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Computer Society Magazines:2008 Preview

A s the world’s preeminentorganization of computingprofessionals, the IEEEComputer Society works toadvance the theory, prac-

tice, and application of computer andinformation processing technology.The Computer Society publishes 14technical magazines that cover topicsincluding software development,security, microprocessors, test, andinformation technology. In 2008, Society publicationswill address breaking developments, emerging issues,broad trends, and historical perspectives in all aspectsof the computing profession.

Computer, the flagship magazineof the IEEE Computer Society, pub-

lishes high-caliber, peer-reviewed content that is at the cut-ting edge of modern computing, and regularly featuresnews articles, departments, monthly columns, and thought-provoking opinion pieces from computing professionals.

Each January, Computer publishes an Outlook issuethat highlights emerging technologies that promise to

reshape the computing landscape. In2008, key topics include virtualiza-tion, cybersecurity, and computa-tional intelligence.

The spread of digital technologyacross the globe has accelerated inrecent decades. The May 2008 issueof Computer will offer a perspectiveon all aspects of computing in devel-oping countries. Computer’s Juneissue will look at emerging topics in

service-oriented architectures, where services communi-cate by passing data to one another or by coordinatingan activity between one or more services.

For current highlights, classic articles, and completeguidelines for prospective authors, visit www.computer.org/computer.

The IEEE’s first online-only pub-lication, IEEE Distributed Sys-tems Online, is a monthly maga-

zine that features free peer-reviewed articles along withregular departments and a dynamic events calendar. It alsooffers content from two sponsoring magazines, IEEE

Japan Team Wins CHC61 Web Design CompetitionA team of undergraduates at Japan’s Doshisha

University won the IEEE Computer Society WebProgramming Competition (CHC61) with its Web site,“The Unknown History and Technology of MARS.”MARS, Japan Railways’ Magnetic-Electronic AutomaticReservation System, was a precursor of most modernticketing, reservation, and travel applications.

CHC61 organizers encouraged groups of fourstudents to work as teams to design, research, andimplement high-quality Web sites that relate a facet ofcomputer history. Featuring a theme of “UnsungHeroes,” the aim of the 2007 competition was to makestudents aware of computer history as well as stressthe importance of transferable skills such as time man-agement and dividing a major task among groupmembers.

“The judges commented on the impressive visualdesign of Doshisha University’s site. They used a vari-

ety of Web-design techniques to produce a fun, inter-esting, and well-designed site,” said Alan Clements,chair of the competition and a professor at the UK’sUniversity of Teesside.

Nearly 120 teams from 56 universities in 27 countriesvied for the $10,000 first-place prize, provided byMicrosoft.

The nine finalist teams included Anna University inChennai, India; the Faculty of Informatics andInformation Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia; FloridaGulf Coast University in Fort Myers; Guelph Universityin Ontario, Canada; the Institute of Engineering inPulchowk, Nepal; and the Universidad de las CienciasInformaticas in Havana, Cuba (three finalist teams).

To learn more about CHC61 and other ComputerSociety-sponsored student competitions, visit www.computer.org/portal/pages/ieeecs/education/chc60/index.html.

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Pervasive Computing and IEEE Internet Computing, andother Computer Society publications.

DS Online (http://dsonline.computer.org) helps filteran often overwhelming deluge of information by hav-ing community editors who are leaders in their fieldscover a variety of essential topics in distributed com-puting. The publication features expert-moderated topicareas that highlight projects, conferences, and otherresources on subjects including grid computing, distrib-uted agents, operating systems, mobile and pervasivecomputing, middleware, and Web systems.

IEEE Software magazine deliversreliable, useful, leading-edge soft-

ware development information to keep engineers andmanagers abreast of rapid technology change. Softwarefocuses on new technologies, programming styles, tricksof the trade, and ways to build and improve high-qual-ity systems. Peer-reviewed articles and columns by real-world experts illuminate all aspects of the industry,including process improvement, project management,development tools, software maintenance, Web applica-tions and opportunities, test, usability, and more.

Software’s January/February issue will feature indus-try perspectives on the challenge of creating secure soft-ware. Other 2008 issues will explore software qualityrequirements, quantitative methods, and software devel-opment infrastructure.

See www.computer.org/software for free articles, callsfor papers, a sample issue, RSS feeds, and a completeeditorial calendar.

IEEE Internet Computing maga-zine targets the technical and sci-

entific Internet user communities as well as designers anddevelopers of Internet-based applications and enablingtechnologies. IC features refereed articles that address keytrends and recent developments in Internet applications,as well as journal-quality evaluations and reviews of bothemerging and maturing Internet technologies.

Serving as a crossroads for software professionals andacademic researchers, the magazine presents novel con-tent from academia and industry on a wide range of topics, including security, applications, architectures,middleware, information management, policies, andstandards. IC’s January/February 2008 issue will focuson crisis management. Other themes for the year includevirtual organizations, useful computer security, distrib-uted data mining, and Web services for geographic infor-mation systems.

See www.computer.org/internet for information onsubscribing to or writing for the magazine. Key articlesfrom Internet Computing are also available on theComputer Society’s Web site through IEEE DistributedSystems Online at http://dsonline.computer.org/portal/site/dsonline.

IEEE Security & Privacy maga-zine serves a broad cross-section

of the professional community, presenting best practicesand tracking late-breaking advances in informationassurance and security.

The magazine will devote its January/February 2008issue to recent research in identity management, whilethe May/June issue will examine applications and strate-gies for e-voting.

S&P’s regular departments include Crypto Corner,which explores issues, discoveries, and trends in digitalcryptography and cryptanalysis, and Attack Trends,which examines emerging developments in systemattacks, phishing, and malware.

See www.computer.org/security for Web extras thatinclude podcasts, exclusive articles, and conferencepresentations.

The Computer Society’s IT Professionalmagazine is a bimonthly publication fordevelopers and managers of enterprise

information systems. Coverage areas include Internetsecurity, emerging technologies, Web services, data man-agement, software development, enterprise architecturesand infrastructures, systems integration, and wirelessnetworks.

In its January/February 2008 issue, IT Pro will focuson best practices in information technology. Throughoutthe year, the magazine will address topics that include ser-vice-oriented architectures, IT innovation and evolution,mesh networks, mashups, and data-stream management.

Visit the magazine’s Web site at www.computer.org/itpro for selected articles, complete author guidelines,and links to archived content.

Astronomy, medicine, physics,and other hard sciences require

efficient algorithms, system software, and computerarchitectures that can address large-scale computationalproblems. Computing in Science & Engineering maga-zine covers topics that range from grid computing, com-putational physics, and educational techniques toscientific programming, computer simulations, and large-scale visualizations.

CiSE will devote its March/April 2008 issue to high-lighting recent research in usable community grids. Laterissues in 2008 will address topics that include combi-natorics in computing, computational astrophysics, andhigh-performance computing education.

The IEEE Computer Society and the AmericanInstitute of Physics copublish CiSE in technical cospon-sorship with the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Societyand the IEEE Signal Processing Society.

See the magazine’s Web site at www.computer.org/cisefor selected articles, subscription information, and com-plete author guidelines.

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Systems in technical cosponsorship with the BritishComputer Society, the European Coordinating Com-mittee for Artificial Intelligence, and the AmericanAssociation for Artificial Intelligence. Members of theseorganizations are eligible for a discount on subscriptionsto the magazine.

See www.computer.org/intelligent for selected articles,a calendar of AI-related conferences, RSS feeds, and afree downloadable trial issue.

In 2008, IEEE Micro magazine willpublish original works that reach aninternational audience of micro-

computer and microprocessor designers, system inte-grators, and users. Micro also highlights late-breakingtopics in software, computers and peripherals; systems,components, and subassemblies; and communications,instrumentation, and control equipment.

A “Top Picks” issue, scheduled for January/February2008, will feature Micro’s selections of the best papersfrom the major microarchitecture conferences of 2007.Best papers from the Hot Chips 19 conference are sched-uled to run in Micro’s March/April issue.

Later, Micro will explore new developments in theinteraction of computer architecture and operating sys-tems in the many-core era.

See www.computer.org/micro for current highlightsand more information on upcoming special issues.

IEEE Computer Graphics andApplications magazine bridges

the theory and practice of computer graphics, addressingeverything from specific algorithms to full system imple-mentations. CG&A offers a unique combination of peer-reviewed feature articles and informal departments,including product announcements. Leading researchersguest-edit themed issues that track the latest develop-ments and trends in computer graphics.

CG&A’s January/February 2008 special issue looksat advances in computer graphics, while its March/April issue features articles on the current and futurestate of computational aesthetics. Other issues willhighlight procedural methods for urban modeling,mobile graphics, advanced visualization, and visualanalytics.

For recent articles, links to archived content, detailedcalls for papers, and a complete editorial calendar, visitwww.computer.org/cga.

IEEE Intelligent Systems provides peer-reviewed, cutting-edge articles on the the-ory and applications of systems thatperceive, reason, learn, and act intelli-

gently. In 2008, Intelligent Systems will present aMarch/April issue on self-management through self-orga-nization in information systems and a September/October issue on interactive entertainment. Other issuesthroughout 2008 will address topics that include thefuture of artificial intelligence, machine ethics, and intel-ligent agents in healthcare.

Intelligent Systems targets an audience of softwareengineers, systems designers, information managers,knowledge engineers, researchers, and professionals insuch fields as finance, manufacturing, medicine, defense,and the sciences.

The IEEE Computer Society publishes Intelligent

Society Names 2007 MerwinScholarship Winners

The IEEE Computer Society Richard E. MerwinStudent Scholarship rewards leaders in Societystudent branch chapters who show promise in theiracademic and professional efforts. The Societyrecently announced four scholarship winners for2007-2008.

Koustav Bhattachara of the University of SouthFlorida; Amit Sohan Jain of Thadomal ShahaniEngineering College in Mumbai, India; FarhadMahmud Khan of Carleton University in Ottawa; andJonathan Villanueva Tavira of the Centro Nacional deInvestigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico in Morelos,Mexico, will each receive $4,000, paid in twoinstallments.

Winners of the scholarship serve as IEEE ComputerSociety Student Ambassadors for their respective IEEEregions. Student Ambassadors collect and disseminateinformation to Computer Society student chapters intheir region and serve as liaisons to the ChaptersActivities Board.

The Society grants up to 10 Merwin scholarshipseach year. Active members of Computer Society student branch chapters who are juniors, seniors, or graduate students in electrical or computer engi-neering, computer science, or a computer-relatedfield of engineering are eligible to apply. Applicantsmust be full-time students and have a minimum 2.5 GPA.

The Richard E. Merwin Award is named in honor of aSociety past president. Other awards and scholarshipsthat the Computer Society offers to students includethe Lance Stafford Larson best-student-paper contestand the Upsilon Pi Epsilon/Computer Society Award forAcademic Excellence, which is administered jointly bythe IEEE Computer Society and the Upsilon Pi Epsiloninternational honor society.

Merwin Scholarship applications are due by 31 May 2008. For more information on IEEEComputer Society student scholarship and awardopportunities, visit www.computer.org/students/schlrshp.htm.

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Throughout 2008, IEEE Multi-Media magazine will publish arti-

cles about innovative multimedia and recentbreakthroughs in the field. The quarterly publicationserves a community of scholars, developers, practition-ers, and students who are interested in using multiplemedia types to create new experiences. MultiMedia willconclude 2008 with an October-December issue cover-ing late-breaking research on accessibility and assistivetechnologies in multimedia. Other issues throughout theyear will highlight upward mobility and media stream-ing, collaborative tagging of multimedia, and emergingmedia.

In addition to technical articles, the quarterly maga-zine offers new book reviews, product descriptions, andannouncements of conferences and workshops.MultiMedia also features a Readers’ Remarks depart-ment that encourages feedback and participation fromthe multimedia community.

See www.computer.org/multimedia for article sub-mission guidelines and a complete editorial calendar.

IEEE Pervasive Computing servesthe ever-expanding ranks of man-agers, engineers, application

developers, and researchers who are involved in creat-ing tomorrow’s mobile communication systems.Pervasive Computing presents expert perspectives onhardware technologies and software infrastructure forubiquitous computing, sensing and interaction with thephysical world, the graceful integration of human users,and systems considerations that include scalability, secu-rity, and privacy.

In 2008, Pervasive Computing will publish issueson implantable electronics, activity-based computing,hacking traditions, and pervasive user-generated content.

Visit www.computer.org/pervasive for submissionguidelines and links to related content. Key materialfrom Pervasive Computing is also available on the Webthrough IEEE Distributed Systems Online at http://dsonline.computer.org.

IEEE Design & Test of Com-puters magazine focuses on cur-rent and near-future practice and

includes real-world case studies, how-to articles, andtutorials. Its readers include users, developers, andresearchers concerned with the design and test of chips,assemblies, and integrated systems.

Kicking off 2008, a January/February issue looks atdesign, integration, and test issues related to RFIC chips.The March/April issue of Design & Test will look at thecurrent state of test compression, while the magazine’sMay/June issue will highlight silicon debugging anddiagnosis. A special section devoted to the InternationalTest Conference will run in the magazine’s September/October edition. Other issues address design in the late-and post-silicon eras and the design and test of inter-connects for multicore chips.

The IEEE Computer Society publishes Design & Testin technical cosponsorship with the IEEE Circuits andSystems Society.

See www.computer.org/dt to view calls for papers,selected highlights from past issues, or instructions onhow to volunteer as a reviewer.

Featuring scholarly articles byleading computer scientists andhistorians, as well as firsthand

accounts by computer pioneers, IEEE Annals of theHistory of Computing is the primary publication forrecording, analyzing, and debating the history of com-puting. The quarterly magazine regularly calls upon computer pioneers to share their accounts of significanthistorical moments.

Highlights in 2008 include a look back at 30 years ofAnnals, as well as perspectives on the origins of e-mail,methods and challenges in the history of informatics,and the world of computing.

The entire collection of Annals, from 1979 to the pre-sent, is now available online in the IEEE ComputerSociety Digital Library archives. An extensive collectionof Web-only exclusive content, including tutorials andanecdotes, is also available online.

See www.computer.org/annals for selected articles,biographies of prominent computing pioneers, and otherresources.

I EEE Computer Society publications are available tomembers via print subscriptions and through theonline Computer Society Digital Library, available

at www.computer.org/publications/dlib. ComputerSociety members pay $121 for a full-year, all-accesssubscription. To subscribe, visit www.computer.org/subscribe. ■

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Maurice Wilkes has received this very special awardfrom the IEEE Computer Society. Maurice Wilkes is notonly a pioneer in Computer Science; he was instrumen-tal in setting up the BCS 50 years ago. His contributionshave been immense and long-lasting.”

David L. Parnas developed precise specifications for programs and methodsfor model checking that have led to currentpractices in formal methods and safesystems.

DAVID L. PARNASDavid L. Parnas played a key role in the development

of the software engineering field. He is one of itsfounders and most influential authors, writing the firstpapers on both interface designs and program families(now known as product lines). Parnas’s research oninformation hiding is now widely accepted as the basisof object-oriented and other design methods, while hiswork on the precise specification of programs and modelchecking has led to current practices in formal methodsand safe systems. He has also written some of the mostwidely cited papers on synchronization primitives,including some that have been seminal expositions ofcertain models (such as Petri nets).

Parnas is the 1998 winner of the ACM-SigsoftOutstanding Research Award and two MostInfluential Paper awards from the InternationalConference on Software Engineering. He also won anACM Best Paper Award in 1979. In 1996, the Facultyof Applied Sciences at the Catholic University ofLeuven, Belgium, presented Parnas with an honorarydoctorate. He is a Fellow of both the ACM and theRoyal Society of Canada.

IEEE COMPUTER SOCIETY AWARDSThe IEEE Computer Society sponsors an active

awards program that recognizes both technical achieve-ment and service to the Society and the profession. Inthe technical area, awards are presented for pioneeringand significant contributions to the field of computerscience and engineering. Service awards are presentedto both volunteers and staff for well-defined and highlyvalued contributions to the Society. To learn more aboutIEEE Computer Society Awards, visit http://www.computer.org/awards. ■

F rom a field of 13 candidates, the IEEE ComputerSociety has selected Maurice V. Wilkes, of the Uni-versity of Cambridge, and David L. Parnas, of the

Software Quality Research Laboratory at Ireland’s Uni-versity of Limerick, to receive the one-time IEEE Com-puter Society 60th Anniversary Award.

60TH ANNIVERSARY AWARDThe award recognizes an individual or individuals who

have been responsible for a fundamental and importantcomputer science and engineering contribution over thepast century. Selection committee members paid carefulattention to the originality and significance of a contri-bution, as well as the weight of its impact on computerscience and engineering, and society at large.

The combined award citation reads, “For their semi-nal contributions to the discipline of computing. Wilkespioneered microprogramming, which enabled very largeand complex hardware structures to be implementedreliably and systematically. Parnas provided insights intomaking large-scale systems development manageablewith the concepts of encapsulation and information hid-ing, and helped establish software development as anengineering discipline firmly rooted in mathematics.”

Maurice V. Wilkes introduced programlibraries and the principle of micro-programming in 1951.

MAURICE V.WILKESMaurice V. Wilkes designed and built EDSAC (1949),

the world’s first practical stored-program computer, andin 1951 developed the concept of microprogramming.His 1958 EDSAC 2 was the first computer to have amicroprogrammed control unit and established the via-bility of microprogramming as a basis for computerdesign. Wilkes also developed Titan, which supportedthe UK’s first time-sharing system and provided wideraccess to computing resources for university researchers.A notable design feature of the Titan’s operating systemwas that it provided controlled access based on the iden-tity of the program, as well as or instead of, the identityof the user.

Nigel Shadbolt, president of the British ComputerSociety said, “The BCS is thrilled and delighted that Sir

Society Honors Wilkes and Parnaswith 60th Anniversary Award