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Robert Fox

The Spiritual Life of Projects

The human factor in software development is the ingredient that ultimately gives a project team its soul.

Phillip G. Armour

Too Much of a Good Thing

The contested balance of civil liberties vs. police power was never more apparent than on September 11.

Neil Munro

A Practical Approach For Implementing E-Commerce Programs in Business Schools

Ignoring the `e' component in business education does a great disservice to students preparing for a career in business.

Lloyd W. Bartholome, David H. Olsen

Meeting the Virtual Work Imperative

How collaborative technologies can facilitate face-to-face meetings without the need to even be in the same room.

Anthony M. Townsend, Anthony R. Hendrickson, Samuel M. DeMarie

Introduction

Serious computational results are derived from computer-based games.

Michael Lewis, Jeffrey Jacobson

The New Cards

Michael Lewis

Research in Human-Level AI Using Computer Games

John E. Laird

ARQuake: The Outdoor Augmented Reality Gaming System

Wayne Piekarski, Bruce Thomas

Unreal Tournament For Immersive Interactive Theater

Jeffrey Jacobson, Zimmy Hwang

Gamebots: A Flexible Test Bed For Multiagent Team Research

Gal A. Kaminka, Manuela M. Veloso, Steve Schaffer, Chris Sollitto, Rogelio Adobbati, Andrew N. Marshall, Andrew Scholer, Sheila Tejada

Testing and Demonstrating Context-Aware Services with Quake III Arena

Markus Bylund, Fredrik Espinoza

The ACM Annual Report FY01

CACM Staff

Introduction

The ubiquitous nature of the Internet is dramatically revolutionizing the manner in which organizations and individuals acquire and distribute information. Recent reports from the International Data Group indicate the number …

Murugan Anandarajan

Company Profile of the Frequent Internet User

Web addict or happy employee?

Jeffrey M. Stanton

Constructive Approaches to Internet Recreation in the Workplace

"Banana Time" takes on new dimensions when it comes to the Internet.

Jo Ann Oravec

Abuse or Learning?

France Belanger, Craig Van Slyke

How Do I Loaf Here? Let Me Count the Ways

Cyberloafing in an Asian context.

Vivien K. G. Lim, Thompson S. H. Teo, Geok Leng Loo

Aligning Internet Usage with Business Priorities

Regulating Internet activities so that targeted outcomes remain within acceptable limits.

Claire A. Simmers

Acceptable Internet Use Policy

Surveying use policies of three organizations—educational institutions, ISPs, and non-ISPs.

Keng Siau, Fiona Fui-Hoon Nah, Limei Teng

Does Electronic Monitoring of Employee Internet Usage Work?

Using a controlled setting to study the effects of monitoring.

Andrew Urbaczewski, Leonard M. Jessup

Monitoring For Pornography and Sexual Harassment

The legal basis for workplace surveillance when dealing with two particular Internet abuses.

Raymond R. Panko, Hazel Glenn Beh

Voice Over IP

How can voice over the Internet claim a greater share of the worldwide phone market from the voice infrastructure dominated for more than 100 years by the public-switched telephone network?

Upkar Varshney, Andy Snow, Matt McGivern, Christi Howard

The Status of Helpdesk Support

What do end users want? A survey of helpdesk services found they're more likely to turn to informal and online sources of support, including friends and vendors.

Chittibabu Govindarajulu

Managing Your Total IT Cost of Ownership

Though the TCO of end-user workstations can always be reduced by sacrificing end-user service, careful planning can reduce the costs without the sacrifice.

Julie Smith David, David Schuff, Robert St. Louis

Will Uml 2.0 Be Agile or Awkward?

The UML sits at an architectural crossroad. Will UML 2.0 resolve the problems of UML 1.x or will it succumb to the dreaded second-language syndrome?

Cris Kobryn

Accomplishing Software Stability

The kitchen proves an ideal setting to illustrate how stability and change work together within software.

Mohamed Fayad

Inserting Ilities By Controlling Communications

Robert E. Filman, Stuart Barrett, Diana D. Lee, Ted Linden

Uncommon Criteria

Rebecca Mercuri