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New in Computer MagazineMichel Beaudouin-Lafon and his colleagues demonstrate how the WILD (wall-sized interaction with large datasets) room lets users view, explore, and manipulate large amounts of digital content. Latest NewsMATLAB Creator Cleve Moler Wins Computer Pioneer Award
Women Say Career Info Should Start in Grade School
In the NewsIEEE Computer Society Helps Reduce Training Costs
Remapping Computer Circuitry to Avert Bottlenecks
Seymour Cray Ushered in the Era of Supercomputers
Featured StoryComputer Security Since 9/11
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Have you heard of MATLAB? Cleve Moler, creator of the popular software, is this year's Computer Pioneer Award recipient. Moler, a co-founder, chairman, and chief mathematician of 
Accessibility to computers and technical career information in grade school and exposure to female role models would likely attract more women to technical fields, according to respondents to a recent IEEE survey. The 2011 Women in Computing survey was conducted to assess how IEEE can better serve women in engineering. Two thousand female IEEE Computer Society members and 2,000 female IEEE members were invited to take the survey. The more than 1,100 respondents were more concerned about work/life issues than by female underrepresentation in the field. Respondents were also more focused on the engineering careers and futures of other women than on themselves. 
Providing training and development programs to employees is an essential part of any successful business, but the investment can be pricey. It costs about US $1000 a year to train an employee, according to the American Society for Training and Development. To help companies get a handle on such costs, the IEEE Computer Society has launched two programs. The Corporate Affiliate Program (CAP) gives employees free access to the society’s thousands of online courses, hundreds of digital books, dozens of proficiency exams, and discounts on other products. The training webinars program offers companies custom online courses produced by the society. 
In an article published in Computer, Parthasarathy Ranganathan, a Hewlett-Packard electrical engineer, offers a radical alternative to today’s computer designs that would permit new designs for consumer electronics products as well as the next generation of supercomputers, known as exascale processors. IEEE Computer Society seeks nominees for the position of IEEE Division V Delegate-Director-elect. 
When supercomputer pioneer Seymour Cray set his mind on designing more powerful machines, he eliminated distractions. Cray (1925-96) often worked late at night when no one was around to bother him. He avoided company meetings, public relations and chitchat, all of which he felt were a waste of time and energy. He even turned down an invitation from the White House. 
In the 10 years since 9/11, the cybersecurity threat has evolved significantly. This IEEE Security & Privacy point/counterpoint between noted security experts Gary McGraw and Anup Ghosh considers whether things are better today in all aspects of security since then.