August 2002 - Vol. 45 No. 8

Features

Opinion Editorial pointers Aug 1 2002

We’ve devoted many pages of this magazine to the most effective ways to handle, store, secure, and explore the mammoth volume of information now available at our fingertips. Over the years, the searching technologies have advanced, user needs have diversified, and the focus of late has been tuned to analytical tools to uncover concealed patterns […]

Diane Crawford

Computing Applications

News News tracks Aug 1 2002

News Tracks

A compact supercomputer that proponents say could provide the model for high-performance computing systems in the years ahead has been built by the Research and Development in Advanced Network Technology (RADIANT) group at Los Alamos National Laboratory. A Beowulf cluster, the minisupercomputer—Green Destiny—was built from hundreds of “blade servers,” or compact servers stripped to their […]

Robert Fox

Computing Applications

Opinion Forum Aug 1 2002

Embrace the Engineering Metaphor

As Wei-Lung Wang points out in his "Viewpoint" ("Beware the Engineering Metaphor," May 2002), there are many similarities between the work of the software developer and that of the mathematician. However, I question the central thesis of the column, namely that "building software is inherently not an engineering task." The evidence provided by Wang is […]

Diane Crawford

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Opinion Log on education Aug 1 2002

Examining 25 Years of Technology in U.S. Education

The potential of technology has not been realized in primary and secondary classrooms. What conditions aren't being met, and what must be done.

Cathleen Norris, Elliot Soloway, and Terry Sullivan

Computing Applications

Practice Practical programmer Aug 1 2002

The Proof of Correctness Wars

Whether mild or raging, wars about topics ranging from programming languages to methods of indentation are healthy for our field.

Robert L. Glass

Computing Applications

Opinion Viewpont Aug 1 2002

Hypercomputation: Hype or Computation?

Can we physically implement a hypercomputer? So far no one has.

Christof Teuscher and Moshe Sipper

Architecture and Hardware

News On site Aug 1 2002

Additional Methods When Using Email For Teaching

Providing additional functionality and limiting problems by combining a server-side and client-side approach when teaching with email applications.

Ross A. Malaga

Computing Applications

Research and Advances Evolving data mining into solutions for insights Aug 1 2002

Evolving Data Into Mining Solutions For Insights

Our ability to capture and store data far outpaces our ability to process and exploit it.

Usama Fayyad and Ramasamy Uthurusamy

Computing Applications

Research and Advances Evolving data mining into solutions for insights Aug 1 2002

Data-Driven Evolution of Data Mining Algorithms

Fundamentally, these algorithms are driven by the nature of the data being analyzed, in both scientific and commercial applications.

Padhraic Smyth, Daryl Pregibon, and Christos Faloutsos

Computing Applications

Research and Advances Evolving data mining into solutions for insights Aug 1 2002

Scaling Mining Algorithms to Large Databases

Which insights about data structure make it possible to analyze the very large databases collected by Internet, business, scientific, and government applications?

Paul Bradley, Johannes Gehrke, Raghu Ramakrishnan, and Ramakrishnan Srikant

Computing Applications

Research and Advances Evolving data mining into solutions for insights Aug 1 2002

Emerging Trends in Business Analytics

The goal is business effectiveness through 'verticalization,' usability, and integration with operational systems.

Ron Kohavi, Neal J. Rothleder, and Evangelos Simoudis

Computing Applications

Research and Advances Evolving data mining into solutions for insights Aug 1 2002

Business Applications of Data Mining

They help identify and predict individual, as well as aggregate, behavior, as illustrated by four application domains: direct mail, retail, automobile insurance, and health care.

Chidanand Apte, Bing Liu, Edwin P. D. Pednault, and Padhraic Smyth

Computing Applications

Research and Advances Evolving data mining into solutions for insights Aug 1 2002

Emerging Scientific Applications in Data Mining

Automated, scalable systems would reveal and help exploit the deeper meanings in scientific data, especially in biomedical engineering, telecommunications, geospatial exploration, and climate and Earth ecosystem modeling.

Computing Applications

Research and Advances Evolving data mining into solutions for insights Aug 1 2002

Data Mining Standards Initiatives

Lacking standards for statistical and data mining models, applications cannot leverage the benefits of data mining.

Robert L. Grossman, Mark F. Hornick, and Gregor Meyer

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning