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Opinion Jun 1 1999

Practical Programmer: Is Criticism of Computing Academe Inevitably Divisive?

I was talking to a computer science professor the other day, expressing some of the same opinions that I tend to share in this column—a belief in software practice and practitioners, a concern for some of the directions being taken in computing academe, and a particular concern for what I call the "communication chasm" that […]

Robert L. Glass

Opinion Jun 1 1999

Robert Glass’s "Practical Programmer" column (Apr. 1999, p. 17), passed over some intangibles in his discussion of software inspections—specifically, some of the pros and cons of scheduling group review meetings vs. individual reviews. Though meetings incur extra overhead, they produce benefits such as inspection visibility, mentoring opportunities, and communication opportunities. Individual reviews mean less visibility, […]

Research and Advances Jun 1 1999

Lessons from Haiti’s Internet Development

The country's expanding Internet sector has largely bypassed the government's telephone monopoly, and outpaced regulatory reform, due largely to the innovative use of wireless technologies.

Jon M. Peha

Research and Advances Jun 1 1999

Moving Toward a Non–U.S.-Centric International Internet

New high-capacity links in Europe and Asia could represent the beginning of the end of the rest of the world's having to send its Internet traffic through U.S.-based networks.

Robert B. Cohen

Research and Advances Jun 1 1999

The Wireless Local Loop in Developing Regions

Why data communications should be part of the basic service when building new wireless voice networks in Africa and Southeast Asia.

Mugo Kibati and Donyaprueth Krairit

Research and Advances Jun 1 1999

Intuitive Decision-Making

Combining advanced analytical tools with human intuition increases insight into problems.

Vicki L. Sauter

Research and Advances Jun 1 1999

The Internet in Developing Countries

Access means much higher user fees and costs to ISPs for connecting to the global Net, and geographic dispersion limited to a few big cities.

Ben Petrazzini and Mugo Kibati

Research and Advances Jun 1 1999

China’s State-Coordinated Internet Infrastructure

How can the government use the Internet to promote economic development while maintaining its political and economic control?

Zixiang (Alex) Tan, William Foster, and Seymour Goodman

Research and Advances Jun 1 1999

Considerations For an Effective Telecommunications-use Policy

Creating effective use through effective policy.

Michael E. Whitman, Anthony M. Townsend, and Robert J. Aalberts

Research and Advances Jun 1 1999

Building India’s National Internet Backbone

The government wants it to link the country's huge rural population, as well as its own district offices and new private ISPs, to the Web and the world.

P. K. Agarwal

Research and Advances Jun 1 1999

All-Optical Networks

Enlightening the effects and implications of nearly infinite bandwidth.

Samir Chatterjee and Suzanne Pawlowski

Research and Advances Jun 1 1999

Reengineering the University

Today's university is at a turning point, and turn it must. The time has come to recognize that education is a business and students are the customers.

Dennis Tsichritzis

Research and Advances Jun 1 1999

-Using Autonomous Robotics to Teach Science and Engineering

Learning critical thinking and interdisciplinary teamwork by building your own animal.

Randall D. Beer, Hillel J. Chiel, and Richard F. Drushel

Research and Advances Jun 1 1999

Emerging Internet Infrastructures Worldwide

The rise of Internet communications also means confrontation with the established politico-economic-telecom order.

Milton Mueller

News May 1 1999

Direct losses technology companies attribute to theft are now $250 million a year, and the industry spends another $750,000 a year on insurance and security measures, according to a study by the Rand Corp. The survey included 95 companies representing 40% of industry sales and found 1,700 incidents of theft in a nine-month period in […]

Robert Fox

Opinion May 1 1999

Viewpoint: Saving Our Sacred Honor

I get several Y2K-related queries from nontechnical folks almost daily. People genuinely confused and truly afraid because for the first time in their lives they are not sure they can trust the technologies they place great faith in, and yet, do not understand. In fact, according to one study, the U.S. public rates its overall […]

Leon A. Kappelman

Shape the Future of Computing

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