December 2012 - Vol. 55 No. 12

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Features

Opinion From the president

Computer Science Revisited

In a recent column, I questioned whether there was any "science" in computer science. This provoked a great many responses that provided some very valuable perspective. I have come away from this foray into computer 'science' with several conclusions.  
Opinion Letters to the Editor

Why Open Access?

Concerning the proposed Research Works Act, introduced in the U.S. Congress in 2011, Moshe Y. Vardi's "Editor's Letter" "Why ACM?" (Sept. 2012) left me a little confused as to Vardi's own position on both the law and open access.

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