jahromi, chairman of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Ahlia University in Bahrain. Jahromi was arrested and taken from his home April 14, 2011.

Computing Applications

News Nov 1 2011

In the Virtual Extension

To ensure the timely publication of articles, Communications created the Virtual Extension to bring readers high-quality articles in an online-only format. The following article is now available in its entirety to ACM members via the Digital Library.

Computing Applications

News Oct 1 2011

In the Virtual Extension

To ensure the timely publication of articles, Communications created the Virtual Extension to bring readers high-quality articles in an online-only format. The following articles are now available in their entirety to ACM members via the Digital Library.

Computing Applications

Opinion Sep 1 2011

Solved, For All Practical Purposes

Moshe Y. Vardi's Editor's Letter "Solving the Unsolvable" (July 2011) raised an important point — that we should reconsider the meaning of unsolvability. Even though a problem may be theoretically unsolvable, we should, perhaps, still try to solve it.

News Sep 1 2011

In the Virtual Extension

To ensure the timely publication of articles, Communications created the Virtual Extension to bring readers high-quality articles in an online-only format. The following articles are now available in their entirety to ACM members via the Digital Library.

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Opinion Aug 1 2011

A Policy that Deters Violation of Security Policy

In their article "Does Deterrence Work in Reducing Information Security Policy Abuse by Employees?," Qing Hu et al. (June 2011) analyzed deterrence of employee violation of information-security policy based on various criminological theories.

Computing Applications

News Aug 1 2011

In the Virtual Extension

To ensure the timely publication of articles, Communications created the Virtual Extension (VE) to bring readers high-quality articles in an online-only format. The following articles are now available to ACM members via the Digital Library.

Computing Applications

News Jul 1 2011

ACM Award Recipients

Craig Gentry, Kurt Mehlhorn, and other computer scientists are honored for their research and service.

Computing Applications

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