April 2002 - Vol. 45 No. 4

Features

Opinion Editorial pointers Apr 1 2002

Millions of us meet online each day to share a form of community still so new to our social milieu we are just beginning to appreciate the powerful potential it holds. We…

Computing Applications

News News Track Apr 1 2002

News Track

As companies and governments look to secure their most critical IT systems in the wake of 9/11, the worldwide security-software market is expected to grow to $4.3 billion…

Robert Fox

Architecture and Hardware

Opinion Forum Apr 1 2002

Forum

The ACM, as stated in the masthead of every issue of Communications, is "an international scientific and educational organization … serving both professional…

Diane Crawford

Computing Applications

Opinion Log on education Apr 1 2002

Teaching the Nintendo Generation to Program

Preparing a new strategy for teaching introductory computer programming.

Mark Guzdial and Elliot Soloway

Computing Applications

Opinion Digital village Apr 1 2002

Hijacking the Web

Cookies revisited: Continuing the dialogue on personal security and underlying privacy issues.

Hal Berghel

Architecture and Hardware

News On site Apr 1 2002

Past and Future Emergency Response Information Systems

Past and future objectives remain the same in crises, providing relevant communities collaborative knowledge systems to exchange information.

Murray Turoff

Architecture and Hardware

Opinion Viewpoint Apr 1 2002

Anonymity on the Internet: Why the Price May Be Too High

By allowing anonymous Net communication, the fabric of our society is at risk.

David Davenport

Computing Applications

Research and Advances Supporting community and building social capital Apr 1 2002

Introduction

The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon last September shocked us all. Many reached for the telephone to contact loved ones and watched TV or…

Jenny Preece

Computing Applications

Research and Advances Supporting community and building social capital Apr 1 2002

Social Translucence: Designing Social Infrastructures that Make Collective Activity Visible

Making social cues visible and persistent helps online groups govern their activities.

Computing Applications

Research and Advances Supporting community and building social capital Apr 1 2002

A Semantic Approach to Visualizing Online Conversations

Visualizing patterns in online conversations give participants a better grasp of their cyber environment and their fellow inhabitants.

Judith Donath

Computing Applications

Research and Advances Supporting community and building social capital Apr 1 2002

Tools For Navigating Large Social Cyberspaces

The Netscan project helps online participants form cooperative relationships by offering a better sense of the other players involved.

Marc Smith

Computing Applications

Research and Advances Supporting community and building social capital Apr 1 2002

What Makes Learning Networks Effective?

Asynchronous Learning Networks are providing a strong online option to the learning process. Effective ALNs promote student-instructor interaction, emphasize…

Starr Roxanne Hiltz and Murray Turoff

Computing Applications

Research and Advances Supporting community and building social capital Apr 1 2002

The Future of E-Learning Communities

The learning potential of Internet technology can come from the most familiar sources---peers and elders.

Amy Bruckman

Computing Applications

Research and Advances Supporting community and building social capital Apr 1 2002

Audience-Specific Online Community Design

Not all people are easily drawn to the virtual community. Research indicates people of a certain age and lifestyle are indeed reluctant to interact online under any…

Dorine C. Andrews

Computing Applications

Research and Advances Supporting community and building social capital Apr 1 2002

-Understanding the Benefit and Costs of Communities of Practice

Promoting healthy collaboration in communities of practice takes management support at all levels. And management, of course, wants and needs to comprehend what the firm…

David R. Millen, Michael A. Fontaine, and Michael J. Muller

Computing Applications

Research and Advances Apr 1 2002

Managing Risks in Enterprise Systems Implementations

What determines if a system implementation will be successful?

Judy E. Scott and Iris Vessey

Computing Applications

Research and Advances Apr 1 2002

The Professional Development Challenge For It Professionals

If IT professional development is good for overall corporate performance, as well as for IT professionals' employment prospects, security, self-esteem, and climbing the…

Thomas Schambach and J. Ellis Blanton

Computing Applications

Research and Advances Apr 1 2002

Integrating Communication and Information Through Contactmap

Visualizing personal social networks, the system allows users to model and arrange their own in maps of individual contacts and groups, along with the relationships among…

Computing Applications

Research and Advances Apr 1 2002

Integrated It Management Tool Kit

The tools track IT assets, performance, budgets, and resources, managing system development and deployment in the interests of the organization's strategic goals.

Mordechai Ben-Menachem and Roy Gelbard

Computing Applications

Research and Advances Apr 1 2002

Enabling Crypto: How Radical Innovations Occur

Examining the key factors and influences in the development of cryptography.

Arnd Weber

Computing Applications

Opinion Thinking objectively Apr 1 2002

How to Deal with Software Stability

All that exist are heuristics for determining an EBT, a BO, or an industrial object.

Mohamed E. Fayad

Computing Applications

Opinion Inside Risks Apr 1 2002

Digital Evidence

Those of you concerned with privacy issues and identity theft will be familiar with the concept of dumpster diving. Trash often reveals the dealings of an individual or a…

David WJ Stringer-Calvert

Computing Applications