August 2006 - Vol. 49 No. 8

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Features

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Editorial Pointers

Much has been covered in these pages on information retrieval and management, often focusing on new methods or engines for performing text and sometimes image searches. Blazing a new trail in the retrieval effort is projects designed to index and access multimedia content—a flourishing movement as the related databases proliferate worldwide. Researchers in Music Information […]
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News Track

A promising scanning device that would allow airline passengers to keep their shoes on while walking through security checkpoints is now being tested, reports USA Today. The ShoeScanner uses technology similar to an MRI to detect explosives in five to eight seconds. Rather than remove shoes and jackets, travelers stand in a kiosk where radio […]
Opinion Forum

Forum

Achieving the kind of "flow" in the software industry Phillip G. Armour discussed in his "The Business of Software" column ("The Learning Edge," June 2006) depends on emphasizing computer science fundamentals during CS education, in addition to basic learning. The formula should be (Solid Basics + Simplicity + Outward Focus + Learning => Flow). CS […]
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Top 10 Downloads from ACM’s Digital Library

Communications of the ACM Volume 49, Number 8 (2006), Pages 23-24 Hot links: Top 10 downloads from ACM’s digital library Diane Crawford Table of Contents Tables Back to Top Tables Table. The Top 10 Most Popular Papers from ACM’s Refereed Journals and Conference Proceedings Downloaded in May 2006 Table. The 10 Most Popular Courses at […]

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