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The Five-Minute Rule 20 Years Later (and How Flash Memory Changes the Rules)

Fighting Physics: A Tough Battle

Contributed Articles

Steps Toward Self-Aware Networks

The Metropolis Model: A New Logic for Development of Crowdsourced Systems

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Probabilistic Databases: Diamonds in the Dirt

Research Highlights

Technical Perspective

Apprenticeship Learning for Helicopter Control

Technical Perspective

Formal Verification of a Realistic Compiler

Communications - July 2009 Index