Crossroads
The ACM Magazine for Students
SUMMER 2014 VOL. 20 • NO. 4
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05 LE T TER FROM THE EDI TORS
08 INBOX
09 PUBLISHER’S CORNER
11 INI T
Women, Hip-Hop, and Self-Teaching:
The new diversity in computing
By Jean Yang
12 MILES TONES
Women in Computing
By Jay Patel
13 UPDATES
XRDS Any where, Anytime
By Pedro Lopes
14 ADVICE
A Beginner’s Guide to
Computer Science Research
By Somdip Dey
15 CAREERS
Doing Research in Practice:
Some lessons learned
By Željko Obrenović
18 BLOGS
The Curious Case
of a Sick Google Glass
By Wolfgang Richter
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Cover Art by Alicia Kubista /
Andrij Borys Associates
