July 2007 - Vol. 50 No. 7

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Opinion Editorial pointers Jul 1 2007

Editorial Pointers

The time has come to take computer games seriously, really seriously, says Michael Zyda, professor of engineering practice at the University of Southern California where he is director of the USC GamePipe Laboratory. Zyda is one of the leading voices in a growing band of academic and industry researchers calling for the creation of a […]

Diane Crawford

Computing Applications

News News track Jul 1 2007

The U.S. Department of Defense is using some of the nation’s top technology venture capitalists and strategists to help it tap innovations from tiny start-up companies that have not traditionally been a part of the military’s vast supply chain. The New York Times reports the program provides a regular exchange of ideas and meetings among […]

CACM Staff

Computing Applications

Opinion The profession of IT Jul 1 2007

Computing Is a Natural Science

Information processes and computation continue to be found abundantly in the deep structures of many fields. Computing is not---in fact, never was---a science only of the artificial.

Peter J. Denning

Computing Applications

Opinion Technology strategy and management Jul 1 2007

The Changing Labyrinth of Software Pricing

Exploring the malleable revenue pathways among the different varieties of pricing strategies.

Michael A. Cusumano

Computing Applications

Opinion Viewpoint Jul 1 2007

Public vs. Private Interest on the Internet

Why network owners should not be the sole arbiters of access to networks, including the Internet.

Abbe Mowshowitz and Nanda Kumar

Computing Applications

Research and Advances Creating a science of games Jul 1 2007

The same technology that makes interactive 3D games so entertaining in the physical action domain is just as effective in education, training, and other more serious applications.

Michael Zyda

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Research and Advances Creating a science of games Jul 1 2007

Games For Science and Engineering Education

Video games can teach science and engineering better than lectures. Are they a cure for a numbing 200-person class?

Merrilea J. Mayo

Computing Applications

Research and Advances Creating a science of games Jul 1 2007

Games For Training

DARPA simulations teach habits of thought so soldiers respond on the first day of combat as if they had been there a week. More often than not, it's don't shoot, talk instead.

Ralph E. Chatham

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Research and Advances Creating a science of games Jul 1 2007

How to Build Serious Games

Like a discovery game that requires players to earn the right to take on new challenges, Immune Attack compels its players to learn the rules of the immune system before it reveals deeper biological insight.

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Research and Advances Creating a science of games Jul 1 2007

Carnegie Mellon’s Entertainment Technology Center: Combining the Left and Right Brain

This professional master's degree program puts artists and technologists together on interdisciplinary teams to create interactive experiences.

Randy Pausch and Don Marinelli

Computing Applications

Research and Advances Creating a science of games Jul 1 2007

Using Storytelling to Motivate Programming

Using the Storytelling Alice programming environment to create computer-animated movies inspires middle school girls' interest in learning to program computers.

Caitlin Kelleher and Randy Pausch

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Research and Advances Creating a science of games Jul 1 2007

Real-Time Sound Synthesis and Propagation For Games

Simulating the complete process of sound synthesis and propagation by exploiting aural perception makes the experience of playing games much more realistic and immersive.

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Research and Advances Jul 1 2007

Evaluating the Efficacy of a Terrorism Question/Answer System

The TARA Project examined how a trio of modified chatterbots could be used to disseminate terrorism-related information to the general public.

Robert P. Schumaker, Ying Liu, Mark Ginsburg, and Hsinchun Chen

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Practice Jul 1 2007

An Architecture For a Next-Generation Holistic E-Recruiting System

Online recruiting has revolutionized the way businesses worldwide hire employees. The next step is to seamlessly integrate existing systems to create a comprehensive---and complex---corporate career center.

In Lee

Computing Applications

Research and Advances Jul 1 2007

Collaborative Structuring: Organizing Document Repositories Effectively and Efficiently

Improving how documents are managed and data is storedand exchanged in systems.

Harris Wu and Michael Gordon

Computing Applications

Research and Advances Jul 1 2007

Examining RFID Applications in Supply Chain Management

Technology infrastructure, business process, and managerial issues must be addressed by IT practitioners as they adapt to the business changes associated with the diffusion of RFID technology in the supply chain.

Fred Niederman, Richard G. Mathieu, Roger Morley, and Ik-Whan Kwon

Computing Applications

Research and Advances Jul 1 2007

A Knowledge Architecture For IT Security

The major benefits of knowledge management, particularly as it pertains to security measures, makes it critical that organizations have a mechanism for defining and identifying knowledge needs.

Someswar Kesh and Pauline Ratnasingam

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Research and Advances Jul 1 2007

A Roadmap For Comprehensive Online Privacy Policy Management

A framework supporting the privacy policy life cycle helps guide the kind of research to consider before sound privacy answers may be realized.

Annie I. Antón, Elisa Bertino, Ninghui Li, and Ting Yu

Computing Applications

Research and Advances Jul 1 2007

The Effects of Web-Based Technologies on Knowledge Transfer

Does using enhanced Web-based services increase problem-solving skills?

Waymond Rodgers and Solomon Negash

Computing Applications

Opinion Technical opinion Jul 1 2007

Conferences Under Scrutiny

Considering some of the perceived vagaries of the conference peer-review process and proposing ways to improve evaluation procedures.

Sabah Al-Fedaghi

Computing Applications

Opinion Hot Links Jul 1 2007

Top 10 Downloads from ACM’s Digital Library

Communications of the ACM Volume 50, Number 7 (2007), Page 135 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 April 2007 Table. Top 10 Most Popular Magazine and […]

Computing Applications

Opinion Inside risks Jul 1 2007

Disasters Evermore?

The U.S. is not good at preventing or handling disasters, so it is time to consider reducing the size of the nation’s vulnerable targets: the concentrations of populations in risky areas, the concentrations of hazardous materials, and the concentration of economic power in the huge corporations that sit astride the nation’s critical infrastructures. The devastation […]

Charles Perrow

Computing Applications

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