September 2003
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Editorial pointers
Diane Crawford
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News track
CACM staff
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Forum
Diane Crawford
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Power to the people
Meg McGinity
Broadband access gets electrified.
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The origins of digital computing in Europe
Seymour Goodman
Retracing the paths of influential, but often isolated, computer pioneers.
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Closing the learning application gap
Phillip Armour
Attempting to overcome the challenges to effectively conveying knowledge.
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Responding to the unexpected
Yigal Arens, Paul S. Rosenbloom
How IT can help prepare for future attacks and disasters.
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Introduction
Keith Devlin
The main benefit of learning and doing mathematics is that it develops the ability to reason about formally defined abstract...
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Why math?
Kim B. Bruce, Robert L. Scot Drysdale, Charles Kelemen, Allen Tucker
The mathematical thinking, as well as the mathematics, in a computer science education prepares students for all stages of system...
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Mathematical reasoning in software engineering education
Peter B. Henderson
Discrete mathematics, especially logic, plays an implicit role in software engineering similar to the role of continuous mathematics...
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What is the attraction to computing?
Vicki L. Almstrum
The strongest motivators include a sense of accomplishment from solving problems and programming; the weakest include being captivated...
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The future of peer-to-peer computing
Alfred W. Loo
An economical method for pumping up computing power by tapping into P2P systems using Web server technologies.
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Record/replay for nondeterministic program executions
Michiel Ronsse, Koen De Bosschere, Mark Christiaens, Jacques Chassin de Kergommeaux, Dieter Kranzlmüller
Controlling the nondeterministic features within multithreaded and highly responsive applications enables the continued use of...
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The role of IT in successful knowledge management initiatives
Atreyi Kankanhalli, Fransiska Tanudidjaja, Juliana Sutanto, Bernard C. Y. Tan
Executives must confront the challenging task of deciding the type of IT to deploy in support of their knowledge management initiatives...
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Security and privacy issues of handheld and wearable wireless devices
Roberto Di Pietro, Luigi V. Mancini
The distinguished capabilities of these devices are also the very reasons they require security and privacy protections of an...
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Creating sustainable competitive advantage through internetworked communities
Ali F. Farhoomand, Pauline S. P. Ng
Examining the effects of transforming the Hong Kong Stock Exchange from a closed to an open trading system.
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Alternate distribution strategies for digital music
G. Prem Premkumar
Digitization of music has created opportunities to reengineer the supply chain and improve its efficiency.<br><br>But how will...
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Information-rich commerce at a crossroads: business and technology adoption requirements
Robert G. Fichman, Mary J. Cronin
The day is approaching when most of our common transactions may be information-rich, but first an extensive supporting infrastructure...
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Concurrent-convergent strategy in IT consulting
Ziqi Liao, Michael Tow Cheung
The concurrent-convergent strategy in IT consulting can be exploited to increase client efficiency, to draw conceptual and practical...
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Open courseware and open source software
Stefan Baldi, Hauke Heier, Anett Mehler-Bicher
Learning from experience?
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Risks in trusting untrustworthiness
Peter G. Neumann
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Building strong e-democracy: the role of technology in developing democracy for the information age
Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko
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Octopus: an e-cash payment system success story
Patrick Y. K. Chau, Simpson Poon
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e-ducation
John Erickson, Keng Siau
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Cybersphere: the fully immersive spherical projection system
Kiran J. Fernandes, Vinesh Raja, Julian Eyre
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A refresher in data flow diagramming: an effective aid for analysts
Lee A. Freeman
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End users: who are they?
Chittibabu Govindarajulu
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Women and the Internet: is there an economic payoff?
Ernest Goss, Uma Gupta
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How self-efficacy and gender issues affect software adoption and use
Kathleen Hartzel
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Data warehousing in environmental digital libraries
Richard D. Holowczak, Nabil R. Adam, Francisco J. Artigas, Irfan Bora
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Web-supported course partnerships: bringing industry and academia together
Ned Kock, Camille Auspitz, Brad King
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E-loyalty: elusive ideal or competitive edge?
Sarv Devaraj, Ming Fan, Rajiv Kohli
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Networked systems for schools that learn
James M. Laffey, Dale Musser, Herbert Remidez, Josh Gottdenker
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An empirical assessment of IT disaster risk
William Lewis, Richard T. Watson, Ann Pickren
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The effect of national culture and economic wealth on global software piracy rates
Trevor T. Moores
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The complexity cross: implications for practice
Scott L. Schneberger, Ephraim R. McLean
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Current progress of e-commerce adoption: small and medium enterprises in Hong Kong
Jeff Hoi Yan Yeung, J. P. Shim, Andy Yin Kit Lai
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The telework experience in Japan
Kunihiko Higa, Bongsik Shin
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Emerging technologies to support supply chain management
Nitin Singh
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Object-oriented modeling with UML: a study of developers' perceptions
Ritu Agarwal, Atish P. Sinha
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Rendering hierarchical data
Jarke J. van Wijk, Frank van Ham, Huub van de Wetering
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The economics of digital bundling: the impact of digitization and bundling on the music industry
Kevin Zhu, Bryan MacQuarrie