February 2014 - Vol. 57 No. 2

Features

Opinion Letter from Chair of Education Board Feb 1 2014

In October, ACM Council approved the publication of the CS 2013 report — an exhaustive 10-year effort championed by ACM's Education Board and IEEE-Computer Society.

Andrew McGettrick

Computing Applications

Opinion Letter from the President Feb 1 2014

Cognitive Implants

Every time I see calendar dates like 2014, I feel as if I have been transported by time machine into the future. Isaac Asimov made some remarkably astute projections about 2014 in 1964, so what might he say today?

Vinton G. Cerf

Architecture and Hardware

Opinion Letters to the Editor Feb 1 2014

Contribute More Than Algorithmic Speculation

Jacob Loveless et al.'s article "Online Algorithms in High-Frequency Trading" (Oct. 2013) is an example of potentially valuable research misdirected.

CACM Staff

Computing Applications

BLOG@CACM Feb 1 2014

Clarifying Human-Computer Interaction

Philip Guo teaches an undergrad through the use of examples.

Philip Guo

Computing Applications

News Feb 1 2014

A New Type of Mathematics?

New discoveries expand the scope of computer-assisted proofs of theorems.

Don Monroe

Systems and Networking

News Feb 1 2014

Should Everybody Learn to Code?

Not everyone needs coding skills, but learning how to think like a programmer can be useful in many disciplines.

Esther Shein

Computing Applications

second-grade participants in 2013 Hour of Code

News Feb 1 2014

Computational Photography Comes Into Focus

Advances in computational photography are making image capture the starting point. The technology is transforming the field.

Samuel Greengard

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

News Feb 1 2014

ACM Fellows Inducted

ACM has recognized 50 of its members for their contributions to computing that are driving innovations across multiple domains and disciplines.

CACM Staff

Computing Applications

Opinion Privacy and security Feb 1 2014

Would Cybersecurity Professionalization Help Address the Cybersecurity Crisis?

Evaluating the trade-offs involved in cybersecurity professionalization.

Diana L. Burley, Jon Eisenberg, and Seymour E. Goodman

Computing Applications

Opinion Education Feb 1 2014

Establishing a Nationwide CS Curriculum in New Zealand High Schools

Providing students, teachers, and parents with a better understanding of computer science and programming.

Tim Bell

Computing Applications

Opinion Inside risks Feb 1 2014

An Integrated Approach to Safety and Security Based on Systems Theory

Applying a more powerful new safety methodology to security risks.

William Young and Nancy G. Leveson

Computing Applications

Opinion Kode vicious Feb 1 2014

Bugs and Bragging Rights

It is not always size that matters.

George V. Neville-Neil

Computing Applications

Opinion Economic and business dimensions Feb 1 2014

Digital Platforms: When Is Participation Valuable?

Assessing the benefits and challenges of knowledge spillovers.

Marco Ceccagnoli, Chris Forman, Peng Huang, and D. J. Wu

Computing Applications

Opinion Viewpoint Feb 1 2014

Ready Technology

Fast-tracking emerging business technologies.

Stephen J. Andriole

Computing Applications

Practice Feb 1 2014

Node at LinkedIn: The Pursuit of Thinner, Lighter, Faster

A discussion with Kiran Prasad, Kelly Norton, and Terry Coatta.

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Practice Feb 1 2014

Center Wheel For Success

"Not invented here" syndrome is not unique to the IT world.

Poul-Henning Kamp

Computing Applications

Practice Feb 1 2014

Provenance in Sensor Data Management

A cohesive, independent solution for bringing provenance to scientific research.

Zachary Hensley, Jibonananda Sanyal, and Joshua New

Architecture and Hardware

Research and Advances Contributed articles Feb 1 2014

Mars Code

Redundant software (and hardware) ensured Curiosity reached its destination and functioned as its designers intended.

Gerard J. Holzmann

Architecture and Hardware

Research and Advances Contributed articles Feb 1 2014

Automatic Exploit Generation

The idea is to identify security-critical software bugs so they can be fixed first.

Architecture and Hardware

Automatic Exploit Generation, illustration

Research and Advances Contributed articles Feb 1 2014

Cryptography Miracles, Secure Auctions, Matching Problem Verification

A solution to the persistent problem of preventing collusion in Vickrey auctions.

Silvio Micali and Michael O. Rabin

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Research and Advances Review articles Feb 1 2014

Computation Takes Time, But How Much?

Timing analysis for hard real-time systems.

Reinhard Wilhelm and Daniel Grund

Architecture and Hardware

Research and Advances Research highlights Feb 1 2014

Technical Perspective: A New Spin on an Old Algorithm

A paper by Ballard, Demmel, Holtz, and Schwartz considers a fundamental problem, adopting a new perspective on an old algorithm that has for years occupied a peculiar place in the theory and practice of matrix algorithms.

Michael W. Mahoney

Systems and Networking

Research and Advances Research highlights Feb 1 2014

Communication Costs of Strassen’s Matrix Multiplication

Proving lower bounds on the communication of algorithms and finding algorithms that attain these bounds are fundamental goals.

Grey Ballard, James Demmel, Olga Holtz, and Oded Schwartz

Systems and Networking

Opinion Last byte Feb 1 2014

Puzzled: Lowest Number Wins

Each of these puzzles involves a symmetric game. You will be asked about your best strategy, but what does "best strategy" mean?

Peter Winkler

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