Reminiscences on Influential Papers

Unfortunately, this will be my last influential papers column. I've been editor for about five years now (how time flies!) and have enjoyed it immensely. I've always found it rewarding to step back and look at why we do the research we do, and this ...

This issue's contributors are two women who have been extremely influential mentors in my life. I feel privileged that I had the chance to work with them during my time at IBM Almaden. So I asked what influenced them. Enjoy reading!

My favorite column in ACM publications is the "Reminiscences on Influential Papers" in the SIGMOD Record. I don't know of anything else like it, anywhere. Each issue contains a handful of short essays (usually 2 or 3 long paragraphs), explaining why one ...