Communications of the ACM
It Is Time to Let Go of 'Virtual Reality'
Advocating standardized terminology and reporting guidelines for mixed reality research.
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The Evolution of Platform Thinking
How platform adoption can be an important determinant of product and technological success.
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Connecting with an Internet Pioneer, 40 Years Later
Forty years ago—on December 5, 1969—the U.S. Department of Defense's Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) connected four computer network nodes at the University...
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Bangalore Blooming Into Innovation Hothouse
Once primarily a place for outsourcing call centers and repetitive software development, Bangalore is now home to a thriving research and development (R&D) industry...
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Broken Builds
Frequent broken builds could be symptomatic of deeper problems within a development project.
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Computing's Paradigm
Trying to categorize computing as engineering, science, or math is fruitless; we have our own paradigm.
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Israel's Technology Industry as an Economic Growth Engine
How government-industry collaboration can have far-reaching economic influences.
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Opening Remarks
Highlighting efforts and providing the rationale to increase the participation and success of underrepresented groups in computing.
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Scientists and Engineers on Boards Will Keep Focus on the Long Term
Companies would likely have a longer-term perspective if more scientists and engineers were included on their boards of directors or other leadership roles writes David...
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On Public Service and Computer Science
Members of the computer science community should become more involved in public service by becoming program managers at federal agencies, the opportunities and...
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The Broadband Price Is Not Right
Developing an effective pricing index is essential to understanding the value of broadband connectivity.
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Are Business Methods Patentable?
How the U.S. Supreme Court's forthcoming decision in the Bilski v. Doll case is expected to affect existing and future software patents.
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Usable Security: How to Get It
Why does your computer bother you so much about security, but still isn't secure? It's because users don't have a model for security, or a simple way to keep important...
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Inducing Innovation With Prizes
The successful completion of the Netflix Prize competition demonstrates that prizes are a viable mechanism for encouraging research in the computing fields, writes...
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Retrospective: An Axiomatic Basis For Computer Programming
C.A.R. Hoare revisits his past Communications article on the axiomatic approach to programming and uses it as a touchstone for the future.
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Dealing with the Venture Capital Crisis
The venture capital industry, like financial services in general, has fallen on hard times. Part of the problem is that large payoffs...
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Reflections on Conficker
Conficker's alarming growth rate in early 2009 along with the apparent mystery surrounding its ultimate purpose had raised concern among...
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Computing in the Depression Era
Since its beginning, the computer industry has been through several major recessions, each occurring approximately five years...
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Contagious Craziness, Spreading Sanity
Some examples of the upward or downward spiral of behaviors in the workplace.
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