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Weigh in on Future of Computer Science

5 March, 2010

Computer magazine column authors Nicholas Bowen and Jim Spohrer have a question on their minds: What critical skill gaps do employers see that are caused or exacerbated by the rapid changes in information technology? Post comments or feedback. Read more

Cornell Professor Named Tsutomu Kanai Winner

3 March, 2010

Kenneth P. Birman, Cornell University’s N. Rama Rao Professor, has been named the recipient of the IEEE Computer Society’s 2009 Tsutomu Kanai Award. The award recognizes major contributions to state-of-the art distributed computing systems and their applications. Read more

Nominees Sought for Society Leadership

2 March, 2010

The IEEE Computer Society Nominations Committee is seeking nominations of qualified candidates for Society leadership. The deadline is 26 March. Read more

Submissions Being Accepted for SC10 Technical Program

2 March, 2010

SC10, the premier international conference on high-performance computing, networking, storage and analysis, is now accepting submissions for its technical program. The 23rd annual conference in the series, SC10 will take place in New Orleans, Louisiana from November 13-19, 2010. Read more

Cisco Founders Win Computer Society Entrepreneur Award

1 March, 2010

Cisco Systems co-founders Leonard Bosack and Sandy Lerner are the winners of the IEEE Computer Society’s 2009 Computer Entrepreneur Award, joining the ranks of a who’s who of technology leaders honored with the award over the past quarter-century. Read more

Gropp Elected to Academy of Engineering

22 February, 2010

William Gropp, winner of the IEEE Computer Society’s 2008 Sidney Fernbach Award, was among 68 new members and nine foreign associates elected to the US National Academy of Engineering. Read more

Scholarships Available for Electronic Design Research

22 February, 2010

The 47th Design Automation Conference will award scholarships to support graduate research and study in electronic design automation and circuit design. Read more

Microsoft and IEEE Join Forces to Help Next Generation

19 February, 2010

Microsoft Corp. and IEEE have announced a collaboration to empower students to reach their professional aspirations. The IEEE Computer Society, which has long offered its Student members access to free Microsoft software, is participating in the collaboration. Read more

Computer Engineer Chosen as Barbie’s Next Career

18 February, 2010

IEEE Computer Society President Jim Isaak applauded the selection of computer engineer as the next profession for Mattel’s Barbie doll, citing the need to increase female representation in the field. “Among the more serious tasks we face is encouraging more women to go into our professions and join our Society,” said Isaak. Read more

IEEE Division V Director-Elect Candidates Named

8 February, 2010

The IEEE Computer Society Board of Governors has selected James W. Moore and Jon Rokne as IEEE Division V Director-Elect nominees. Read more

New Standard Enables IP Creation in Automated Environments

3 February, 2010

The IEEE has approved a new standard which will enable the creation and exchange of Intellectual Property blocks in a highly automated design environment. Read more

New ReadyNote on Distributed Systems Engineering Available

1 February, 2010

The newly released Distributed Systems Architecture and Specification ReadyNote by Norman R. Howes is aimed at improving the design of faster, safer, and more secure distributed systems. Read more

2010 Test Windows Announced for Certifications

22 January, 2010

The IEEE Computer Society has announced the 2010 test windows for its Certified Software Development Associate and Certified Software Development Professional credentials. Read more

Barry Boehm Wins 2010 Simon Ramo Medal

21 January, 2010

Barry Boehm, a longtime IEEE Computer Society volunteer, has been named the recipient of the 2010 IEEE Simon Ramo Medal. Boehm, University of Southern California’s TRW Professor of Software Engineering, has served on the boards of IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, Computer magazine, and IEEE Software. Read more

Computer Society Names Computer Pioneers

20 January, 2010

University of Michigan professor Lynn Conway, who helped revolutionize Very Large System Integration design, and Jean Sammet, an early programmer and expert on programming languages, are the 2009 recipients of the IEEE Computer Society Computer Pioneer Award. Read more

New Magazine Articles | New Journal Articles | Computing Now March Theme: Storage

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Outlook: Cloudy with a Chance of Security Challenges and Improvements

Cloud computing allows offloading computing to third-party resources. This business model isn't without security risks, but there are ways to ease customers' security configuration burden.

Location and Navigation Support for Emergency Responders: A Survey

Preinstalled location systems, wireless sensor networks, and inertial sensing all have benefits and drawbacks when considering emergency response requirements.

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Effects of Personality on Pair Programming

From the January/February 2010 issue of IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Real-Time Detection and Tracking for Augmented Reality on Mobile Phones

From the May/June 2010 issue of IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Secure Data Objects Replication in Data Grid

From the January-March 2010 issue of IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing

Computing Now March Theme: Directions in Enterprise Data Storage Systems

Data loss is a disaster and can have significant costs to both consumers and businesses. This month on Computing Now, learn about contemporary issues concerning data storage systems and their management.

A Taxonomy and Survey on Distributed File Systems

Read about a comprehensive taxonomy describing distributed file system architectures and a survey of existing distributed file system implementations in very large-scale network computing systems.

Reducing the Storage Burden via Data Deduplication

Many organizations are turning to data deduplication to reduce the huge volumes of data they collect and store, as well as equipment and operational costs.

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David Alan Grier considers who stands watch over a software engineering project to ensure that a job is well done and every individual has learned what he or she needs to know?

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  • 2010 Computing Professionals Conference Call for Participation
    CP2010 conference seeks to create an interactive forum for computing-related practitioners, educators, standards developers, regulatory organizations, industrial users, and researchers to share their expertise and knowledge in discussions of professional strength strategies for succeeding in a rapidly changing technical, economic, and social environment.
    The Conference provides an opportunity for Computing Professionals to engage and interact to stretch their professional perspectives, learn what works now, and bring added value to themselves as professionals and their organizations.
    The Conference format will consist of invited keynote presentations, presentations by leading experts, workshops, panels, open mike sessions, surveys and special interest round tables to allow exchange of innovative concepts, ideas, applications, feedback and lessons learned.
    For more information, visit http://computingprofessionals.org or call for papers.
  • Call for Papers: IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine Special Issue on "Emerging Opportunities for Localization and Tracking"
    We solicit tutorial-style, original articles that present the state of the art in various areas of localization and tracking, such as, but not limited to, hybrid and opportunistic localization, ultra wideband (UWB) ranging, WiFi and probabilistic localization, RFID and real-time location systems, inertial navigation & dead reckoning, direction of arrival systems, cooperative localization, and localization using multipath diversity. The deadline for paper submission is April 15, 2010.
    For more information, visit http://www.comsoc.org/pci/, click on "Call for Papers" on the left pane and then on the appropriate CFP topic on the next page.
  • IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies seeks submissions of original research. For more information, please see the official call for papers.
  • IEEE Transactions on Haptics seeks submissions of original research. For more information, see the official call for papers.
  • IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing seeks submissions of original research. For more information, see the official call for papers.

EIC Searches & Reappointments

The IEEE Computer Society seeks applicants for the position of editor in chief, serving two-year terms starting 1 January 2011. Prospective candidates are asked to provide (as PDF files), by 1 March, a complete curriculum vitae, a plan for the publication’s future, and a letter of support from their institution or employer. Read more

Conference Calendar


March 25-26, 2010

VS-GAMES 2010: The Second International Conference on Games and Virtual Worlds for Serious Applications, Braga, Portugal

March 28-30, 2010

ISPASS 2010: IEEE International Symposium on Performance Analysis of Systems and Software, White Plains, NY

March 28-30, 2010

INFOS 2010: 7th International Conference in Informatics and Systems, Giza, Egypt

April 12-16, 2010

DIGITEL 2010: IEEE International Conference on Data Engineering, Long Beach, CA, USA

April 12-16, 2010

WMUTE 2010: IEEE International Workshop On Wireless, Mobile And Ubiquitous Technology In Education, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

April 14-16, 2010

Cool Chips 2010: IEEE Symposium on Low-Power and High-Speed Chips, Yokohama, Japan

April 14-16, 2010

DDECS 2010: 13th IEEE International Symposium on Design and Diagnostics of Electronic Circuits and Systems, Austria, Vienna

April 18-21, 2010

TTEP 2010: Test Technology Educational Program, Santa Cruz, California, USA

April 18-21, 2010

VTS 2010: VLSI Test Symposium, Santa Cruz, California,USA

April 19-23, 2010

2010 IPDPS: IEEE International Symposium on Parallel & Distributed Processing, Atlanta, Georgia,USA

April 20-23, 2010

AINA 2010: International Conference on Advanced Video and Signal based Surveillance, Perth, Australia

April 21-23, 2010

CPC 2010: First IEEE International Computing Professional Conference, Quebec, Canada

April 21-23, 2010

ICISA 2010: International conference on Information Science and Applications, Seoul, Korea

April 24-28, 2010

CGO 2010: International Symposium on Code Generation and Optimization, Toronto, Canada

May 2-4, 2010

FCCM 2010: IEEE Symposium on Field-Programmable Custom Computing Machines, Concord, North Carolina, USA

May 2-8, 2010

ICSE 2010: IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering, Cape Town, South Africa

May 2-3, 2010

VG 2010: IEEE/EG International Symposium on Volume Graphics, Norrkoping, Sweden

May 3-6, 2010

ASYNC 2010: IEEE International Symposium on Asynchronous Circuits and Systems, Grenoble, France

May 3-7, 2010

MSST 2010: IEEE Symposium on Mass Storage Systems, Lake Tahoe, California, USA

May 5-6, 2010

ISORC 2010: IEEE International Symposium on Object/component/service-oriented Real-time Distributed Computing, Carmona, Spain

May 9-12, 2010

SPI 2010: IEEE Workshop on Signal Propagation on Interconnects, Hildesheim, Germany

May 16-19, 2010

ISSST 2010: IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology, Arlington, Virgina, USA

May 16-19, 2010

SP 2010: IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, Berkeley, California, USA

May 17-20, 2010

CCGrid 2010: IEEE International Symposium on Cluster Computing and the Grid, Southbank, Australia :

May 17-19, 2010

PADS 2010: International Workshop on Principles of Advanced and Distributed Simulation, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

May 23-25, 2010

SSIAI 2010: IEEE Southwest Symposium on Image Analysis and Interpretation, Austin, Texas, USA

May 25-28, 2010

ETS 2010: European Test Symposium, Praha, Czech Republic

May 26-28, 2010

ISMVL 2010: International Symposium on Multiple-Valued Logic, Barcelona, Spain

May 28-30, 2010

AQTR 2010: International Conference on Automation, Quality and Testing Robotics, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

May 28-31, 2010

CSO 2010 : The Third International Join Conference on Computational Sciences and Optimization

June 3-5, 2010

ICMC 2010: International Computer Music Conference, Stoney Brook, New York, USA

June 4-5, 2010

SOSE 2010: IEEE International Symposium on Service-Oriented System Engineering, Nanjing, China

 


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