Communications of the ACM
DEPARTMENT: Editor's letter
DEPARTMENT: Publisher's corner
DEPARTMENT: Letters to the editor
DEPARTMENT: Cacm online
COLUMN: News
COLUMN: Viewpoints
SECTION: Practice
SECTION: Contributed articles
SECTION: Review articles
SECTION: Research highlights
COLUMN: Last byte
SECTION: Virtual extension
Let Us - Together - Make CACM Exciting
It's been four months since we launched the "new CACM." By now, I hope it is quite clear to our readers that the revamped flagship publication of ACM has undergone a rather dramatic transformation in both appearance and content …DEPARTMENT: Publisher's corner
The Softer Side of Communications
Much has already been written about the expanded editorial scope of the new Communications. For most of these changes we have Editor-in-Chief Moshe Y. Vardi and his distinguished Editorial Board to thank.DEPARTMENT: Letters to the editor
Letters to the Editor: Prep Students For Irreversible Software Trends
Stephen J. Andriole and Eric Roberts debated how to educate the next generation of technology professionals in the Viewpoint Point/Counterpoint "Technology Curriculum for the Early 21st Century" (July 2008). Here, they offer …DEPARTMENT: Cacm online
Communications Site to Launch in January
The redesigned Communications Web site, slated to launch in January, will post material from this magazine, as well as from other ACM publications, including Computers in Entertainment (cie.acm.org).COLUMN: News
Green Computing
Are you ready for a personal energy meter?Searching the Deep Web
While the Semantic Web may be a long time coming, Deep Web search strategies offer the promise of a semantic Web.Clean Elections
With end-to-end auditable voting, a voter can verify whether his or her vote was tallied correctly and whether all of the votes were properly tabulated.An Inspiring Legacy
Admired and respected by his students and colleagues, Randy Pausch will be remembered as a devoted teacher and innovative researcher.COLUMN: Viewpoints
Historical Reflections: Will the Future of Software Be Open Source?
Tracing the course of influential computing developments and considering possible paths to new paradigms.Computer Experts: Guns-For-Hire or Professionals?
Considering the responsibilities of those who build systems fundamental to significant social functions, institutions, and values.From the Front Lines: DOA with SOA
Diagnosing the symptoms of failing to accommodate critical software architecture properties that often result in the demise of projects.Point/Counterpoint: The U.S. Should Ban Paperless Electronic Voting Machines
Debating the public policy issues involved in proposed efforts toward improving voting systems while considering the range of technical and societal challenges.SECTION: Practice
Code Spelunking Redux
Is it getting any easier to understand other people's code?Document Design Matters
How do we apply the concept of resource orientation by designing representations to support interactions?A Closer Look at GPUs
As the line between GPUs and CPUs begins to blur, it's important to understand what makes GPUs tick.SECTION: Contributed articles
The Topology of Dark Networks
Knowing the structure of criminal and terrorist networks could provide the technical insight needed to disrupt their activities.Crossroads For Canadian CS Enrollment
What should be done to reverse falling CS enrollment in the Canadian education system?SECTION: Review articles
The Many Facets of Natural Computing
Natural computing builds a bridge between computer science and natural sciences.SECTION: Research highlights
Technical Perspective: Computational Photography on Large Collections of Images
This paper wil strike a familiar chord with anyone who has ever taken a picture. The problem is easy to understand— replacing unwanted parts of a photograph.Scene Completion Using Millions of Photographs
What can you do with a million images? In this paper, we present a new image completion algorithm powered by a huge database of photographs gathered from the Web.Technical Perspective: New Developments in Graph Partitioning
Arora, Rao, and Vazirani discuss the most important developments in approximation algorithms over the last two decades.Geometry, Flows, and Graph-Partitioning Algorithms
"Graph partitioning" refers to a family of computational problems in which the vertices of a graph have to be partitioned into two (or more) large pieces while minimizing the number …COLUMN: Last byte
Q&A: A Complex Thinker
Daphne Koller discusses probabilistic relational modeling, artificial intelligence, and her new work with biologists.SECTION: Virtual extension
