Computer Magazine Multimedia

The cover features in the May 2013 issue of Computer examine major research challenges in computer-generated visualization, a field in which researchers use visual representations to gain insight from scientific data.

Multimedia highlights include a video that shows the potential of natural user interfaces to change the way that scientists, engineers, and others interact with scientific visualizations; a demonstration of how multiprojector displays provide a unique sense of presence with their ability to light any visualization surface; a video that shows a powerful data visualization tool called EventFlow; an interview with Bob Metcalfe about the creation of the first Ethernet local area network; and a discussion with guest editors Theresa-Marie Rhyne and Min Chen about how visualization has become a formidable intellectual powerhouse that is delivering solutions to the problem of managing the data deluge.

Podcasts related to the issue’s popular columns include "Twin Forces" by IEEE Computer Society President David Alan Grier; "Bob Metcalfe: Ethernet at Forty" by Charles Severance for Computing Conversations; "Who Invents What" by Brian M. Gaff for Computing and the Law; "Secret Science Fiction" by Brian David Johnson for Science Fiction Prototyping; and "Working in Conference" by David Alan Grier for Errant Hashtag.

The complete multimedia list for Computer's May 2013 issue is available on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHJB2bhmgB7fwFUhxqgmvuyXySkwb8Q45.

The cover features in the April 2013 issue of Computer examine the latest advances in cybersecurity. Multimedia highlights include a slide show that introduces a new perspective on scan detection under sampling, an interview with Larry Smarr about the birth and evolution of Mosaic at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, and Jason Pace, the director of the Center for Serious Play at the University of Washington Bothell, discussing mobile game changers.

Podcasts related to the issue’s popular columns include “Meet and Greet" by IEEE Computer Society President David Alan Grier; "Larry Smarr: Building Mosaic" by Charles Severance for Computing Conversations; "Patent Monetization" by Brian M. Gaff and Ralph A. Loren for Computing and the Law; "Mobile Game Changers" by Jason Pace for Entertainment Computing; and "Equal before the Bar" by David Alan Grier for Errant Hashtag.

The complete multimedia list for Computer's April 2013 issue is available on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHJB2bhmgB7ctukpYxD9dBsn8w0U0bWd1.
 

The cover features in the March 2013 issue of Computer examine gender diversity in computing. Multimedia highlights include an interview with Pooja Sankar about the Piazza online collaboration system, a recording of opportunistic sensor configurations in a highly rich sensor environment, and interviews by guest editor Alfred C. (Alf) Weaver on gender diversity in computing with Wendy DuBow, Deepak Kumar, Robert B. Schnabel, Kate Starbird, Annie Antón, Alice Bonhomme-Biais, and Raquel Romano.

Podcasts related to the issue’s popular columns include “Educating Ourselves" by IEEE Computer Society President David Alan Grier; "Pooja Sankar: Building the Piazza Collaboration System," by Charles Severance for Computing Conversations; "Design Patents" by Brian M. Gaff and Peter J. Cuomo for Computing and the Law; and "Attention to Context" by David Alan Grier for Errant Hashtag.

The complete multimedia list for Computer's March 2013 issue is available on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHJB2bhmgB7din0Wi7LHd-5ZMLds_mDlX.