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Your Mouse Is a Database
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Your Mouse Is a Database

Web and mobile applications are increasingly composed of asynchronous and real-time streaming services and push notifications.

Why LINQ Matters
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Why LINQ Matters: Cloud Composability Guaranteed

The benefits of composability are becoming clear in software engineering.

Interactive Dynamics For Visual Analysis
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Interactive Dynamics For Visual Analysis

A taxonomy of tools that support the fluent and flexible use of visualizations.

CPU DB: Recording Microprocessor History
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CPU DB: Recording Microprocessor History

With the open CPU DB database, you can mine microprocessor trends over the past 40 years.

SAGE: Whitebox Fuzzing For Security Testing
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SAGE: Whitebox Fuzzing For Security Testing

SAGE has had a remarkable impact at Microsoft.

You Don't Know Jack About Shared Variables or Memory Models
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You Don't Know Jack About Shared Variables or Memory Models

Data races are evil.

Advances and Challenges in Log Analysis
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Advances and Challenges in Log Analysis

Logs contain a wealth of information to help manage systems.

Creating Languages in Racket
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Creating Languages in Racket

Sometimes you just have to make a better mousetrap.

I/O Virtualization
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I/O Virtualization

Decoupling a logical device from its physical implementation offers many compelling advantages.

Postmortem Debugging in Dynamic Environments
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Postmortem Debugging in Dynamic Environments

Many modern dynamic languages lack tools for understanding complex failures.

How Will Astronomy Archives Survive the Data Tsunami?
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How Will Astronomy Archives Survive the Data Tsunami?

Astronomers are collecting more data than ever. What practices can keep them ahead of the flood?

Coding Guidelines: Finding the Art in the Science
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Coding Guidelines: Finding the Art in the Science

Computer science is both a science and an art. Yet, when it comes time for implementation, there is a combination of artistic flare, nuanced style, and technical...

The Software Industry <i>is</i> the Problem
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The Software Industry is the Problem

The time has come for software liability laws.

Java Security Architecture Revisited
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Java Security Architecture Revisited

Difficult technical problems and tough business challenges.

OCaml For the Masses
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OCaml For the Masses

Why the next language you learn should be functional.

Abstraction in Hardware System Design
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Abstraction in Hardware System Design

Applying lessons from software languages to hardware languages using Bluespec SystemVerilog.

The World According to LINQ
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The World According to LINQ

Big data is about more than size, and LINQ is more than up to the task.

Verification of Safety-Critical Software
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Verification of Safety-Critical Software

Avionics software safety certification is achieved through objective-based standards.

ACM CTO Roundtable on Mobile Devices in the Enterprise
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ACM CTO Roundtable on Mobile Devices in the Enterprise

Finding solutions as growth and fragmentation complicate mobile device support.

Arrogance in Business Planning
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Arrogance in Business Planning

Technology business plans that assume no competition — ever.
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