Educating Computing’s Next Generation
In a sensible world—at least as defined by computer scientists who, as we all know, are eminently sensible …
April 2011 - Vol. 54 No. 4
Features
Here are synopses of four Virtual Extension articles that are now available in their entirety to ACM members via the Digital Library.
Opinion Letters to the editor
I Want a Personal Information Pod
I found much to agree with in Stephen Davies's article "Still Building the Memex" (Feb. 2011) but also feel one of his suggestions went off in the wrong…
Jason Hong discusses how Apple creates well-designed products and what the human-computer interaction community can learn from its methods.
Opinion CACM online
Over the coming weeks, ACM will be diving headfirst into the world of mobility. Our strategy is essentially two-pronged. The …
It's not easy to generate a string of numbers that lack any pattern or rule, or even to define exactly what randomness means.
Engineering Sensation in Artificial Limbs
Advancements in mobile electronics have led to several prosthetics innovations in recent years, but providing reliable touch sensations to users remains an elusive goal.
The popularity of virtual goods and currencies in online gaming is changing how people think and act about money.
British Computer Scientists Reboot
After a year of turmoil, computer scientists at King's College London have retained their jobs, but substantial challenges lie ahead.
Opinion Emerging markets
Managing Global IT Teams: Considering Cultural Dynamics
Successful global IT team managers combine general distributed team management skills enhanced with cultural sensitivity.
Opinion Historical reflections
Reflections on recruiting and training programmers during the early period of computing.
Opinion Technology strategy and management
Platform Wars Come to Social Media
The world can absorb more social media sites, but how many?
Opinion Kode Vicious
Programming is a creative endeavor, and therefore there is such a thing as coder's block. What does it take to clear the blockage?
Opinion Viewpoint
Asymmetries and Shortages of the Network Neutrality Principle
Since the beginning of the debate on network neutrality, and perhaps as an inheritance of that beginning, the controversy has been restricted…
Returning Control to the Programmer: SIMD Intrinsics For Virtual Machines
Exposing SIMD units within interpreted languages could simplify programs and unleash floods of untapped processor power.
Successful Strategies For IPv6 Rollouts. Really.
Knowing where to begin is half the battle.
A Co-Relational Model of Data For Large Shared Data Banks
Contrary to popular belief, SQL and noSQL are really just two sides of the same coin.
Research and Advances Contributed articles
Design Principles For Visual Communication
How to identify, instantiate, and evaluate domain-specific design principles for creating more effective visualizations.
Research and Advances Contributed articles
Why STM Can Be More Than A Research Toy
Despite earlier claims, Software Transactional Memory outperforms sequential code.
Research and Advances Contributed articles
Reflecting on the DARPA Red Balloon Challenge
Finding 10 balloons across the U.S. illustrates how the Internet has changed the way we solve highly distributed problems.
Research and Advances Review articles
Crowdsourcing Systems on the World-Wide Web
The practice of crowdsourcing is transforming the Web and giving rise to a new field.
Research and Advances Research highlights
Technical Perspective: Liability Issues in Software Engineering
The paper by LeMétayer et al. addresses one technical issue in a large and serious problem in the production …
Research and Advances Research highlights
Liability Issues in Software Engineering: The Use of Formal Methods to Reduce Legal Uncertainties
This paper reports on the results of a multidisciplinary project involving lawyers and computer scientists with the aim to put forward a set of methods and tools to (1)…
Research and Advances Research highlights
Technical Perspective: Patterns Hidden from Simple Algorithms
Is the number 9021960864034418159813 random? To my limited mind, the string appears random. Is there a way to use some formal mathematics…
Research and Advances Research highlights
Poly-Logarithmic Independence Fools Bounded-Depth Boolean Circuits
The question of determining which (weak) forms of randomness "fool" (or seem totally random to) a given algorithm is a basic …
Opinion Last byte
Kelly Gotlieb recalls the early days of computer science in Canada.
Opinion Viewpoints: Virtual extension
Reaching Future Computer Scientists
The decline in undergraduate enrollment at the university level is well documented and it begins in high school. We advocate university faculty…
Research and Advances Contributed articles: Virtual extension
Emergency! Web 2.0 to the Rescue!
Emergent serendipity fosters volunteerism driven by creative problem solving, not simply following directions.
Research and Advances Contributed articles: Virtual extension
A Research Doctorate For Computing Professionals
Looking back on the first decade of the Doctor of Professional Studies in Computing---an ambitious doctoral track for people who want to do research in an industrial…
Research and Advances Review articles: Virtual extension
Achievements and Challenges in Software Reverse Engineering
Deeply understanding the intricacies of software must always come before any considerations for modifying it.
