Communications - February 2010

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9 In the Virtual Extension

10 BLOG@CACM

Connecting Women and Technology

Guest blogger Valerie Barr writes about highlights of the ninth Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing Conference, including keynote speeches by Megan Smith and Francine Berman.

News Viewpoints 18

5 Editor’s Letter

An Issue of Teamwork By Diane Crawford

22 Privacy and Security Not Seeing the Crime for the Cameras?

Why it is difficult—but essential— to monitor the effectiveness of security technologies.

By M. Angela Sasse

26 Education

Why an Informatics Degree? Isn’t computer science enough? By Dennis P. Groth and Jeffrey K. MacKie-Mason

12 CACM Online Where the Data Is By David Roman

25 Calendar

114 Careers

13 Alternate Interface Technologies Emerge Researchers working in human-computer interaction are developing new interfaces to produce greater efficiencies in personal computing and enhance miniaturization in mobile devices. By Kirk L. Kroeker

29 Inside Risks

The Need for a National Cybersecurity Research and Development Agenda Government-funded initiatives, in cooperation with private-sector partners in key technology areas, are fundamental to cybersecurity technical transformation.

By Douglas Maughan

Last Byte

120 Puzzled

Breaking Chocolate Bars By Peter Winkler

16 Type Theory Comes of Age

Type systems are moving beyond the realm of data structure and into more complex domains like security and networking.

By Alex Wright

32 Viewpoint

Open Access to Scientific Publications

The good, the bad, and the ugly. By Michel Beaudouin-Lafon

18 Improving Disaster Management Social networking, sophisticated imaging, and dual-use technologies promise improved disaster management, but they must be adopted by governments and aid agencies if more lives are to be saved in the wake of crises.

By Sarah Underwood

35 Kode Vicious

Taking Your Network’s Temperature A prescription for capturing data to diagnose and debug a networking problem.

By George V. Neville-Neil

21 ACM Fellows Honored Forty-seven men and women are inducted as 2009 ACM Fellows.

37 Interview

An Interview with Michael Rabin Michael O. Rabin, co-recipient of the 1976 ACM A.M. Turing Award, discusses his innovative algorithmic work with Dennis Shasha.