There has been sound and fury in the Open Access movement over the past year.
March 2013 - Vol. 56 No. 3
Features
Opinion From the president
I recently had the pleasure of visiting our colleagues in India at the ACM-India Council meeting. The ACM-India Council joins the ACM-China and ACM-Europe Councils, as well as the general ACM Council, as the foundation for the internationalization efforts of our association.
Opinion Letters to the editor
No Place For Old Educational Flaws in New Online Media
Moshe Y. Vardi identified important negative trends in "Will MOOCs Destroy Academia?" (Nov. 2012). But we should regard MOOCs as part of an early, awkward stage of a shift in education likely to produce something unrecognizable within even our own generation.
Passwords Getting Painful, Computing Still Blissful
Jason Hong wonders how anyone can follow the mounting complexity of password rules, and Daniel Reed ponders the attractions of computing.
Computer models may help neurologists unlock the secrets of brain disorders, from Alzheimer's to cancer.
Guided by collective intelligence, teams of small, simple robots could soon accomplish amazing feats.
Cybercrime: It’s Serious, But Exactly How Serious?
Symantec says $110 billion annually while McAfee says $1 trillion. Why can't anyone agree?
ACM has recognized 52 of its members for their contributions to computing that are fundamentally advancing technology in healthcare, cybersecurity, science, communications, entertainment, business, and education.
Opinion Legally speaking
A Copyright Challenge to Resales of Digital Music
A currently pending case will have significant implications for secondary markets in digital goods.
Opinion Broadening participation
Academic Careers Workshop For Underrepresented Groups
A longitudinal evaluation of the application of knowledge, skills, and attitudes of ACW participants.
Opinion The profession of IT
Moods, Wicked Problems, and Learning
Wicked problems and learning environments present tough mood challenges for leaders and teachers. Telepresence and sensory gadgets are unlikely to replace physical presence in these areas.
Opinion Viewpoint
Can Computer Professionals and Digital Technology Engineers Help Reduce Gun Violence?
Ten idea seeds.
Opinion Viewpoint
A proposal for result-based funding for research projects.
Hazy: Making It Easier to Build and Maintain Big-Data Analytics
Racing to unleash the full potential of big data with the latest statistical and machine-learning techniques.
The Story of the Teapot in DHTML
It is easy to do amazing things, such as rendering the classic teapot in HTML and CSS.
Mobile performance issues? Fix the back end, not just the client.
Research and Advances Contributed articles
Exploration and Mapping with Autonomous Robot Teams
The MAGIC 2010 robot competition showed how well multi-robot teams can work with human teams in urban search.
Research and Advances Contributed articles
Mobile Social Networking Applications
They deliver the right social service to the right user anytime, anyplace, without divulging personal data.
Research and Advances Review articles
Discovering surprises in the face of intractability.
Research and Advances Research highlights
Technical Perspective: Video Quality Assessment in the Age of Internet Video
With video delivery, it appears that once again "the Internet changes everything." In this changed environment, what measures of quality are most relevant, and how are they obtained from consumers no longer tethered to a single delivery service?
Research and Advances Research highlights
Understanding the Impact of Video Quality on User Engagement
As Internet-based videos become mainstream, user expectation for high quality is constantly increasing. In this context, it is crucial for content providers to understand how video quality affects user engagement and how to best invest their resources to optimize video quality.
Opinion Last byte
Puzzled: Solutions and Sources
Last month (February 2013) we posed a trio of brainteasers concerning probability and dice. Here, we offer solutions to all three. How did you do?
Opinion Last byte
Q&A: The Power of Distribution
Nancy Lynch talks about achieving consensus, developing algorithms, and mimicking biology in distributed systems.
