March 2003 - Vol. 46 No. 3

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Features

Opinion Editorial pointers

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 together, and more importantly, to appreciate our personal state of concentration in order to determine the best time to communicate with us, is what sets Attentive […]
News News track

News Track

Several major U.S. universities have refused federal contracts due to government caveats they feel restrict the integrity of their research programs. Some universities have walked away from federal contracts because the government has insisted on advance approval before research can be published, reports the Associated Press. MIT, for instance, recently turned down a $404,000 study […]
Opinion Forum

Forum

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 Be," Nov. 2002). The notion that a large system should be addressed through several rounds of refinement and recursive applications of UML is very much to the point, though something […]
Research and Advances Attentive user interfaces

Introduction

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 from many users sharing a single mainframe computer through command line interfaces, to a single user with a personal computer using a graphical user interface (GUI). Today, increasing numbers of users are surrounded by multiple ubiquitous computing devices, such as BlackBerries, PDAs, and cell phones. As our devices connect to a global wireless network, we become members of a 24-hour global society---one where we are always connected, and always on.
Opinion Inside risks

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 Agency, will fail to achieve its stated goal of "countering terrorism through prevention." Further, we believe the vast amount of information and misinformation collected by any system resulting from this program […]

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