February 2004 - Vol. 47 No. 2

Features

Opinion Editorial pointers Feb 1 2004

Just as physical cities emerged over the centuries by creating environments that fostered inhabitants to share and consume a multitude of services, so too are "infohabitants" being drawn to urban life in the virtual world. The roots of these emerging information cities may not be as deep as their physical counterparts, but economic and social […]

Diane Crawford

Computing Applications

News News track Feb 1 2004

News Track

White-light scanning technology used to map the human body as thousands of data points is helping create a sizing database of vital statistics for not only apparel manufacturers, but for the automotive, airline, and health care industries as well. Textile/Clothing Technology Corp. developed the size-extracting 3D body measuring system used on 11,000 volunteers in the […]

CACM Staff

Computing Applications

Opinion Forum Feb 1 2004

Forum

Hal Berghel failed to account for the truly pernicious nature of the W32/Blaster worm in his "Digital Village" column (Dec. 2003). As a result, his conclusion that "Eternal vigilance is the best defense against malware," while unexceptionable, misses the more important lesson Blaster taught us: Defense in depth, not just perimeter defense, is necessary for […]

Diane Crawford

Architecture and Hardware

Opinion Legally speaking Feb 1 2004

What’s at Stake in mgm v. Grokster?

Seeking to balance the needs of copyright holders and technology developers.

Pamela Samuelson

Computing Applications

Opinion Viewpoint Feb 1 2004

Privacy in the Global E-Village

Embed responsibility for privacy into radio-frequency identification tags and other information technology designed to network the physical world.

Gregory J. Pottie

Architecture and Hardware

Practice Practical programmer Feb 1 2004

A Look at the Economics of Open Source

Is open source the future of the software field or a passing fad?

Robert L. Glass

Computing Applications

Research and Advances Information cities Feb 1 2004

Introduction

With so many of us infohabitants living and working on the Internet, we've now established urban centers there, with dwellings, commerce, social and civic services, government institutions, and lots of social interaction.

Jakka Sairamesh, Alison Lee, and Loretta Anania

Architecture and Hardware

Research and Advances Information cities Feb 1 2004

Making Information Cities Livable

Let the most rewarding aspects of our virtual experience and online social interaction also guide participation in our real-world physical communities.

Lee Sproull and John F. Patterson

Architecture and Hardware

Research and Advances Information cities Feb 1 2004

Blending Digital and Physical Spaces For Ubiquitous Community Participation

Blurring the notional boundary between the digital and the physical in social activity spaces helps blend---and motivate---online and face-to-face community participation.

Elizabeth Churchill, Andreas Girgensohn, Les Nelson, and Alison Lee

Architecture and Hardware

Research and Advances Information cities Feb 1 2004

Open Frameworks For Information Cities

Helping mimic full-scale urban environments, this middleware promises to help build a vast ecosystem of e-commerce, collaboration, and social computing, along with access to real-world municipal regulations and services.

Donald Ferguson, Jakka Sairamesh, and Stuart Feldman

Architecture and Hardware

Research and Advances Information cities Feb 1 2004

What Makes a Web Site Popular?

To ensure a constant increase in user interest, clicks, recommendations, loyalty, and market share, first understand the information flows and connection networks surrounding each Web site in cyberspace.

Petros Kavassalis, Stelios Lelis, Mahmoud Rafea, and Seif Haridi

Architecture and Hardware

Research and Advances Feb 1 2004

Telling Humans and Computers Apart Automatically

How lazy cryptographers do AI.

Luis von Ahn, Manuel Blum, and John Langford

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Research and Advances Feb 1 2004

Puzzles in Software Development Contracting

Current outsourcing practices are relatively unsophisticated in comparison with the techniques prescribed by economic theory. Customers end up bearing all long-term risk, and vendors have no direct incentive to achieve long-term system effectiveness.

Yossi Lichtenstein

Computing Applications

Research and Advances Feb 1 2004

How Clean Is the Future of Soap?

If developers are not wise with its application, SOAP may lose the ability to tunnel through firewalls---an ability that represents one of its primary advantages.

Conan C. Albrecht

Architecture and Hardware

Research and Advances Feb 1 2004

A Helix-Spindle Model For Ontological Engineering

Using a forward-lockstep build-test process that combines theoretic and pragmatic approaches to ontology building.

Rajiv Kishore, Hong Zhang, and R. Ramesh

Computing Applications

Research and Advances Feb 1 2004

The Software Customer/supplier Relationship

It's a delicate, dynamic relationship that changes with time, demands, and different approaches to procurement.

Pearl Brereton

Computing Applications

Research and Advances Feb 1 2004

Assessing Data Quality with Control Matrices

The control matrix, long used by IS auditors to evaluate information integrity, can be modified to assess the reliability of information products.

Elizabeth M. Pierce

Computing Applications

Research and Advances Feb 1 2004

Technology Implementation For Telemedicine Programs

Lessons learned in Hong Kong highlight important issues and common pitfalls in telemedicine technology implementation.

Patrick Y. K. Chau and Paul Jen-Hwa Hu

Architecture and Hardware

Research and Advances Feb 1 2004

Interoperability Architecture Using Rm-Odp

RM-ODP gives architects the level of detail necessary to address key integration and interoperability issues.

Csaba Egyhazy and Raj Mukherji

Architecture and Hardware

Opinion Technical opinion Feb 1 2004

How to Quickly Find Articles in the Top Is Journals

Informed searches begin by determining which indexes to use.

Ruth Bolotin Schwartz and Michele C. Russo

Computing Applications

Opinion Inside risks Feb 1 2004

Outsourced and out of Control

Outsourcing (farming out production or other work) is not new. But when advanced technologies such as telecommunications and computing are applied to outsourcing, along with vast differences in pay around the world, the results can be unfair, unwise, alarming, and even dangerous. While frequently providing significant "productivity" enhancements, the associated negative risks include domestic unemployment […]

Lauren Weinstein

Computing Applications

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