education is fast becoming a global affair. 13 Rethinking Signal Processing Compressed sensing, which draws on information theory, probability theory, and other fields, has generated a great deal of excitement with its nontraditional approach to signal processing. By Kirk L. Kroeker
5 Editor’s Letter Conferences vs. Journals in Computing Research By Moshe Y. Vardi
7 Letters To The Editor Logic of Lemmings in Compiler Innovation
10 blog@CACM
Recommendation Algorithms, Online Privacy, and More
Greg Linden, Jason Hong, Michael Stonebraker, and Mark Guzdial discuss recommendation algorithms, online privacy, scientific databases, and programming in introductory computer science classes.
22 Law and Technology
The Network Neutrality Debate Hits Europe
Differences in telecommunications regulation between the U.S. and the European Union are a key factor in viewing the network neutrality discussion from a European perspective.
By Pierre Larouche
25 Economic and Business Dimensions Increasing Gender Diversity in the IT Work Force
Want to increase participation of women in IT work? Change the work. By LeAnne Coder, Joshua L. Rosenbloom, Ronald A. Ash, and Brandon R. Dupont
12 CACM Online
The Print- Web Partnership Turns the Page
By David Roman
27 Calendar
28 Historical Reflections
The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of Software as a Service
A look at the volatile history of remote computing and online software services.
By Martin Campbell-Kelly
109 Careers
16 Matchmaker, Matchmaker Computational advertising seeks to place the best ad in the best context before the right customer.
By David Essex
112 Puzzled
Understanding Relationships Among Numbers
By Peter Winkler
18 Learning Goes Global
In a world that’s increasingly global and interconnected, international education is growing, changing, and evolving.
By Samuel Greengard
31 Education
Teaching Computing to Everyone Studying the lessons learned from creating high-demand computer science courses for non-computing majors.
By Mark Guzdial
21 Liskov Wins Turing Award
MIT’s Barbara Liskov is the 55th person, and the second woman, to win the ACM A.M. Turing Award.
34 Viewpoint
Program Committee
Overload in Systems
Conference program committees must adapt their review and selection process dynamics in response to evolving research cultural changes and challenges. By Ken Birman and Fred B. Schneider
Association for Computing Machinery Advancing Computing as a Science & Profession
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