July 2008 - Vol. 51 No. 7

Features

Opinion Editor's letter Jul 1 2008

‘Where Do You Come From? And Where Are You Going?’

The noted management consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton recently issued a report identifying the world's 10 most enduring institutions of the 20th and 21st…

Moshe Y. Vardi

Computing Applications

Opinion Publisher's corner Jul 1 2008

The Art and Business of Revitalizing a 50-Year-Old Science and Technology Magazine

By the time you flip to this page you will have noticed there is something dramatically different with Communications of the ACM.

Scott E. Delman

Computing Applications

Opinion CACM online Jul 1 2008

Your Attention, Please

The redesigned CACM Web site will deliver exactly what you want.

David Roman

Computing Applications

News Jul 1 2008

Cloud Computing

As software migrates from local PCs to distant Internet servers, users and developers alike go along for the ride.

Brian Hayes

Architecture and Hardware

News Jul 1 2008

Quantum Computing

Researchers are optimistic, but a practical device is years away.

Michael Ross and Mark Oskin

Architecture and Hardware

News Jul 1 2008

In Search of Dependable Design

How can software and hardware developers increase the reliability of their designs?

Leah Hoffman

Architecture and Hardware

Opinion Viewpoints Jul 1 2008

Emerging Markets: India’s Role in the Globalization of IT

Tracing the exponential growth of the Indian IT industry.

Alok Aggarwal

Computing Applications

Opinion Viewpoints Jul 1 2008

Legally Speaking: Revisiting Patentable Subject Matter

Is everything under the sun made by humans patentable subject matter?

Pamela Samuelson

Computing Applications

Opinion Viewpoints Jul 1 2008

Kode Vicious: Beautiful Code Exists, If You Know Where to Look

Coding is his game, pleasantries distained

George V. Neville-Neil

Computing Applications

Opinion Viewpoints Jul 1 2008

Point/Counterpoint: Technology Curriculum For the Early 21st Century

In case you missed IT, the world has changed.

Stephen J. Andriole and Eric Roberts

Computing Applications

Opinion Viewpoints Jul 1 2008

Image Crisis: Inspiring a New Generation of Computer Scientists

Consider what you can do to encourage young people to pursue technology-related career paths.

Rick Rashid

Computing Applications

Opinion Viewpoints Jul 1 2008

Interview: The ‘Art’ of Being Donald Knuth

In this first of a two-part talk, the renowned scholar and computer scientist reflects on the influences that set the course for his extraordinary career.

Donald Knuth

Computing Applications

Practice Jul 1 2008

XML Fever

Don't let delusions about XML develop into a virulent strain of XML fever.

Erik Wilde and Robert J. Glushko

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Practice Jul 1 2008

Flash Storage Memory

Can flash memory become the foundation for a new tier in the storage hierarchy?

Adam Leventhal

Computing Applications

Practice Jul 1 2008

Beyond Relational Databases

There is more to data access than SQL.

Margo Seltzer

Computing Applications

Research and Advances Contributed articles Jul 1 2008

Web Science: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Understanding the Web

The Web must be studied as an entity in its own right to ensure it keeps flourishing and prevent unanticipated social effects.

Computing Applications

Research and Advances Contributed articles Jul 1 2008

The Revolution Inside the Box

How changes in computer architecture are about to impact everyone in the IT business.

Mark Oskin

Architecture and Hardware

Research and Advances Review articles Jul 1 2008

Transactional Memory

Is TM the answer for improving parallel programming?

James Larus and Christos Kozyrakis

Architecture and Hardware

Research and Advances Research highlights Jul 1 2008

Technical Perspective: Computer Science Takes on Molecular Dynamics

The following paper by researcher David Shaw and colleagues describes their Anton molecular dynamics engine. Shaw's…

Bob Colwell

Architecture and Hardware

Research and Advances Research highlights Jul 1 2008

Anton, A Special-Purpose Machine For Molecular Dynamics Simulation

The ability to perform long, accurate molecular dynamics (MD) simulations involving proteins and other biological macro-molecules could in principle provide answers to…

Architecture and Hardware

Research and Advances Research highlights Jul 1 2008

Technical Perspective: The Physical Side of Computing

Wireless sensor networks represent a new computing platform that blends computation, sensing, and communication with…

Feng Zhao

Architecture and Hardware

Research and Advances Research highlights Jul 1 2008

The Emergence of a Networking Primitive in Wireless Sensor Networks

The wireless sensor network community approached networking abstractions as an open question, allowing answers to emerge with time and experience. The Trickle algorithm…

Architecture and Hardware

Opinion Last byte Jul 1 2008

Q&A: Talking Model-Checking Technology

A conversation with the 2007 ACM A.M. Turing Award winners

Leah Hoffman

Computing Applications

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