5 Publications Board Letter ACM Publications: Access and Sustainability By Ronald F. Boisvert and Holly Rushmeier
7 Publisher’s Corner Looking Back and Forward By Scott E. Delman
21 Emerging Markets Labor Supply in the Indian I T Industry Exploring the evolving dynamics and interconnectedness of india’s educational system and its it work force. By Alok Aggarwal
8 Letters to the Editor
Apple Builds Great Platforms, Too, Not Just Products
10 CaCM Online
Previewing the New CACM Web Site By David Roman
31 Calendar
96 Careers
11 Living Machines researchers of molecular computing and communication are focusing on the type of breakthroughs that are needed to make the vision of ultrasmall, biocompatible computers a reality.
By Kirk L. Kroeker
24 It Policy
Advising Policymakers Is More Than Just Providing Advice
What are the factors that make certain advisory committee reports successful while others are not?
By Cameron Wilson and Peter Harsha
27 Kode Vicious
Permanence and Change highlighting the importance of doing one’s best in view of code longevity and the impermanence of the changineer.
By George V. Neville-Neil
118 Puzzled
Solutions and Sources By Peter Winkler
120 Future tense Pester Power
By Cory Doctorow
14 Touching the Future in combination with finger and hand gestures, multitouch input is enabling users to manipulate and display information in innovative and unprecedented ways.
By Ted Selker
29 the Profession of It
Evolutionary System Development large systems projects are failing at an alarming rate. it’s time to take evolutionary design methods off the shelf.
By Peter J. Denning, Chris Gunderson, and Rick Hayes-Roth
17 Upwardly Mobile
Mobile phones are bridging the digital divide and transforming many economic, social, and medical realities, particularly in developing nations.
By Samuel Greengard
20 Making a Difference the Grace hopper Celebration featured technical talks, workshops, networking events, and lively discussions about increasing the number of women in computer science.
By Leah Hoffmann
32 Interview
Database Dialogue with Pat Selinger relational database pioneer Patricia G. selinger explores the vast realm of database technology and trends in a wide-ranging discussion with Microsoft’s James hamilton.
By James Hamilton
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