XRDS, Volume 18

Volume 18, Number 1, Fall 2011

Neuroscience and Computing Letter from the editor

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  Chris Harrison:
  Reading the fine print. 3

Inbox

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  Inbox. 4

INIT: issue introduction

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  Evan M. Peck, Erin Treacy Solovey:
  Neuroscience and computing. 5

Benefit

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  Daniel Gooch:
  Tech pack. 6

Advice

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  Vaggelis Giannikas:
  Applying for postgraduate studies. 6

Updates

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  Vaggelis Giannikas:
  What a wonderful world (II): ACM student chapters around the globe. 7

Features

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  Amelio Vázquez Reina, Won-Ki Jeong, Jeff Lichtman, Hanspeter Pfister:
  The connectome project: discovering the wiring of the brain. 8-13
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  Evan M. Peck, Erin Treacy Solovey:
  The sensorium. 14-17
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  Brendan Z. Allison:
  Trends in BCI research: progress today, backlash tomorrow? 18-22
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  Robert J. Simmons:
  Ed Boyden: the synthetic neurobiologist. 23
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  Ryan Kelly:
  Subliminal computing: the support you don't see. 25-28
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  Jonathan Laserson:
  From Neural Networks to Deep Learning: zeroing in on the human brain. 29-34

Hello world

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  Dmitry Batenkov:
  Analyzing EEG data. 36-37

Labz

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  Guopeng Zhao:
  HP Labs Singapore: Fusionopolis Singapore. 38-39

Back

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  James Stanier:
  MRI scanners. 39

Volume 18, Number 2, Winter 2011

CS in Service of Democracy - Letter from the editor

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  Chris Harrison:
  Where to go from here? 3

Inbox

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  Inbox. 4

INIT

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  Peter Kinnaird:
  Computer science in service of democracy. 5

Benefit

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  Daniel Gooch:
  Communications of the ACM. 6

Advice

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  Robert Aboukhalil:
  Of undergraduates and research. 6

Updates

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  Vaggelis Giannikas, Ben Deverett:
  Women in computing: when boys come last. 7

Features

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  Joshua Tauberer:
  Inventing open government. 9-11
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  Harlan Yu, Stephen Schultze:
  Using software to liberate U.S. case law. 12-15
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  Peter Kinnaird:
  An interview with Dr. Beth Simone Noveck. 16-17
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  Sarah Cohen:
  Shared values, clashing goals: journalism and open government. 19-22
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  Luigi Montanez:
  How can software engineers help make government better? 23-25
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  Jérôme Cukier:
  Can data visualization help build democracy? 26-30
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  Ariel D. Procaccia:
  Computational social choice: the first four centuries. 31-34
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  Dan Boneh:
  Recent ideas for circumventing internet filtering. 36-40
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  Mohammad Mahdian:
  Fighting censorship with algorithms. 41

Profile

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  Robert J. Simmons:
  Cameron Wilson: ACM's man in Washington. 42

Hello world

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  Anirvana Mishra:
  Accessing the World Bank open data programmatically. 44-45

Labz

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  Zahra Ferdowsi:
  Accenture Technology Labs: Chicago, Illinois. 46-47

Back

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  James Stanier:
  Voting machines. 47

Volume 18, Number 3, Spring 2012

The Legacy of Alan Turing: Pushing the Boundaries of Computation

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  Chris Harrison:
  Thank you! 3

Inbox

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  Inbox. 4

INIT: issue introduction

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  Arefin Huq:
  The nature and limits of computation: a celebration of Alan Turing. 5

Benefit

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  Daniel Gooch:
  ACM Student Chapters. 6

Advice

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  Vaggelis Giannikas:
  Public relations for computer science students. 6

Updates

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  Ben Deverett:
  Spreading knowledge: talks and lectures from ACM Student Chapters. 7

Features

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  Ian Horswill:
  What is computation? 8-14
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  Arefin Huq:
  An interview with Robert Soare. 15-17
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  Oded Goldreich:
  Invitation to complexity theory. 18-22
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  Dana Moshkovitz:
  The tale of the PCP theorem. 23-26
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  Luca Trevisan:
  Pseudorandomness and derandomization. 27-31
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  Aram W. Harrow:
  Why now is the right time to study quantum computing. 32-37
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  Dennis E. Shasha:
  Future of computing: inspiration from nature. 38-39
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  Robert J. Simmons:
  Dickie George: looking back on 40 years at the NSA. 40-41

Hello world

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  Malay Bhattacharyya:
  Simulating a Turing machine. 43-45

Labz

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  Vaggelis Giannikas:
  Bletchley Park: Milton Keynes, UK. 46-47

Back

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  James Stanier:
  Turing's Bombe. 47

Online features

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  Qusay H. Mahmoud, May AlTaei, Leon Jololian:
  A conference to promote undergraduate research in the Arab World. 53-55

Volume 18, Number 4, Summer 2012

The Role of Academia in the Startup World Letter from the editors

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  Peter Kinnaird, Inbal Talgam-Cohen:
  XRDS reloaded. 3

Inbox

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  Inbox. 4

INIT

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  Asaf Cidon, Tomer London:
  The role of academia in the startup world. 5

Benefit

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  Daniel Gooch:
  XRDS. 6

Advice

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  Dimitris Mitropoulos:
  Better safe than sorry: backup your backups. 6

Updates

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  Ben Deverett:
  Community initiatives: ACM student chapters unite communities. 7

Features

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  Jonathan Friedman:
  How to be an "entrepredemic". 8-12
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  Asaf Cidon, Tomer London:
  An interview with Mendel Rosenblum. 13-15
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  Eldar Sadikov, Montserrat Medina:
  Want a tenure?: try a startup. 16-19
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  Amitai Armon:
  Jumping into the water: using software to monitor water supply systems. 20-23
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  Asaf Cidon, Tomer London:
  An interview with Peter Levine: academics as founders, teaching entrepreneurship. 24-26
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  Cristina Pop:
  On education in entrepreneurship: an interview with Jessica Mah. 27-29
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  Saar Drimer:
  Make your own story. 30-33
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  Pierpaolo Baccichet:
  A linear function for the toughest choice. 34-37
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  Robert J. Simmons:
  Leah Busque: herding TaskRabbits. 39

Labz

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  Alexa Lee:
  StartX: Palo Alto, CA. 40-41

Back

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  Finn Kuusisto:
  Web search. 41

Hello world

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  Marinka Zitnik:
  Using sentiment analysis to improve business operations. 42-43