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DOI:10.1145/1400181.1400185

David Roman

Communications site
to Launch in January

That’s Entertainment

The redesigned Communications Web site, slated to launch in January, will post material from this magazine, as well as from other ACM publications, including Computers in Entertainment ( cie.acm.org). Look for video interviews with and written articles by noted researchers, academics, animators, game developers, film producers, and performance artists in the entertainment field to be part of the new Communications site.

Your Favorite Blog(s)

Dozens of blogs will be mined for the new Communications Web site. We welcome your input and invite you to share your personal favorite(s). There are a few rules: The blog(s) must be interesting, valuable, and written or managed by an ACM member. For details, go to www.surveymonkey.com/recommend-a-blog.

acm siGcomm awaRD winneR

University of Massachusetts-Amherst professor of computer science

Don Towsley was recently awarded the highest honor from ACM SIGCOMM, ACM’s Special Interest Group on Data Communications, for his contributions to the modeling, analysis, and control of communication networks in the computer networking field. Towsley’s research and leadership have helped shape an era of networking research and practice built upon a deeper scientific basis than in the past.

Towsley has made numerous innovative and pioneering contributions to foundational modeling and analysis techniques, which have enabled computer scientists and engineers to better understand today’s computer networks, network protocols, and networked applications.

acm VotinG exPeRt Joins u.s. aDVisoRy committee Computer scientist and founder of ACM’s U. S. Public Policy Committee Barbara Simons was recently appointed to the board of advisors for the Election Assistance Commission, the U. S. federal body that oversees voting technology standards. A past president of the ACM, Simons fills a vacancy on the board. Her seat is one of four positions out of a total of 37 members allocated for science and technology professionals.

Video Tour

A new online video demonstrates how to navigate Communications’ Digital Edition, a digital counterpart to the monthly magazine. Included are how the current issue can be searched, shared, and saved and how its settings can be personalized. The Digital Edition, which is emailed to all ACM members, is available at cacm.acm.org; the video is at mags.acm.org/communications/current/include/ mmhelp/ mmhelp.html.

Queue, Too

Communications isn’t the only ACM magazine redesigning its Web site. Look for ACM Queue to introduce a new site in the weeks ahead at www.acmqueue.com.

sc08 confeRence The leading international conference on high performance computing, networking, storage, and analysis, SC08 will be held in Austin, TX, from Nov. 15–21. The keynote speaker is Michael Dell, and the invited speakers include National Cancer Institute associate director Kenneth H. Buetow, University of California, Berkeley professor of computer science David Patterson, and Mary Wheeler, director of the Center for Subsurface Modeling at the University of Texas at Austin. For more information, visit sc08.supercomputing.org.