March 2003 - Vol. 46 No. 3

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Features

Opinion Editorial pointers Mar 1 2003

Editorial Pointers

So, we have all these wondrous gadgets and devices to help us track, find, and keep the information and communication we need and desire. But getting them to work…

Diane Crawford

Computing Applications

News News track Mar 1 2003

Several major U.S. universities have refused federal contracts due to government caveats they feel restrict the integrity of their research programs. Some universities…

Robert Fox

Computing Applications

Opinion Forum Mar 1 2003

I was delighted to see there are many positions taken regarding the upgrade from the stopgap solution UML1 to a well-thought-out successor ("What UML Should…

Diane Crawford

Computing Applications

Opinion Technology strategy and management Mar 1 2003

Finding Your Balance in the Products and Services Debate

Software companies must balance product and service revenues to survive bad times and grow rapidly in good times.

Michael Cusumano

Computing Applications

Opinion The profession of IT Mar 1 2003

The Missing Customer

We can no longer afford to treat our customers as abstract entities. They are real people with real concerns seeking our professional assistance.

Peter J. Denning and Robert Dunham

Computing Applications

News On site Mar 1 2003

The Rise and Fall of an E-Commerce Program

E-commerce may be here to stay, but how to teach it is still up for debate at many institutions.

Mohammad Rob

Computing Applications

Opinion Viewpoint Mar 1 2003

Bounty Hunting in the Patent Base

Like Robin Hood and his band of merry men, patent bounty hunters and software agent communities may one day patrol the patent kingdom.

Bob Besaha

Computing Applications

Research and Advances Attentive user interfaces Mar 1 2003

If there was a Moore's Law for user interfaces, it would state that the number of computers per user will double every two years. In the past four decades, we have moved…

Roel Vertegaal

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Research and Advances Attentive user interfaces Mar 1 2003

What’s in the Eyes For Attentive Input

Eye-tracking systems hold some of the greatest potential among AUIs. Here, two systems that focus on eye gazing demonstrate how this simple form of visual attention can…

Shumin Zhai

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Research and Advances Attentive user interfaces Mar 1 2003

Interacting with Groups of Computers

AUIs recognize human attention in order to respect and react to how users distribute their attention in technology-laden environments.

Jeffrey S. Shell, Ted Selker, and Roel Vertegaal

Computing Applications

Research and Advances Attentive user interfaces Mar 1 2003

Models of Attention in Computing and Communication: from Principles to Applications

Creating computing and communication systems that sense and reason about human attention by fusing together information from multiple streams.

Eric Horvitz, Carl Kadie, Tim Paek, and David Hovel

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Research and Advances Attentive user interfaces Mar 1 2003

Focusing on the Essential: Considering Attention in Display Design

Attentive displays address the need for rendering power and computer display resolution. The five examples presented here illustrate a common goal with very different…

Patrick Baudisch, Doug DeCarlo, Andrew T. Duchowski, and Wilson S. Geisler

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Research and Advances Attentive user interfaces Mar 1 2003

Attuning Notification Design to User Goals and Attention Costs

Why is the attentive user interface paradigm important for human-computer interaction? The human attention system is so sensitive to various methods of notification that…

D. Scott McCrickard and C. M. Chewar

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Research and Advances Mar 1 2003

Adaptive Brain Interfaces

Users interact with physical devices through nothing more than the voluntary control of their own mental activity.

José del R. Millán

Architecture and Hardware

Research and Advances Mar 1 2003

A Framework For Using Insurance For Cyber-Risk Management

Seeking to protect an organization against a new form of business losses.

Lawrence A. Gordon, Martin P. Loeb, and Tashfeen Sohail

Computing Applications

Research and Advances Mar 1 2003

Spatial Data Integration in a Collaborative Design Framework

Building an extended architecture to eliminate boundaries to accessing and sharing data.

Computing Applications

Research and Advances Mar 1 2003

The New Productivity Paradox

High valuation multiples on IT spending suggest that companies are underinvesting in IT.

Mark C. Anderson, Rajiv D. Banker, and Sury Ravindran

Computing Applications

Research and Advances Mar 1 2003

Third-Generation Information Architecture

Addressing the imbalance favoring technology over information structure and design, it redirects corporate information strategy toward exploiting information as a…

Roger Evernden and Elaine Evernden

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Research and Advances Mar 1 2003

Deficiencies in LDAP When Used to Support PKI

Problems arise when a protocol initially developed to simplify access to a distributed directory failed to take into account all the uses the directory was originally…

David Chadwick

Architecture and Hardware

Opinion Technical opinion Mar 1 2003

Object-Oriented Programming of Integrated Circuits

New programming architecture is revolutionizing how programmers control hardware circuitry.

Gary F. Templeton

Architecture and Hardware

Opinion Inside risks Mar 1 2003

Risks of Total Surveillance

The U.S. Public Policy committee of ACM (USACM) is concerned the proposed Total Information Awareness (TIA) Program, sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects…

Barbara Simons and Eugene H. Spafford

Computing Applications

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