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Researchers simplify parallel programming
Parallel computing has become increasingly important as chipmakers put more and more processor cores on individual chips.
Computing what fits
New apps and pods improve the virtual and actual retail experiences by ensuring clothing and cosmetics look good on you before you buy them.
Keeping online reviews honest
As online reviews become increasingly important to e-commerce and social media sites, computer scientists work on ways to ensure their authenticity.
The dark side of the sharing economy … and how to lighten it
Improving the sharing economy will require addressing myriad problems.
Updates on the intellectual property front
Recapping influential U.S. Supreme Court decisions rendered earlier this year.
Big data's end run around procedural privacy protections
Recognizing the inherent limitations of consent and anonymity.
A future for computing education research
Seeking to address the most important issues facing the computer education research community.
Summing up
Considering recent privacy- and security-related events through this column.
An embarrassment of riches
A critical review of open innovation systems.
Designing user incentives for cybersecurity
How to encourage better user security practices and behavior
Evolution of the product manager
Better education needed to develop the discipline.
JavaScript and the Netflix user interface
Conditional dependency resolution.
A decade of progress in parallel programming productivity
Looking at the design and benefits of X10.
Scene understanding by labeling pixels
Pixels labeled with a scene's semantics and geometry let computers describe what they see.
On Facebook, most ties are weak
Strong ties connect individuals in the same community; weak ties connect individuals in different communities.
Building volumetric appearance models of fabric using micro CT imaging
Cloth is essential to our everyday lives; consequently, visualizing and rendering cloth has been an important area of research in graphics for decades. One important aspect contributing to the rich appearance of cloth is its complex 3D structure. ...