Communications of the ACM (CACM), Volume 48, 2005

Volume 48, Number 1, January 2005

• Diane Crawford:
  Editorial pointers. 5
  
• News track. 9-10
  
• Diane Crawford:
  Forum. 11-13
  

• Phillip G. Armour:
  The unconscious art of software testing. 15-18
  

• Diane Crawford:
  Top 10 downloads from ACM's digital library. 19-20
  

• Meg McGinity:
  Let your fingers do the talking. 21-23
  

• David A. Patterson:
  Minority-minority and minority-majority technology transfer. 25-26
  

• Deborah Anderson:
  Global linguistic diversity for the internet. 27-28
  
• Chris Stephenson:
  Creating a national K-12 computer science community. 29-31
  

• Allison Druin, Juan Pablo Hourcade:
  Introduction. 32-34
  
• David Kestenbaum:
  The challenges of IDC: what have we learned from our past? 35-38
  
• Mona Leigh Guha, Allison Druin, Gene Chipman, Jerry Alan Fails, Sante Simms, Allison Farber:
  Working with young children as technology design partners. 39-42
  
• Johanna Höysniemi, Perttu Hämäläinen, Laura Turkki, Teppo Rouvi:
  Children's intuitive gestures in vision-based action games. 44-50
  
• Michael Eisenberg:
  The material side of educational technology. 51-54
  
• Yvonne Rogers, Sara Price, Cliff Randell, Danae Stanton Fraser, Mark J. Weal, Geraldine Fitzpatrick:
  Ubi-learning integrates indoor and outdoor experiences. 55-59
  
• Judy Robertson, Judith Good:
  Story creation in virtual game worlds. 61-65
  
• RadhaKanta Mahapatra, Vincent S. Lai:
  Evaluating end-user training programs. 66-70
  
• Andreas Holzinger:
  Usability engineering methods for software developers. 71-74
  
• John Tillquist, Waymond Rodgers:
  Using asset specificity and asset scope to measure the value of IT. 75-80
  
• Rodrigo C. Fonseca, Virgílio A. F. Almeida, Mark Crovella:
  Locality in a web of streams. 82-88
  
• Ganesh Vaidyanathan:
  A framework for evaluating third-party logistics. 89-94
  
• Michael Ettredge, John Gerdes Jr.:
  Timeliness of investor relations data at corporate web sites. 95-100
  
• Ines Herrero, Jose L. Salmeron:
  Using the DEA methodology to rank software technical efficiency. 101-105
  

• Stuart J. Barnes:
  Assessing the value of IS journals. 110-112
  

• George Ledin Jr.:
  Not teaching viruses and worms is harmful. 144
  

Volume 48, Number 2, February 2005

• Diane Crawford:
  Editorial pointers. 5
  
• News track. 9-10
  
• Diane Crawford:
  Forum. 11-13
  

• David A. Patterson:
  Why join ACM? 14
  

• Michael A. Cusumano:
  Google: what it is and what it is not. 15-17
  

• Jon Crowcroft:
  On the nature of computing. 19-20
  

• SIGs announce candidates for election. 21-22
  

• Diane Crawford:
  Top 10 downloads from ACM's digital library. 23-24
  

• Dimitris N. Metaxas:
  Introduction. 26-29
  
• Hervé Delingette, Nicholas Ayache:
  Hepatic surgery simulation. 31-36
  
• Arie E. Kaufman, Sarang Lakare, Kevin Kreeger, Ingmar Bitter:
  Virtual colonoscopy. 37-41
  
• Kyoungju Park, Albert Montillo, Dimitris N. Metaxas, Leon Axel:
  Volumetric heart modeling and analysis. 43-48
  
• Celina Imielinska, Pat Molholt:
  Incorporating 3D virtual anatomy into the medical curriculum. 49-54
  
• Terry S. Yoo, Michael J. Ackerman:
  Open source software for medical image processing and visualization. 55-59
  

• Notice of intent to de-charter professional chapters. 61-62
  
• Notice of intent to de-charter student chapters. 63-65
  
• J. Roberto Evaristo, Kevin C. Desouza, Kevin Hollister:
  Centralization momentum: the pendulum swings back again. 66-71
  
• Al Farooq Salam, Lakshmi S. Iyer, Prashant Palvia, Rahul Singh:
  Trust in e-commerce. 72-77
  
• Lawrence Bodin, Lawrence A. Gordon, Martin P. Loeb:
  Evaluating information security investments using the analytic hierarchy process. 78-83
  
• Fiona Fui-Hoon Nah, Keng Siau, Hong Sheng:
  The value of mobile applications: a utility company study. 85-90
  
• R. Kelly Rainer Jr., Mark D. Miller:
  Examining differences across journal rankings. 91-94
  
• Yufei Yuan, Brian Detlor:
  Intelligent mobile crisis response systems. 95-98
  

• Chenglie Hu:
  Dataless objects considered harmful. 99-101
  
• Shirley Ann Becker:
  E-government usability for older adults. 102-104
  

• Peter G. Neumann:
  Responsibilities of technologists. 128
  

Volume 48, Number 3, March 2005

• Diane Crawford:
  Editorial pointers. 5
  

News track

• News track. 9-10
  

• Diane Crawford:
  Forum. 11-13
  

• ACM Fellows. 14
  

• David A. Patterson:
  20^th century vs. 21^st century C&C: the SPUR manifesto. 15-16
  

• Phillip G. Armour:
  Project portfolios: organizational management of risk. 17-20
  

• Diane Crawford:
  Top 10 downloads from ACM's digital library. 21-22
  

• Gregory J. Conti:
  Why computer scientists should attend hacker conferences. 23-24
  

• Robert L. Glass:
  The first business application: a significant milestone in software history. 25-26
  

• Pamela Samuelson:
  Legislative challenges to the Sony safe harbor rule. 27-31
  

• Norbert A. Streitz, Paddy Nixon:
  Introduction. 32-35
  
• Gaetano Borriello, Matthew Chalmers, Anthony LaMarca, Paddy Nixon:
  Delivering real-world ubiquitous location systems. 36-41
  
• Daniel M. Russell, Norbert A. Streitz, Terry Winograd:
  Building disappearing computers. 42-48
  
• Joëlle Coutaz, James L. Crowley, Simon Dobson, David Garlan:
  Context is key. 49-53
  
• Steve Benford, Carsten Magerkurth, Peter Ljungstrand:
  Bridging the physical and digital in pervasive gaming. 54-57
  
• Saadi Lahlou, Marc Langheinrich, Carsten Röcker:
  Privacy and trust issues with invisible computers. 59-60
  
• Liam J. Bannon, Steve Benford, John Bowers, Christian Heath:
  Hybrid design creates innovative museum experiences. 62-65
  
• Hans Gellersen:
  Smart-Its: computers for artifacts in the physical world. 66
  
• Spyros Lalis, Alexandros Karypidis, Anthony Savidis:
  Ad-hoc composition in wearable and mobile computing. 67-68
  
• Achilles Kameas, Irene Mavrommati:
  Extrovert gadgets. 69
  
• Joseph A. Paradiso:
  Sensate media. 70
  
• Anatole Gershman, Andrew E. Fano:
  Examples of commercial applications of ubiquitous computing. 71
  
• Jacques Cohen:
  Computer science and bioinformatics. 72-78
  
• Arun Sen, Atish P. Sinha:
  A comparison of data warehousing methodologies. 79-84
  

• SIGs announce candidates for election. 85
  

• Trevor T. Moores:
  Do consumers understand the role of privacy seals in e-commerce? 86-91
  
• Bonnie Rubenstein-Montano, Victoria Y. Yoon, Stuart Lowry, Teresa Merlau:
  A multiagent system for U.S. defense research contracting. 93-97
  
• William L. Hibbard, Curtis Rueden, Steve Emmerson, Tom Rink, David Glowacki, Tom Whittaker, Don Murray, David Fulker, John Anderson:
  Java distributed components for numerical visualization in VisAD. 98-104
  
• Ji-Ye Mao, Karel Vredenburg, Paul W. Smith, Tom Carey:
  The state of user-centered design practice. 105-109
  
• Xiaoni Zhang, Victor R. Prybutok:
  How the mobile communication markets differ in China, the U.S., and Europe. 111-114
  

• Marco Gori, Ian H. Witten:
  The bubble of web visibility. 115-117
  

• Peter G. Neumann:
  Anticipating disasters. 128
  

Volume 48, Number 4, April 2005

• Diane Crawford:
  Editorial pointers. 5
  

• News track. 9-10
  

• Diane Crawford:
  Forum. 11-13
  

• Hal Berghel:
  The two sides of ROI: return on investment vs. risk of incarceration. 15-20
  

• David A. Patterson:
  The state of funding for new initiatives in computer science and engineering. 21-25
  

• Peter J. Denning:
  Is computer science science? 27-31
  

• Diane Crawford:
  Top 10 downloads from ACM's digital library. 33-34
  

• Richard P. Suttmeier:
  A new technonationalism?: China and the development of technical standards. 35-37
  
• Vinton G. Cerf:
  Spam, spim, and spit. 39-43
  

• Maris G. Martinsons:
  Introduction. 44-48
  
• Jonathan J. H. Zhu, Enhai Wang:
  Diffusion, use, and effect of the internet in China. 49-53
  
• Xunhua Guo, Guoqing Chen:
  Internet diffusion in Chinese companies. 54-58
  
• Maris G. Martinsons:
  The internet enlightens and empowers Chinese society. 59-60
  
• Robert M. Davison, Douglas R. Vogel, Roger W. Harris:
  The e-transformation of western China. 62-67
  
• Jing Quan, Qing Hu, Xinan Wang:
  IT is not for everyone in China. 69-72
  
• Glen R. Burrows, Damon L. Drummond, Maris G. Martinsons:
  Knowledge management in China. 73-76
  
• Qiang Tu, Kanliang Wang, Qin Shu:
  Computer-related technostress in China. 77-81
  

• Charalambos L. Iacovou, Albert S. Dexter:
  Surviving IT project cancellations. 83-86
  
• Christian S. Collberg, Stephen G. Kobourov:
  Self-plagiarism in computer science. 88-94
  
• Ellen Christiaanse:
  Performance benefits through integration hubs. 95-100
  
• Bettina Berendt, Oliver Günther, Sarah Spiekermann:
  Privacy in e-commerce: stated preferences vs. actual behavior. 101-106
  
• Dursun Delen, Nikunj P. Dalal, Perakath C. Benjamin:
  Integrated modeling: the key to holistic understanding of the enterprise. 107-112
  
• Kay Chen Tan, M. L. Wang, W. Peng:
  A P2P genetic algorithm environment for the internet. 113-116
  

• Hai Zhuge:
  Semantic grid: scientific issues, infrastructure, and methodology. 117-119
  

• Bruce Schneier:
  Two-factor authentication: too little, too late. 136
  

Volume 48, Number 5, May 2005

• Diane Crawford:
  Editorial pointers. 5
  

• News track. 9-10
  

• Diane Crawford:
  Forum. 11-13
  

• Rebecca T. Mercuri:
  Trusting in transparency. 15-19
  

• Diane Crawford:
  Top 10 downloads from ACM's digital library. 21-22
  

• Meg McGinity Shannon:
  It's the FCC on the line. 23-26
  

• David A. Patterson:
  Recognizing individual excellence helps us all. 27-28
  

• Satish Nambisan:
  How to prepare tomorrow's technologists for global networks of innovation. 29-31
  

• Anand Desai:
  Introduction. 32-35
  
• Joseph Tan, H. Joseph Wen, Neveen Awad:
  Health care and services delivery systems as complex adaptive systems. 36-44
  
• Albert Jones, Abhijit Deshmukh:
  Test beds for complex systems. 45-50
  
• Jay Ramanathan:
  Fractal architecture for the adaptive complex enterprise. 51-57
  
• Rajiv Ramnath, David Landsbergen:
  IT-enabled sense-and-respond strategies in complex public organizations. 58-64
  

• Ashley A. Bush, Amrit Tiwana:
  Designing sticky knowledge networks. 66-71
  
• Sridhar P. Nerur, RadhaKanta Mahapatra, George Mangalaraj:
  Challenges of migrating to agile methodologies. 72-78
  
• Vincent S. Lai, Bo K. Wong:
  Business types, e-strategies, and performance. 80-85
  
• Suzanne D. Pawlowski, Pratim Datta, Andrea L. Houston:
  The (gradually) changing face of state IT jobs. 87-91
  
• Kenneth R. Fleischmann, William A. Wallace:
  A covenant with transparency: opening the black box of models. 93-97
  
• Alex Potanin, James Noble, Marcus R. Frean, Robert Biddle:
  Scale-free geometry in OO programs. 99-103
  
• Baihua Zheng, Dik Lun Lee:
  Information dissemination via wireless broadcast. 105-110
  
• Serge Abiteboul, Rakesh Agrawal, Philip A. Bernstein, Michael J. Carey, Stefano Ceri, W. Bruce Croft, David J. DeWitt, Michael J. Franklin, Hector Garcia-Molina, Dieter Gawlick, Jim Gray, Laura M. Haas, Alon Y. Halevy, Joseph M. Hellerstein, Yannis E. Ioannidis, Martin L. Kersten, Michael J. Pazzani, Michael Lesk, David Maier, Jeffrey F. Naughton, Hans-Jörg Schek, Timos K. Sellis, Avi Silberschatz, Michael Stonebraker, Richard T. Snodgrass, Jeffrey D. Ullman, Gerhard Weikum, Jennifer Widom, Stanley B. Zdonik:
  The Lowell database research self-assessment. 111-118
  

• Ben Light:
  Potential pitfalls in packaged software adoption. 119-121
  

• Bruce Schneier:
  Risks of third-party data. 136
  

Volume 48, Number 6, June 2005

• Diane Crawford:
  Editorial pointers. 5
  

• News track. 9-10
  

• Diane Crawford:
  Forum. 11-13
  

• Phillip G. Armour:
  Sarbanes-Oxley and software projects. 15-17
  

• Diane Crawford:
  Top 10 downloads from ACM's digital library. 19-20
  

• Pamela Samuelson:
  The Supreme Court revisits the Sony safe harbor. 21-25
  

• David A. Patterson:
  Do you Queue? 27-28
  

• Jacques Cohen:
  Updating computer science education. 29-31
  

• Andrew Rosenbloom:
  Introduction. 32-35
  
• Paul K. Wright:
  Rapid prototyping in consumer product design. 36-41
  
• Mike Bailey:
  Layered manufacturing for scientific visualization. 42-48
  
• Sara McMains:
  Layered manufacturing technologies. 50-56
  
• Thomas A. Funkhouser, Michael M. Kazhdan, Patrick Min, Philip Shilane:
  Shape-based retrieval and analysis of 3d models. 58-64
  
• Carlo H. Séquin:
  Rapid prototyping: a 3d visualization tool takes on sculpture and mathematical forms. 66-73
  
• David Koller, Marc Levoy:
  Protecting 3d graphics content. 74-80
  

• U. N. Umesh, Minh Q. Huynh, Leonard M. Jessup:
  Creating successful entrepreneurial ventures in IT. 82-87
  
• Jo Ellen Moore, Mary Sue Love:
  IT professionals as organizational citizens. 88-93
  
• James A. M. McHugh, Fadi P. Deek:
  An incentive system for reducing malware attacks. 94-99
  
• Jennifer Jie Xu, Hsinchun Chen:
  Criminal network analysis and visualization. 100-107
  
• Rahul Singh, Al Farooq Salam, Lakshmi S. Iyer:
  Agents in e-supply chains. 108-115
  
• Fiona Fui-Hoon Nah, Keng Siau, Yuhong Tian:
  Knowledge management mechanisms of financial service sites. 117-123
  
• Tapas Kanungo, Philip Resnik, Song Mao, Doe-Wan Kim, Qigong Zheng:
  The Bible and multilingual optical character recognition. 124-130
  

• Younghwa Lee:
  The CAN-SPAM Act: a silver bullet solution? 131-132
  

• Susan Landau:
  What lessons are we teaching? 144
  

Volume 48, Number 7, July 2005

• Diane Crawford:
  Editorial pointers. 5
  

• News track. 9-10
  

• Diane Crawford:
  Forum. 11-13
  

• David A. Patterson:
  Reflections on a programming Olympiad. 15-16
  

• Diane Crawford:
  Top 10 downloads from ACM's digital library. 17-18
  

• Peter J. Denning:
  The locality principle. 19-24
  

• Michael A. Cusumano:
  The puzzle of Japanese software. 25-27
  

• Naomi S. Baron:
  Instant messaging and the future of language. 29-31
  

• Karen Holtzblatt:
  Introduction. 32-35
  
• Jan Blom, Jan Chipchase, Jaakko Lehikoinen:
  Contextual and cultural challenges for user mobility research. 37-41
  
• Colleen Page:
  Mobile research strategies for a global market. 42-48
  
• T. S. Balaji, Brian Landers, Jesse Kates, Bob Moritz:
  A carrier's perspective on creating a mobile multimedia service. 49-53
  
• Eeva Kangas, Timo Kinnunen:
  Applying user-centered design to mobile application development. 55-59
  
• David B. Rondeau:
  For mobile applications, branding is experience. 61-66
  

• Barbara P. Heath, David J. McArthur, Marilyn McClelland, Ronald J. Vetter:
  Metadata lessons from the iLumina digital library. 68-74
  
• Gun A. Lee, Gerard Jounghyun Kim, Mark Billinghurst:
  Immersive authoring: What You eXperience Is What You Get (WYXIWYG). 76-81
  
• Dennis F. Galletta, Alexandra Durcikova, Andrea Everard, Brian M. Jones:
  Does spell-checking software need a warning label? 82-86
  
• James J. Cappel, Victor R. Prybutok, Benny Varghese:
  A closer look at attention to detail. 87-92
  
• Mike Thelwall:
  Scientific web intelligence: finding relationships in university webs. 93-96
  
• Rudy Hirschheim:
  The internet-based education bandwagon: look before you leap. 97-101
  

• Robert Davis, David Yung:
  Understanding the interactivity between television and mobile commerce. 103-105
  

• Edward W. Felten:
  DRM and public policy. 112
  

Volume 48, Number 8, August 2005

• Diane Crawford:
  Editorial pointers. 5
  

• News track. 9-10
  

• Diane Crawford:
  Forum. 11-13
  

• Robert L. Glass:
  "Silver bullet" milestones in software history. 15-18
  

• Diane Crawford:
  Top 10 downloads from ACM's digital library. 19-20
  

• Hal Berghel, Jacob Uecker:
  WiFi attack vectors. 21-28
  

• David A. Patterson:
  Does ACM support matter to conferences or journals? 29-30
  

• Sanjeev Arora, Bernard Chazelle:
  Is the thrill gone? 31-33
  

• Thomas F. Stafford:
  Introduction. 34-36
  
• Steve Gibson:
  Spyware was inevitable. 37-39
  
• Roger Thompson:
  Why spyware poses multiple threats to security. 41-43
  
• Xiaoni Zhang:
  What do consumers really know about spyware? 44-48
  
• Lee A. Freeman, Andrew Urbaczewski:
  Why do people hate spyware? 50-53
  
• Neveen Farag Awad, Kristina Fitzgerald:
  The deceptive behaviors that offend us most about spyware. 55-60
  
• Qing Hu, Tamara Dinev:
  Is spyware an Internet nuisance or public menace? 61-66
  
• Mark B. Schmidt, Kirk P. Arnett:
  Spyware: a little knowledge is a wonderful thing. 67-70
  
• Younghwa Lee, Kenneth A. Kozar:
  Investigating factors affecting the adoption of anti-spyware systems. 72-77
  
• Merrill Warkentin, Xin Luo, Gary F. Templeton:
  A framework for spyware assessment. 79-84
  
• Sudhindra Shukla, Fiona Fui-Hoon Nah:
  Web browsing and spyware intrusion. 85-90
  
• Kirk P. Arnett, Mark B. Schmidt:
  Busting the ghost in the machine. 92-95
  
• Robin Poston, Thomas F. Stafford, Amy Hennington:
  Spyware: a view from the (online) street. 96-99
  

• Indranil Bose, Raktim Pal:
  Auto-ID: managing anything, anywhere, anytime in the supply chain. 100-106
  
• Yihua Philip Sheng, Peter P. Mykytyn Jr., Charles R. Litecky:
  Competitor analysis and its defenses in the e-marketplace. 107-112
  
• Casey G. Cegielski, Brian J. Reithel, Carl M. Rebman:
  Emerging information technologies: developing a timely IT strategy. 113-117
  
• Gregory W. Bond:
  Software as art. 118-124
  
• Don Hardaway:
  Sharing research in the 21st century: borrowing a page from open source software. 125-128
  
• Jeanette Nasem Morgan:
  Why the software industry needs a good ghostbuster. 129-133
  

• Harry L. Reif, Michel Mitri:
  How university professors teach project management for information systems. 134-136
  

• Peter G. Neumann, Michael D. Byrne:
  Disability-related risks. 144
  

Volume 48, Number 9, September 2005

• Diane Crawford:
  Editorial pointers. 5
  

• News track. 9-10
  

• Diane Crawford:
  Forum. 11-13
  

• Phillip G. Armour:
  To plan, two plans. 15-19
  

• Meg McGinity Shannon:
  Nanotechnology's shadow. 21-23
  

• David A. Patterson:
  Restoring the popularity of computer science. 25-28
  

• Diane Crawford:
  Top 10 downloads from ACM's digital library. 29-30
  

• Frank Stajano:
  RFID is x-ray vision. 31-33
  

• Gaetano Borriello:
  Introduction. 34-37
  
• Joshua R. Smith, Kenneth P. Fishkin, Bing Jiang, Alexander Mamishev, Matthai Philipose, Adam D. Rea, Sumit Roy, Kishore Sundara-Rajan:
  RFID-based techniques for human-activity detection. 39-44
  
• Ramesh Raskar, Paul A. Beardsley, Paul H. Dietz, Jeroen van Baar:
  Photosensing wireless tags for geometric procedures. 46-51
  
• Trevor Pering, Rafael Ballagas, Roy Want:
  Spontaneous marriages of mobile devices and interactive spaces. 53-59
  
• Sherry Hsi, Holly Fait:
  RFID enhances visitors' museum experience at the Exploratorium. 60-65
  
• Miyako Ohkubo, Koutarou Suzuki, Shingo Kinoshita:
  RFID privacy issues and technical challenges. 66-71
  
• Oliver Günther, Sarah Spiekermann:
  RFID and the perception of control: the consumer's view. 73-76
  
• Bruce Eckfeldt:
  What does RFID do for the consumer? 77-79
  

• Rajiv C. Shah, Jay P. Kesan:
  Nurturing software. 80-85
  
• James Backhouse, Carol Hsu, Jimmy C. Tseng, John Baptista:
  A question of trust. 87-91
  
• Zhenhui Jiang, Weiquan Wang, Izak Benbasat:
  Multimedia-based interactive advising technology for online consumer decision support. 92-98
  
• Charles A. Wood, Terence T. Ow:
  WEBVIEW: an SQL extension for joining corporate data to data derived from the web. 99-104
  
• Ping Zhang, Na Li:
  The importance of affective quality. 105-108
  
• Hai Zhuge:
  Exploring an epidemic in an e-science environment. 109-114
  
• Deborah K. Smith, Trevor T. Moores, Jerry Chang:
  Prepare your mind for learning. 115-118
  

• G. Anthony Gorry:
  As simple as possible, but not simpler. 119-122
  

• Barbara B. Simons, Jim Horning:
  Risks of technology-oblivious policy. 136
  

Volume 48, Number 10, October 2005

• Diane Crawford:
  Editorial pointers. 5
  

• News track. 9-10
  

• Diane Crawford:
  Forum. 11-13
  

• David A. Patterson:
  The new Professional Development Centre boasts 1, 000 courses, O'Reilly Books, and CS classics. 15-16
  

• Diane Crawford:
  Top 10 downloads from ACM's digital library. 17-18
  

• Pamela Samuelson:
  Did MGM really win the Grokster case? 19-24
  

• Michael A. Cusumano:
  Software in Ireland: a balance of entrepreneurship and ... lifestyle management? 25-27
  

• Kenneth A. Ross:
  Academic dishonesty and the Internet. 29-31
  

• Abbe Mowshowitz, Murray Turoff:
  Introduction. 32-35
  
• Edward N. Wolff:
  The growth of information workers in the U.S. economy. 37-42
  
• Sara J. Czaja, Starr Roxanne Hiltz:
  Digital aids for an aging society. 43-44
  
• Elia Zureik, Abbe Mowshowitz:
  Consumer power in the digital society. 46-51
  
• Barry Wellman:
  Community: from neighborhood to network. 53-55
  
• Eli M. Noam:
  Why the Internet is bad for democracy. 57-58
  
• Starr Roxanne Hiltz, Murray Turoff:
  Education goes digital: the evolution of online learning and the revolution in higher education. 59-64
  
• Hal R. Varian:
  Universal access to information. 65-66
  
• Peter G. Goldschmidt:
  HIT and MIS: implications of health information technology and medical information systems. 68-74
  

• Yong Jin Kim, Rajiv Kishore, G. Lawrence Sanders:
  From DQ to EQ: understanding data quality in the context of e-business systems. 75-81
  
• Gediminas Adomavicius, Alexander Tuzhilin:
  Personalization technologies: a process-oriented perspective. 83-90
  
• Bipin Prabhakar, Charles R. Litecky, Kirk P. Arnett:
  IT skills in a tough job market. 91-94
  
• Dragomir R. Radev, Jahna Otterbacher, Adam Winkel, Sasha Blair-Goldensohn:
  NewsInEssence: summarizing online news topics. 95-98
  
• Sang M. Lee, Xin Tan, Silvana Trimi:
  Current practices of leading e-government countries. 99-104
  
• Arvind Malhotra, Albert H. Segars:
  Investigating wireless web adoption patterns in the U.S. 105-110
  

• Alan R. Peslak:
  The educational productivity paradox. 111-114
  

• Lauren Weinstein:
  The best-laid plans: a cautionary tale for developers. 128
  

Volume 48, Number 11, November 2005

• Diane Crawford:
  Editorial pointers. 5
  

• News track. 9-10
  

• Diane Crawford:
  Forum. 11-13
  

• Peter J. Denning, Andrew D. McGettrick:
  Recentering computer science. 15-19
  

• Robert L. Glass:
  The plot to deskill software engineering. 21-24
  

• Diane Crawford:
  Top 10 downloads from ACM's digital library. 25-26
  

• Maria M. Klawe, Ben Shneiderman:
  Crisis and opportunity in computer science. 27-28
  

• David A. Patterson:
  Rescuing our families, our neighbors, and ourselves. 29-31
  

• Peter Kugel:
  It's time to think outside the computational box. 32-37
  
• Alvin T. S. Chan:
  Mobile cookies management on a smart card. 38-43
  
• Richard A. Frost:
  Call for a public-domain SpeechWeb. 45-4