Harvard Business School rejected 119 applicants who accessed a portion of a Web site to learn whether they were accepted to the elite school before official notifications were sent out. USA Today reports the applicants were able to view files at AppyYourself (www.apply-yourself.com), a company that manages Web pages used by students to apply to […]
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An international team of scientists has joined to genetically identify—or provide a barcode for—every plant and animal species on Earth. The Barcode of Life Initiative promises to build the largest database of DNA snippets from every known (and heretofore unknown) species on the planet, linking them to photos, facts, and a variety of scientific data. […]
The U.S. will suffer at least one devastating attack to its national information network or power grid in the next decade, says a majority of experts responding to a recent survey by Pew Internet & American Life and Elon University. The survey of more than 1,285 experts found 66% believed the U.S. will endure either […]
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Sigs Announce Candidates For Election
ACM – Association for Computing Machinery Advanced Search Browse About Sign in Register Advanced Search Journals Magazines Proceedings Books SIGs Conferences People More Search ACM Digital Library SearchSearch Advanced Search Communications of the ACM Magazine Home Latest Issue Archive Authors Affiliations Award Winners More HomeMagazinesCommunications of the ACMVol. 48, No. 3SIGs announce candidates for election […]
The good news is the video game industry is exploding, with a global market that was expected to exceed $35 billion by year-end 2004. The bad news is the legion of programmers working under pressure to churn out hits for the game industry is burning out at a rapid rate. A recent survey by the […]
Notice of Intent to De-Charter Professional Chapters
ACM is considering the de-charter of the following chapters due to inactivity. Members interested in revitalizing their chapters should contact Lauren Ryan, Local Activities Coordinator, at local_activities@acm.org. ACM will terminate the chapters listed below after 90 days unless interested volunteers express a desire to reactivate their chapter by redoing their bylaws and preparing acceptable revitalization […]
Notice of Intent to De-Charter Student Chapters
ACM is considering the de-charter of the following chapters due to inactivity. Members interested in revitalizing their chapters should contact Lauren Ryan, Local Activities Coordinator, at local_activities@acm.org. ACM will terminate the chapters listed below after 90 days unless interested volunteers express a desire to reactivate their chapter by redoing their bylaws and preparing acceptable revitalization […]
Sigs Announce Candidates For Election
In accordance with ACM Bylaw 6, the following SIGs will hold elections this spring: SIGACT, SIGAda, SIGAPL, SIGAPP, SIGART, SIGBED, SIGCAS, SIGDA, SIGDOC, SIGEcom, SIGGRAPH, SIGITE, SIGKDD, SIGMETRICS, SIGMICRO, SIGMIS, SIGMOBILE, SIGMOD, SIGMultiMedia, SIGPLAN, SIGSAC, SIGSIM, SIGSOFT, SIGUCCS and SIGWEB. ACM Policy and Procedures require that those SIGs holding elections notify their membership of candidates […]
Six airports in the U.S are currently beta sites for the latest in checkpoint security. A $150,000 high-tech detection portal called the Ionscan Sentinel II can identify traces of more than 40 types of explosives and related chemicals, as well as over 40 types of narcotics. Here’s how it works: A traveler steps into the […]
ACM’s global influence as a professional society to which the IT community turns for vital scientific information and professional leadership and guidance was never more evident than in FY04. And as I reflect on my two years as ACM’s president, I find the manner in which the Association has consistently and conscientiously responded to the […]
The DSL Forum, an international broadband consortium, told BBC News there were 78 million high-speed network subscribers worldwide at the end of June 2004; and expected the year-end total to reach 100 million. To appreciate the phenomenal recent growth rate, the consortium points out that four years ago there were only about one million subscribers […]
Computational biologists at IBM’s T.J. Watson Research Center have created an anti-spam filter inspired by the way scientists analyze genetic sequences. BBC News reports the formula automatically learns patterns of spam vocabulary with a proven 96.5% success rate. Indeed, in a recent test the filter misidentified only one message in 6,000 as spam. The formula, […]
ACM Statement on Voting Systems
The Association recommends more attention to integrity, security, and usability in the design and use of all voting systems.
The U.S. State Department is ready to roll out new passports using embedded digital photos against the advice of federal researchers, industry experts, and privacy proponents, who warn face recognition technology has shown an unacceptable error rate. The Washington Post reports the department chose face recognition to comply with the U.N.-affiliated International Civil Aviation Organization, […]
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. government with imposing strict controls on researchers who want to share ideas with colleagues in other countries. The Union of Concerned Scientists issued a report in July claiming current government policies could […]
Technology creates many legal quandaries in life, and now it appears, in death, too. While there is currently no case law involving legal access to a person’s data after that person dies, experts contend this situation must change as baby boomers—the first generation of widespread and regular computer users—grow older. The New York Times reports […]
2004 ACM Awards Banquet: a Night to Celebrate
ACM played host to over 200 industry luminaries at its 2004 Awards Banquet held June 5 at the Plaza Hotel in New York City. The event recognizes technical excellence and outstanding service to the computing field. The 2003 award winners and newly inducted ACM Fellows represent a diverse group of leaders in the computing field and the IT community. The following images capture those honored:
Computer Science Education in Japan
Firsthand observations trace the current state, future potential, and obstacles ahead for Japanese academia.
The National Science Foundation and the National Science Board (which oversees the NSF) issued their strongest warnings yet regarding the loss of U.S. dominance in critical areas of science and innovation and the shortage of U.S. scientists entering technical fields. In two New York Times reports, federal and industry experts traced the steady decline of […]
Is Telemedicine the Panacea For Sub-Saharan Africa’s Medical Nightmare?
"Ever since my eye swelled up, I've gone to church to pray for a cure...I always knew He would send a way to make me better---I just didn't know it was going to be from London," says Anna Mobutsu, a 23-year-old farm laborer, who cannot imagine journeying farther than a bus ride from her home in the small African town of Nelspruit. An illiterate single parent with a 7-year-old and an elderly mother to support on about $56 a month, Anna does not even own a TV to introduce her to a world beyond her own. "But this afternoon I went to London" [2].
Growing a Participatory Programming Environment
A leading pharmaceutical company discovers how programming issues are resolved more effectively when a team approach is employed.
The U.S. government, despite denials to the contrary, is making its first moves toward a military-style draft of citizens with special skills in computers and foreign languages, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. The Selective Service System, an independent federal agency, has begun creating the procedures and policies to conduct such a targeted draft in the […]
April 8, 2004 PLEASE TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE VIA POSTAL MAIL OR ELECTRONICALLY Dear ACM Member: The ACM Constitution provides that our Association hold a general election in even-numbered years for the positions of President, Vice President, Secretary/Treasurer, and Members-at-Large. Biographical information and statements of the candidates appear on the following pages. Enclosed with […]
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