February 2003 - Vol. 46 No. 2

Features

Opinion Editorial pointers Feb 1 2003

Peer-to-peer (P2P) computing was on the fast track long before Napster put it on the map for general consumption. P2P is, in fact, a natural offshoot of the Net, where…

Diane Crawford

Computing Applications

News News track Feb 1 2003

News Track

The U.S. government is calling for volunteers from the science and technology arena to serve in the National Emergency Technology (NET) Guard. The task force is expected…

Robert Fox

Computing Applications

Opinion Forum Feb 1 2003

Forum

I especially liked Phillip Armour’s idea of viewing projects through the lens of knowledge acquisition ("The Business of Software," Nov. 2002). I work for…

Diane Crawford

Computing Applications

Opinion Electronic frontier Feb 1 2003

Conspicuous in Their Silence

Where are the voices defending the very fought-after privacy rights now threatened in the name of Homeland Security?

Brock N. Meeks

Architecture and Hardware

Opinion The business of software Feb 1 2003

The Reorg Cycle

A natural hierarchical management response to a rapidly changing environment.

Phillip Armour

Computing Applications

News On site Feb 1 2003

Creating a Knowledge-Sharing Community: If You Build It, Will They Come?

Technology may support a knowledge-sharing environment, but getting users to participate in effective ways is key.

Jessica Brazelton and G. Anthony Gorry

Computing Applications

News ACM inducts new fellows Feb 1 2003

ACM Fellows

The ACM Fellows Program was established by Council in 1993 to recognize and honor outstanding ACM members for their achievements in computer science and information…

Diane Crawford

Computing Applications

Opinion Viewpoint Feb 1 2003

Peer-to-Peer Prospects

The P2P design philosophy needs far more detail before we can appreciate a clear picture of its potential.

Detlef Schoder and Kai Fischbach

Computing Applications

Research and Advances Technical and social components of peer-to-peer computing Feb 1 2003

Introduction

Peer-to-Peer (P2P) computing has both technical and social components. Both these components share the attraction of distributed control, where computers operating as…

Richard Lethin

Computing Applications

Research and Advances Technical and social components of peer-to-peer computing Feb 1 2003

Extracting Guarantees from Chaos

The P2P revolution promises freedom from boundaries, censorship, and centralized control. P2P proponents claim the vast untapped resource of personal computers owned by…

John Kubiatowicz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Research and Advances Technical and social components of peer-to-peer computing Feb 1 2003

P2p and the Promise of Internet Equality

Technologies often come wrapped in stories about politics. These stories may not explain the motives of the technologists, but they do often explain the social energy…

Philip E. Agre

Computing Applications

Research and Advances Technical and social components of peer-to-peer computing Feb 1 2003

Looking up Data in P2p Systems

The main challenge in P2P computing is to design and implement a robust and scalable distributed system composed of inexpensive, individually unreliable computers in…

Computing Applications

Research and Advances Technical and social components of peer-to-peer computing Feb 1 2003

An End-User Perspective on File-Sharing Systems

P2P file-sharing systems enable their users to share files directly among themselves without the need for a central file server. They form one of the most well-known…

Jintae Lee

Computing Applications