Research and Advances – Page 75 – Communications of the ACM

Dec 1 2007

Moving Beyond User Participation to Achieve Successful IS Design

A call for user engagement cannot be scheduled at a specific point in the software development process. Valuable user input comes in waves throughout the project and developers would do best to listen and learn.

Erica L. Wagner and Gabriele Piccoli

Computing Applications

Dec 1 2007

Standards Development and Diffusion: A Case Study of RosettaNet

The RosettaNet consortium aligns its diffusion strategies with its development processes while adapting them to the local conditions in the home countries of its member organizations.

Wai Fong Boh, Christina Soh, and Steven Yeo

Architecture and Hardware

Dec 1 2007

Tracing Variations in Software Product Families

When one size doesn't fit all, what type of knowledge best helps manage variability in product family engineering?

Kannan Mohan and Balasubramaniam Ramesh

Computing Applications

Dec 1 2007

Creativity Support Tools: Accelerating Discovery and Innovation

How can designers of programming interfaces, interactive tools, and rich social environments enable more people to be more creative more often?

Ben Shneiderman

Computing Applications

Dec 1 2007

Implementing Component Reuse Strategy in Complex Products Environments

Tensions grow---and often so do costs---when operating procedures change. This corporate study illustrates how friction between engineers and management can be eased by introducing complementary initiatives.

Ilan Oshri, Sue Newell, and Shan L. Pan

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Nov 1 2007

TREC: Continuing Information Retrieval's Tradition of Experimentation

Large-scale test collections drive improvement in search technology to help users find information in free text.

Ellen M. Voorhees

Architecture and Hardware

Nov 1 2007

How DARPA Structures its Robotics Programs to Improve Locomotion and Navigation

Research teams use common robots and machine learning to teach the robots outdoor navigation and locomotion skills.

Architecture and Hardware

Nov 1 2007

Introduction

Only experimentation can confirm or refute the relevance of theory and established practices.

Dror G. Feitelson

Architecture and Hardware

Nov 1 2007

Information Life Cycle Management

A new framework, created to enhance information life cycle management by clarifying the relationship between value-at-risk and total cost of ownership, helps IT managers build a winning storage environment.

Paul P. Tallon and Richard Scannell

Architecture and Hardware

Nov 1 2007

Workloads (Creation and Use)

Workloads are used to estimate and measure system performance, but the results are only as good as the workloads and models being used.

Alan Jay Smith

Architecture and Hardware

Nov 1 2007

Does Data Warehouse End-User Metadata Add Value?

Many data warehouses are currently underutilized by managers and knowledge workers. Can high-quality end-user metadata help to increase levels of adoption and use?

Neil Foshay, Avinandan Mukherjee, and Andrew Taylor

Computing Applications

Nov 1 2007

The Impact of Size and Volatility on IT Project Performance

Studying the factors influencing project risk.

Chris Sauer, Andrew Gemino, and Blaize Horner Reich

Computing Applications

Nov 1 2007

What Motivates Wikipedians?

In order to increase and enhance user-generated content contributions, it is important to understand the factors that lead people to freely share their time and knowledge with others.

Oded Nov

Computing Applications

Nov 1 2007

Drivers of Price Premium in E-Markets

How price sensitivity influences online customers' purchase decisions.

Hee-Woong Kim and Yunjie Xu

Computing Applications

Nov 1 2007

Experience-Driven Experimental Systems Research

The most direct way toward understanding whether PlanetLab and other such systems serve their purpose is to build, deploy, and use them.

Larry Peterson and Vivek S. Pai

Architecture and Hardware

Nov 1 2007

Experimental Algorithmics

Theoretical questions and motivations, combined with empirical research methods, produce insights into algorithm and program performance.

Catherine C. McGeoch

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Nov 1 2007

Empirical Studies to Build a Science of Computer Science

We learn to develop software by building, testing, and evolving models.

Victor R. Basili and Marvin V. Zelkowitz

Architecture and Hardware

Oct 1 2007

Physical Product Reengineering with Embedded Information Technology

Physical products increasingly incorporate an IT component, requiring manufacturers to adapt their production and support processes.

Prabhudev Konana and Gautam Ray

Architecture and Hardware

Oct 1 2007

Why ‘Nearshore’ Means that Distance Matters

When sourcing abroad, a growing number of companies now weigh whether the location is near vs. far.

Erran Carmel and Pamela Abbott

Computing Applications

Oct 1 2007

Business Applications of Unstructured Text

Crunching unstructured text rather than numbers is the basis for a new class of high-value applications ranging from regulatory compliance monitoring to business intelligence.

William L. Kuechler

Architecture and Hardware

Oct 1 2007

Deterring Internal Information Systems Misuse

Deterring employee intentions to misuse computer systems requires complementary technical and procedural controls.

John D'Arcy and Anat Hovav

Computing Applications

Oct 1 2007

Necessary Measures: Metric-Driven Information Security Risk Assessment and Decision Making

Use measurable, reliable real-world metrics to improve information security decision making.

Wade H. Baker, Loren Paul Rees, and Peter S. Tippett

Architecture and Hardware

Oct 1 2007

Leveraging the Flexibility of Your Data Warehouse

How data warehouse flexibility affects its use.

Richard J. Goeke and Robert H. Faley

Computing Applications

Oct 1 2007

Business Process Development Life Cycle Methodology

An innovative roadmap brings together the worlds of business processes and Web services, harnessing their power to construct industrial-strength business applications.

Michael P. Papazoglou and Willem-Jan van den Heuvel

Architecture and Hardware

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