Communications - September 2012

41 Calendar

113 Careers

News Viewpoints
COMMUNICATIONS OF THE ACM
Departments

5 Editor’s Letter Why ACM?

By Moshe Y. Vardi

7 Letters to the Editor Operationalizing Privacy by Design

26 Historical Reflections

Seven Lessons from Bad History Journalists, historians, and the invention of email.

By Thomas Haigh

8 BLOG@CACM

Incremental Research vs. Paradigm-Shift Mania Bertrand Meyer asks why too many research agencies seem obsessed with funding only groundbreaking projects.

30 The Profession of IT

Don’t Feel Bad If You Can’t Predict the Future

Wise experts and powerful machines are no match for chaotic events and human declarations. Beware of their predictions and be humble in your own.

By Peter J. Denning 14

Last Byte

11 Atomic-Level Computing Thanks to the University of New South Wales and IBM Research, scientists are moving closer to the junction of quantum and digital computing.

By Gregory Goth

33 Law and Technology Automated Prediction: Perception, Law, and Policy A few predictions about predictions. By Tal Z. Zarsky

117 Puzzled

Solutions and Sources By Peter Winkler

120 Q&A

What Women Want

Harvey Mudd College president Maria Klawe talks about increasing the number of women who study computer science.

By Leah Hoffmann

14 Chips Go Upscale

After decades in Flatland, the end of Moore’s Law is pushing semiconductors into the third dimension. By Gary Anthes

36 Broadening Participation

The Need to Balance Innovation and Implementation in Broadening Participation

Seeking to improve the process for writing and reviewing proposals for new educational programs.

By Richard E. Ladner and Elizabeth Litzler

17 Garbage In, Info Out

Security researchers used malware to investigate large-scale Internet censorship in Egypt and Libya. By Marina Krakovsky

20 In Honor of Alan Turing Thirty-two of the 39 living A.M. Turing Award laureates gathered in San Francisco to pay tribute to “the father of CS” and discuss the past, present, and future of computing.