January 2005 - Vol. 48 No. 1

Features

Opinion Editorial pointers Jan 1 2005

We open the new year looking toward the future—that is, future technologists, artists, farmers, builders, teachers, scientists, thinkers, leaders, inventors. For regardless of the path today’s young people eventually choose, all will be guided by an emerging array of learning tools and technologies designed to shape their education, their view of the world, and what […]

Diane Crawford

Computing Applications

News News track Jan 1 2005

News Track

Six airports in the U.S are currently beta sites for the latest in checkpoint security. A $150,000 high-tech detection portal called the Ionscan Sentinel II can identify traces of more than 40 types of explosives and related chemicals, as well as over 40 types of narcotics. Here’s how it works: A traveler steps into the […]

CACM Staff

Computing Applications

Opinion Forum Jan 1 2005

Forum

David A. Patterson’s article "Latency Lags Bandwidth" (Oct. 2004) cut straight to the heart of an issue I’ve experienced daily for the past seven years writing operational support software in the telecom satellite industry. I applaud him and Communications for presenting a topic that is too often ignored in our bandwidth-centric world. Whether we’re developing […]

Architecture and Hardware

Opinion The business of software Jan 1 2005

The Unconscious Art of Software Testing

The subtle psychology of testing.

Phillip G. Armour

Computing Applications

Opinion Hot links Jan 1 2005

Top 10 Downloads from Acm’s Digital Library

Communications of the ACM Volume 48, Number 1 (2005), Pages 19-20 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 October 2004 Table. The 10 Most Popular Courses and […]

Computing Applications

Opinion Staying connected Jan 1 2005

Let Your Fingers Do the Talking

Biometrics is pointing its way into everyday applications. But figuring out how it fits into telecom and wireless services, never mind society, might just get downright touchy.

Meg McGinity

Computing Applications

Opinion President's letter Jan 1 2005

Minority-Minority and Minority-Majority Technology Transfer

Finding technology solutions to help those in need can often lead to welcomed answers for all if we look at the big picture.

David A. Patterson

Computing Applications

Opinion Viewpoint Jan 1 2005

Global Linguistic Diversity For the Internet

The Script Encoding Initiative wants to encode the world's unencoded scripts, making electronic text communication possible for millions of native speakers.

Deborah Anderson

Architecture and Hardware

Opinion Viewpoint Jan 1 2005

Creating a National K–12 Computer Science Community

ACM launches a new organization to help teachers, and ultimately students, to better appreciate the educational and professional opportunities inspired by the computing sciences.

Chris Stephenson

Computing Applications