Invitation to World Wide
Consortium for the Grid Symposium
C++ Creator Upbeat on Its
Future
C++ programming language inventor and Texas A&M
University professor Bjarne Stroustrup said at the ACCU
Conference that a backlash against newer languages such as C#
and Java has sparked a resurgence in C++ usage, claiming there
are now upwards of 3 million C++ programmers. He said the ...
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Investing in the Future of
High-End Computational Science
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill professor Dan
Reed, University of Tennessee professor and ACM Fellow Jack
Dongarra, and director of Rice University's Center for High
Performance Software Research Ken Kennedy contend that "the
prospects for continued deployment and support of ...
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The People's
Choice
E-voting trials in the United Kingdom have shown that such
programs can increase voter turnout among young people while
protecting security, but cost and scalability worries remain.
The results come amidst news of widespread voter apathy:
Political research group YouGov found that nearly ...
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Quantum Computing May Seem
Too Far Out, But Don't Count on It
Quantum computing is making the transition from impractical
science fiction concept to a subject taught in
computer-science classes, even though the science is still
mostly theoretical. Most quantum researchers believe it will
be impossible for computer chip manufacturers to keep pace
with ...
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Intellectual-Property Panel
Tackles the Issue of Patents
Panelists at the Association for Computing Technology's
Intellectual Property and Technology Summit discussed
intellectual property (IP) as a enabler or inhibitor of
innovation. Anthony Colarulli with the Intellectual Property
Owners Association supported IP as a promoter of ...
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Project to Open Internet to
Blind
Mobile devices could play a role in closing the digital
divide for people who are blind or visually impaired,
according to researchers involved in the Enabled initiative in
Europe. Researchers from Queen's University's Virtual
Engineering Centre and Sonic Arts Research Centre are leading
the ...
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Car Computers Track
Traffic
A federally funded "smart highway" project headed by
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Center for Infrastructure
and Transportation Studies seeks to address gridlock by
tracking traffic via a wireless network of cars equipped with
global positioning system (GPS) devices. Motorists ...
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Robotics Research Yields
Results
The Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMUQ) is the site
of very promising research in computer-controlled vehicles for
automated and assisted driving. CMUQ teaching assistants David
L. Duke and Justin Carlson, who hail from CMU's
Pittsburgh-based Robotics Institute, are ...
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Security Guru Wants Access
to Bug Databases
At the Association of C & C++ Users (ACCU) conference
in Oxford, England, Cambridge University security engineering
professor Ross Anderson petitioned software developers for
access to their bug databases so that empirical research could
be conducted on development methodologies. He ...
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Survey: Formal QA Process
Key to Improve Testing Results
A Compuware-Forrester Research survey of software quality
assurance practices examined the QA strategies of 305 U.S. and
European senior IT executives from large companies, as well as
the approach companies take to application quality and the
best practices for improving the rollout of ...
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Video Data Turns Into
Knowledge
The Monterey Bay Marine Research Institute (MBARI), founded
by Hewlett-Packard co-founder David Packard in 1987, has built
a pioneering video archive system for its 11,000 hours of
deep-sea videotape recordings that catalogue animals and
geological features on the Monterey Bay seabed. ...
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Robot Technology Creates
Easy Chair
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University say their new
robotic easy chair is just as big on design as it is on
technology. Designers played a major role in the development
of the SenseChair prototype, to avoid creating something that
would intimidate seniors. "We feel that for ...
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One Size Fits One:
Tailoring Technology to Consumer Needs
Yahoo! senior VP Jeff Weiner disagrees with assertions that
the Web could soon drive traditional mass-media outlets such
as newspapers and TV into obscurity, predicting at the recent
Wharton Technology Conference that consumer personalization is
the media wave of the future. This ...
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Cyber Security Has Its
Limits
The recent intrusion into Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)
business school computers illustrates that not even top IT
security institutions can completely guard themselves against
cyberthreats and that an entirely new way of designing systems
is needed, according to security and privacy ...
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A Trust Analysis
Methodology for Pervasive Computing
Systems
The researchers detail an analytical methodology for
uncovering key trust issues when designing pervasive computing
systems, following a systematic examination of plausible
scenarios through the use of a Trust Analysis Grid comprised
of 11 trust issue categories split into three groups. Personal
...
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UN Panel on Internet
Governance Opens Third Meeting
The United Nations' Working Group on Internet Governance is
meeting for the third time since it was set up in December
2003 to address issues related to Internet governance ahead of
the second phase of the World Summit on the Information
Society (WSIS), to be held in Tunisia in November. The working
...
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Closing Loopholes in L-1
Visa Legislation
The L-1 Visa and H-1B Visa Reform Act recently approved by
President Bush restricts abuses while protecting the
legitimate movement of skilled workers into the United States,
according to experts. The legislation was drafted in response
to complaints about foreign companies who basically ...
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Desktop Videoconferencing:
Just Another Plaything?
Desktop videoconferencing has become a more affordable
option for enterprises thanks to the deployment of Voice over
IP and PC hardware improvements, but the issue of bandwidth
consumption remains a sticking point. Niche applications will
inevitably proliferate among midlevel ...
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Data Fusion
Reactions
The digital reconstruction of the interior of Ottawa's
Chapel of the Convent of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart serves
as an example of how the incorporation of 3D imaging methods
into existing workflows can benefit architectural design
proposals by supporting appropriate accuracy and ...
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Invitation to World Wide
Consortium for the Grid Symposium
The newly formed World Wide Consortium for the Grid (W2COG)
is holding an inaugural working symposium at George Mason
University on May 24-26. As conference chair Peter J. Denning
explains: In the 1980s, the need for connectivity drove the
proliferation of the Internet. In the 1990s, ...
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