Communications of the ACM
Research Archive
The Research archive provides access to all Research articles published in past issues of Communications of the ACM.
August 2017
From Communications of the ACM
The Scalable Commutativity Rule: Designing Scalable Software For Multicore Processors
This paper introduces an interface-driven approach to building scalable software.
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Spin-It: Optimizing Moment of Inertia For Spinnable Objects
In this article, we describe an algorithm to generate designs for spinning objects by optimizing their mass distribution.
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Technical Perspective: Linking Form, Function, and Fabrication
To avoid costly feedback loops between design, engineering, and fabrication, research in computer graphics has recently tried to incorporate key aspects of function and fabrication into an "intelligent" shape modeling process…
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Technical Perspective: Unexpected Connections
The inherent scalability of an interface is the focus of "The Scalable Commutativity Rule" by Austin T. Clements, et al.