Communications of the ACM

Editorial

Page 5

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News track

Robert Fox
Pages 9-10

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Forum

Pages 11-ff.

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Viewpoint: the information superhighway: a worst-case scenario

Jeff Johnson
Pages 15-17

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HTML compliance and the return of the test pattern

Hal Berghel
Pages 19-22

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The role of computer networks in development

Larry Press
Pages 23-30

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Computer science in manufacturing

Michael J. Wozny, William C. Regli
Pages 32-33

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Implementing shared manufacturing services on the World-Wide Web

J. W. Erkes, K. B. Kenny, J. W. Lewis, B. D. Sarachan, M. W. Sobolewski, R. N. Sum
Pages 34-45

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Sharing manufacturing information in virtual enterprises

Martin Hardwick, David L. Spooner, Tom Rando, K. C. Morris
Pages 46-54

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Rapid design and prototyping of customized rehabilitation aids

Vijay Kumar, Ruzena Bajcsy, William Harwin, Patrick Harker
Pages 55-61

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Trends in robotics

George A. Bekey
Page 62

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Rapid design and manufacture of wearable computers

S. Finger, M. Terk, E. Subrahamanian, C. Kasabach, F. Prinz, D. P. Siewiorek, A. Smailagic, J. Stivoric, L. Weiss
Pages 63-70

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Geometric reasoning for intelligent manufacturing

Aristides A. G. Requicha
Pages 71-76

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Challenges in feature-based manufacturing research

Martti Mäntylä, Dana Nau, Jami Shah
Pages 77-85

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Middleware: a model for distributed system services

Philip A. Bernstein
Pages 86-98

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The ORION project: staged business process reengineering at FedEx

James W. Candler, Prashant C. Palvia, Jane D. Thompson, Steven M. Zeltmann
Pages 99-107

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Transition to object-oriented software development

Mohamed E. Fayad, Wei-Tek Tsai, Milton L. Fulghum
Pages 108-121

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W(h)ither research and education?

Peter G. Neumann, Peter J. Denning
Page 154

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