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DOI:10.1145/1787234.1787239
David Roman
Print is not Just ink anymore

The world of Communications is not contained in the pages of a monthly magazine. Like other publications, Communications has expanded over time into a variety of electronic formats for e-connected members and readers. Each format delivers something its counterparts do not. Digital Editions ( http://mags.acm.org/ communications) present complete issues with familiar, flipable pages, but on full-screen and mobile systems. The Web site ( http://cacm.acm.org) moves magazine content into HTML, and adds other articles, daily news, blogs, plus access to ACM’s abundant member services. Articles from Communications’ Virtual Extension (VE) are available from the Web site and ACM’s Digital Library ( http://acm.org/dl); the print edition publishes only their summaries. Digital Editions, introduced in January 2008, have cleared the way for mobile apps and a mobile Web site, now in development, that will tailor content to handhelds. The goal of each format is to give users the content they want, where, when, and how they want it.

Communications’ brand began taking e-steps before the relaunch of the Communications Web site in April 2009. The concept of the VE, in fact, was introduced in 1996, first as a biannual collection of articles available only in e-format—a pioneering step in publishing circles back then. Originally conceived as an outlet for articles that did not fit into page-constraints of the print edition, the VE is coming into its own, having evolved as a monthly editorial fixture since September 2008. Like Communications’ other formats, it will continue to evolve, and may become a component of a digital-first publishing strategy. The VE’s status is evidenced by the readership of its most popular articles listed here, which is on par with and in some cases exceeds that of print issue cover stories. The VE is establishing itself as a destination for authors and readers.

Communications is going mobile.

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eckeRT-mauchLy a WaRD Acm and Ieee computer society jointly presented the eckert-mauchly Award to William J. dally, chief scientist and senior vice president of research of nVIdIA corp., for his innovative
contributions to the architecture
of interconnection networks and
parallel computers. dally, who is
also the Willard R. and Inez Kerr
Bell professor of computer
science and electrical
engineering at stanford
university, developed the system
and network architecture,
signaling, routing, and
synchronization technology that
is found in most of today’s large
parallel computers.
dally discussed his current
research in an email interview,
saying, “At present I’m working
on low-power computer
architecture. It’s interesting to
find out where the power actually
goes in a modern computer, and
it’s very exciting that there are
opportunities where innovation
can make a large difference
in efficiency. It’s particularly
rewarding that this work is likely
to have a measurable positive
impact on the environment.

“I really enjoy seeing how
parallel computing enables
new applications that weren’t
possible before. some of the
most exciting of these involve
better human-computer
interfaces and interactions
with the physical world. A great
example is augmented reality—
where parallel computing
enables realtime computer
vision to interpret the image
you see, query a database, and
annotate the image with useful
information.”
Asked about important
cs issues, dally singled out
“cs education, particularly
education about parallelism.
We aren’t producing enough
cs graduates, and the ones we
do produce don’t understand
parallel programming. teaching
parallelism isn’t just an add-on
to the existing curriculum; every
course needs to be redesigned
around parallelism.”
—Jack Rosenberger