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BLOG@CACM
MOOCs Need More Work; So Do CS Graduates
Mark Guzdial assesses the first full year of massive open online courses, while Joel C. Adams considers the employment outlook for CS grads.
Mark Guzdial, Joel C. Adams
Pages 18-19
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Technology strategy and management
The Legacy of Steve Ballmer
Assessing the positive and negative components of the second Microsoft CEO's tenure.
Michael A. Cusumano
Pages 30-32
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Law and technology
Toward a Closer Integration of Law and Computer Science
Seeking better integration of the insights from the fields of law and technology.
Christopher S. Yoo
Pages 33-35
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Historical reflections
Actually, Turing Did Not Invent the Computer
Separating the origins of computer science and technology.
Thomas Haigh
Pages 36-41
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The business of software
Estimation Is Not Evil
Reconciling agile approaches and project estimates.
Phillip G. Armour
Pages 42-43
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Practice
The Software Inferno
Dante's tale, as experienced by a software architect.
Alex E. Bell
Pages 48-53
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Contributed articles
Touchless Interaction in Surgery
Touchless interaction with medical images lets surgeons maintain sterility during surgical procedures.
Kenton O'Hara, Gerardo Gonzalez, Abigail Sellen, Graeme Penney, Andreas Varnavas, Helena Mentis, Antonio Criminisi, Robert Corish, Mark Rouncefield, Neville Dastur, Tom Carrell
Pages 70-77
Retweeting the Fukushima Nuclear Radiation Disaster
The Japanese government tweeted to calm public fear, as the public generally listened to tweets expressing alarm.
Jessica Li, Arun Vishwanath, H. Raghav Rao
Pages 78-85
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Review articles
A Historical Perspective of Speech Recognition
What do we know now that we did not know 40 years ago?
Xuedong Huang, James Baker, Raj Reddy
Pages 94-103
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Last byte
Future Tense: The Second Signal
Even cosmic enlightenment can involve unwelcome contact.
Seth Shostak
Pages 128-ff