July 2002 - Vol. 45 No. 7

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Features

Opinion Editorial pointers Jul 1 2002

Editorial Pointers

The world of computer-generated graphics continues to mystify and enlighten both users and creators. Once used to transcend the real world, computer graphics now mirror the real world to such an extent it’s often difficult to tell where one ends and the other begins. As this month’s special section reveals, current technical advances have propelled […]

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

News News track Jul 1 2002

A U.S. government panel has been formed to check foreign student visa applications for possible terrorist risks, reports the Washington Post. The Interagency Panel on Advanced Science Security, consisting of representatives from the FBI, CIA, State Department, and INS, among others, expects to evaluate 2,000 applications a year submitted by researchers and students seeking to […]

Robert Fox

Computing Applications

Opinion Forum Jul 1 2002

I was delighted to read Philip Armour’s "Business of Software" column ("The Spiritual Life of Projects," Jan. 2002). Indeed the majority of those who think, plan, and act in workplaces are not very aware of the human dimension of the work and might read such words with a sarcastic smile. Armour seems quite familiar with […]

Diane Crawford

Computing Applications

Opinion Electronic frontier Jul 1 2002

True Blue and Vigilante, Too

Does encouraging citizens to work with law enforcement to fight crime have the potential for abuse?

Brock N. Meeks

Computing Applications

Opinion From Washington Jul 1 2002

The Ever-Expanding Network of Local and Federal Databases

Walking the ethical and legal line when it comes to accessing personal information.

Neil Munro

Computing Applications

News On site Jul 1 2002

A Post-Baccalaureate Undergraduate-Level Program in Computer Science

A one-year pilot education, tuition-free, that could be shared under an open-source license with the rest of the world.

Shai Simonson

Computing Applications

Opinion Viewpoint Jul 1 2002

Rethinking the Value of It, Again

Challenging the view that IT is responsible for widespread productivity gains.

Maris G. Martinsons and Valdis Martinsons

Computing Applications

Research and Advances How the virtual inspires the real Jul 1 2002

How the Virtual Inspires the Real

The physical world increasingly approximates the virtual world of computer graphics.

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Research and Advances How the virtual inspires the real Jul 1 2002

The Power to Shape the World

Computer graphics not only helps shape our artifacts but our understanding of what is true about the physical world.

W. Daniel Hillis

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Research and Advances How the virtual inspires the real Jul 1 2002

The Reality of Simulated Actors

The acting of actors will survive the digital revolution; their on-screen appearance may not.

Alvy Ray Smith

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Research and Advances How the virtual inspires the real Jul 1 2002

Computer Games and Scientific Visualization

How should scientists approach the innovations in visualization-rendering systems increasingly derived from computer game tools, interfaces, navigation techniques, and plot lines?

Theresa-Marie Rhyne

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Research and Advances How the virtual inspires the real Jul 1 2002

Intraocular Surgery on a Virtual Eye

The EyeSi surgical simulation immerses the surgeon in an environment of real surgical instruments, virtual tissue deformations, and interactive 3D graphics.

Clemens Wagner, Markus Schill, and Reinhard Männer

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Research and Advances How the virtual inspires the real Jul 1 2002

From Images to 3D Models

How computers can automatically build realistic 3D models from 2D images acquired with a handheld camera.

Marc Pollefeys and Luc Van Gool

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Research and Advances How the virtual inspires the real Jul 1 2002

Virtual Humans For Validating Maintenance Procedures

They can be sent to check the human aspects of complex physical systems by simulating assembly, repair, and maintenance tasks in a 3D virtual environment.

Norman I. Badler, Charles A. Erignac, and Ying Liu

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Research and Advances How the virtual inspires the real Jul 1 2002

Collaborative Augmented Reality

Blending reality and virtuality, these interfaces let users see each other, along with virtual objects, allowing communication behaviors much more like face-to-face than like screen-based collaboration.

Mark Billinghurst and Hirokazu Kato

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Research and Advances Jul 1 2002

A Call For the Home Media Network

"The best way to predict the future is to invent it."---Alan Kay "…or at least posit a vision for others to build."---The authors

Gordon Bell and Jim Gemmell

Architecture and Hardware

Research and Advances Jul 1 2002

Digital City Kyoto

The concept of digital cities is to build an arena in which people in regional communities can interact and share knowledge, experiences, and mutual interests. Digital cities integrate urban information (both achievable and real time) and create public spaces in the Internet for people living/visiting the cities. Digital cities are being developed all over the […]

Toru Ishida

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Research and Advances Jul 1 2002

Smart Card Evolution

Smart cards and their related technologies are an emerging component of electronic commerce worldwide. In some countries, they are revolutionizing aspects of commerce, healthcare, and recreation.

Katherine M. Shelfer and J. Drew Procaccino

Architecture and Hardware

Research and Advances Jul 1 2002

E-Commerce and the Undulating Distribution Channel

Understanding the role of e-commerce in restructuring distribution channels by examining the factors influencing the collapse, shift, and expansion of channels.

John M. Gallaugher

Computing Applications

Research and Advances Jul 1 2002

Managing Electronic Interchange of Business Documents

Establishing a framework for controlled growth of electronic document interchange, based on a diverse set of technological, organizational, and interorganizational factors.

Snehamay Banerjee and Ram L. Kumar

Computing Applications

Research and Advances Jul 1 2002

The Quality of Online Social Relationships

Online relationships are less valuable than offline ones. Indeed, their net benefit depends on whether they supplement or substitute for offline social relationships.

Jonathon N. Cummings, Brian Butler, and Robert Kraut

Computing Applications

Opinion Technical opinion Jul 1 2002

Cultural Complications of Erp

Valuable lessons learned from implementation experiences in parts of the world with different cultural heritages.

Robert Davison

Computing Applications

Opinion Inside risks Jul 1 2002

Beyond the Computer Industry

As computer technologies increasingly invade everyday products, the risks of the traditional computer business must be revisited by each new industry, usually through failures. Issues include reliability of code, protection against component failure, security of data, privacy and security, safety, maintenance, and upkeep. There is one issue affecting all of these topics: ease of use. […]

Donald A. Norman

Architecture and Hardware

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