Communications of the ACM
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Google and the Evolution of Search: Human Evaluators
Google has acknowledged that its search results are no longer solely and automatically determined by the company's vaunted algorithms. Indeed, sources say the company...
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Q&A: Corrado Priami Explains Why Computer Science Is Systems Biology's Best Foundation
"Computer science is the best candidate for laying the foundation of systems biology, and not mathematics as it has been thought so far," says University of Trento...
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Dawn M. Taylor on Brain-Computer Interfaces
Brain-computer interface research is finally starting to take off because the expansion of computer capacity has broadened people's ability to digitize and process...
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Robert Kahn: A Different Kind of Internet
Robert E. Kahn of the nonprofit Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI) envisions an Internet that manages information rather than just moves it around...
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An Interview with Jon Kleinberg
Jon Kleinberg tallied a long list of awards and achievements before being named recipient of the 2008 ACM – Infosys Foundation Award in the Computer Sciences at...
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World Will Change Icann's Future, Ceo Says
In an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle, ICANN president Paul Twomey agreed with European Union commissioner Viviane Reding, who recently called on President...
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Inventor: Ssl Not to Blame For Security Woes
It is unfair to blame Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) for security woes because system weaknesses are usually attributed to the browser, while SSL is simply a protocol...
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Rob Faludi Wants Your Toaster to Befriend Your Smoke Alarm
New York University professor Rob Faludi envisions a world of sociable objects that share information with each other and with people. He offers as an example...
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Wikiscanner Creator Virgil Griffith
California Institute of Technology doctoral candidate in computation and neural systems Virgil Griffith created WikiScanner, software that reveals who has made...
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Erin Kenneally on Online Forensics
When a crime occurs in cyberspace, how do you cordon off the scene and process the evidence? Erin Kenneally is a lawyer who helps law enforcement agencies think...
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Jivox Ceo Diaz Nesamoney on Online Video Ads
Diaz Nesamoney jumped on the video bandwagon in 2007 and founded Jivox Corp., which delivers what he calls "TV commercials for the Web." In an audio interview with...
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World Wide Web Consortium's Ivan Herman Talks About the Semantic Web
The Semantic Web could lead to the creation of "mash-ups on steroids," according to Ivan Herman, the World Wide Web Consortium's Semantic Web activity lead. "If...
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Vint Cerf on Ipv6's Future, the Net's Redesign, and Google's Power
ACM Fellow and A.M. Turing Award winner Vinton G. Cerf discusses a range of issues including broader Internet availability and his work with universities as Chief...
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Q&A: Our Dame Commander
Wendy Hall discusses her plans to increase ACM's membership and to create task forces in China, India, and Europe.
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It Built Into Your Jewelery
Henry Tirri, Nokia's head of research, says the economic downturn will lead to more investments in collaboration tools, broadband, video, and mobile technology...
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Q&A: The Upper Limit
Jeannette Wing talks about clusters, creativity, and the power of computational thinking.
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CTO Virtualization Roundtable: Part II
When it comes to virtualization platforms, experts say focus first on the services to be delivered.
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Database Dialogue with Pat Selinger
Relational database pioneer Patricia G. Selinger explores the vast realm of database technology and trends in a wide-ranging discussion with Microsoft's James Hamilton...
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CTO Roundtable on Virtualization: Part I
Virtualization technology is hot again, but for the right reasons?
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