September 2004 - Vol. 47 No. 9

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Features

Opinion Editorial pointers Sep 1 2004

Editorial Pointers

There is a growing faction of software developers dedicated to empowering end users with the tools to become, in fact, software developers. And if this thriving group…

Diane Crawford

Computing Applications

News News track Sep 1 2004

A group of 4,000 scientists, including 48 Nobel Laureates, has called for the "restoration of scientific integrity in federal policymaking," charging the U.S.…

CACM Staff

Computing Applications

Opinion Forum Sep 1 2004

The dictionary defines a myth as an unproved assertion about history, politics, or religious belief used as justification for social action. Peter J. Denning’s…

Diane Crawford

Computing Applications

Opinion Staying connected Sep 1 2004

Weaving a Wireless Safety Net

Relying on the pervasive technology network for security is potentially perilous when the technology fails.

Meg McGinity

Computing Applications

Opinion Digital village Sep 1 2004

Wireless Infidelity I: War Driving

Although WiFi technology security vulnerabilities are well known, the extent of these vulnerabilities may be surprising: War driving experiences identify many potential…

Hal Berghel

Architecture and Hardware

Opinion Viewpoint Sep 1 2004

Preserving Research Data

Granting ownership rights to data, as if it were private property, only limits data access without ensuring the benefits of researcher precedence or the rewards for good…

James A. Jacobs and Charles Humphrey

Computing Applications

Research and Advances End-user development Sep 1 2004

As software becomes more ubiquitous in products and on the Internet, so does the need to develop it. It is estimated that by 2005 in the U.S. alone, there will be 55…

Alistair Sutcliffe and Nikolay Mehandjiev

Computing Applications

Research and Advances End-user development Sep 1 2004

Meta-Design: a Manifesto For End-User Development

End-user development (EUD) activities range from customization to component configuration and programming. Office software, such as the ubiquitous spreadsheet, provides…

Computing Applications

Research and Advances End-user development Sep 1 2004

Reducing Expertise Tension

As an explicit design topic, end-user development (EUD) is rather new to human-computer interaction (HCI), although it is implicitly embedded in many design projects.…

Joerg Beringer

Computing Applications

Research and Advances End-user development Sep 1 2004

The Economics of End–ser Development

The productivity paradox raised concerns that IT investment rarely leads to productivity gains [1]. End-user development (EUD), however, may provide the answer to this…

Volker Wulf and Matthias Jarke

Computing Applications

Research and Advances End-user development Sep 1 2004

Agent-Based End-User Development

The goal of agent-based end-user development (EUD) is to empower end users with agents they can instruct directly. This process of instruction is completely transparent…

Alexander Repenning and Andri Ioannidou

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Research and Advances End-user development Sep 1 2004

Natural Programming Languages and Environments

Over the last six years, we have been working to create programming languages and environments that are more natural, or closer to the way people think about their tasks.…

Brad A. Myers, John F. Pane, and Amy J. Ko

Computing Applications

Research and Advances End-user development Sep 1 2004

End-User Software Engineering

End-user programming has become the most common form of programming in use today [2], but there has been little investigation into the dependability of the programs end…

Margaret Burnett, Curtis Cook, and Gregg Rothermel

Computing Applications

Research and Advances End-user development Sep 1 2004

Component-Based Technologies For End–ser Development

Component-based software development (CBSD) involves multiple roles. Framework builders create the infrastructure for components to interact; developers identify suitable…

Computing Applications

Research and Advances End-user development Sep 1 2004

Natural Development of -biquitous Interfaces

A goal of natural development is to ease the building of interactive software systems. Some work has been dedicated to obtaining natural programming [3], which aims to…

Silvia Berti, Fabio Paternò, and Carmen Santoro

Computing Applications

Research and Advances End-user development Sep 1 2004

End-User Developers at Home

There have been many "homes of the future" demonstrations, in which intelligent appliances communicate with each other for the convenience of the homeowner.…

Alan F. Blackwell

Computing Applications

Research and Advances Sep 1 2004

Calculating Error Rates For Filtering Software

Surveys in the U.S. have found that 95% of schools [4], 43% of public libraries [5], and 33% of teenagers' parents [8] employ filtering software to block access to…

Paul J. Resnick, Derek L. Hansen, and Caroline R. Richardson

Computing Applications

Research and Advances Sep 1 2004

Supporting Systems Analysis and Design Through Fisheye Views

Demonstrating the usefulness of integrating context-based views into the systems analysis and design process.

Ozgur Turetken, David Schuff, Ramesh Sharda, and Terence T. Ow

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Research and Advances Sep 1 2004

Toward the Eco-Grid: a Harmoniously Evolved Interconnection Environment

The Internet, along with its myriad resources and users, constitutes a vast artificial virtual environment that benefits all of human society. But both the general public…

Hai Zhuge and Xiaoqing Shi

Architecture and Hardware

Research and Advances Sep 1 2004

Empowering Persons with Disabilities with Decision-Support Technology

A new software system allows users with disabilities, and their potential employers, to make informed choices about job opportunities and the impact those decisions may…

Computing Applications

Research and Advances Sep 1 2004

Academic vs. Practitioner Systems Planning and Analysis

The gap between academic and practitioner research focus and time perspectives inhibits the education and training of systems analysts and undermines systems planning and…

Susan K. Lippert and Murugan Anandarajan

Architecture and Hardware

Opinion Technical opinion Sep 1 2004

Managing P2p Security

Considering the potential benefits and trade-offs of file-sharing systems.

Jason E. Bailes and Gary F. Templeton

Computing Applications

Opinion Inside risks Sep 1 2004

The Big Picture

In this column we provide a high-level overview of some of the most pressing problem areas associated with risks to the constructive use of information technology.…

Peter G. Neumann

Computing Applications

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