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Computer Science

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Computer Science: Reflections on the Field, Reflections from the Field

Committee on the Fundamentals of Computer Science: Challenges and Opportunities, National Research Council

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An amazing collection of essays from leading researchers 4 out of 5 stars.
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This book is intended to introduce the field of Computer Science to
"the scientific community at large, policymakers, and the general
republic." (Preface) The book consists of an amazing collections of
essays from leading researchers in the sub-fields of Computer Science.
You'll have Jon Kleinberg and Christos Papadimitriou on computability
and complexity, Jim Gray on database, Michael Lesk on information
retrieval, Tom Mitchell on machine learning, Lillian Lee on natural
language processing, Jeffery Ullman on word processing softwares, and
Peter Norvig on internet searching, just name a few. It's like an
introduction book on Physics with chapters written by Stephen Hawking
on astrophysics and Richard Feynman on quantum physics, for example.

Most articles indeed have the general public as target audience and
can be followed without previous knowledge in Computer Science. For
people majoring in computer science like me, the book forces me to ask
key fundamental question in general (what is computer science?) and in
specific areas (e.g., what drives information retrieval?), which I
didn't pay much attention when I studied this area.

The book also contains articles written by Gerald Jay Sussman (one of
the SICP authors) and Allen Newell. Their views are so interesting
that sometimes they are counter-intuitive. One of my favorite quote
from the book is "Computer Science is not a science, and its ultimate
significance has little to do with computers." Once you can
appreciate the quote, you really understand what computer science is.

Although the price of $35 is not really friendly to the "general
public", I highly recommended school libraries to buy one. Many
articles are very useful to motivate students in some undergraduate
computer science coerces.

Second International Symposium on Uncertainty Modeling and Analysis: Proceedings April 25-28, 1993 University of Maryland College Park, Maryland (Isuma '93)

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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Critical Issues in Information Systems Research (John Wiley Information Systems)

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Editorial Review:

Information systems research addresses a wide range of issues concering the technology, development and management of information systems as well as their organizational and social impacts. This volume brings together and critically analyzes a number of important issues currently facing the field. In Part 1, the chapters focus on issues associated with the practice of analyzing and designing information systems. The chapters present a broad view of practice including the sociology of knowledge, the responsibility of professionals and the effectiveness of tools and procedures. In Part 2, the chapters focus on the social context of information systems. The chapters address the way we think about and research the organizational antecedents and consequences of information systems, their diffusion and our ability to understand their repercussions in the wider network of changing social relations.

Alvey: Britain's Strategic Computing Initiative

Brian Oakley, Kenneth Owen

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This inside story of the Alvey Program, Britain's own Fifth Generation project, provides fascinating insights into how one Western nation chose to meet the Japanese challenge and how high-technology development was promoted at the national level with lessons for all who are concerned about the future of the computer/artificial intelligence industry or the direction of industrial policy.

During its five-year lifetime and at the cost of 350 million, Alvey spawned a new information technology community that has become an integral part of Britain's national science and technology policy. The authors, who were participants in Alvey, provide a personal and hands-on review of the Program, the participants, and the results.

How can such a complex undertaking be evaluated? There is no doubt that Alvey created new academic posts, new industrial research laboratories, and new teams where few existed before. It was a publicly funded program outside the defense field, a directed effort involving all parts of the industrial technology research community in a way that had not been attempted outside wartime. The authors provide a detailed comparison of Alvey and the Japanese Fifth Generation project and note Alvey's contributions in AI, parallel architecture, VLSI, integrated circuit CAD, software engineering, and speech technology. Above all they note Alvey's contribution in strengthening Britain's academic/industrial complex; British companies are now better placed to collaborate in the broader arena of Europe.

The original Alvey is John Alvey, former Senior Director, Technology, at British Telecom (now retired). Alvey chaired the committee that recommended the launching of a major industrial technology program. Brian Oakley was Director of the UK national Alvey Program of advanced information technology research. Kenneth Owen a freelance writer, was editorial consultant to the Alvey Directorate.

Stacs '89: 6th Annual Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science, Paderborn, Frg, February, 16-18, 1989 Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

B. Monien

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Editorial Review:

This volume contains the presentations of the Sixth Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 89) held at the University of Paderborn, February 16-18, 1989. In addition to papers presented in the regular program the volume contains abstracts of software systems demonstrations which were included in this conference series in order to show applications of research results in theoretical computer science. The papers are grouped into the following thematic sections: computational geometry, automata theory and formal languages, semantics of programming languages, parallel algorithms, graph algorithms, complexity, structures, fault tolerance, completeness, distributed computing and concurrency.

Qualitative Research in Is: Issues and Trends

Eileen Moore Trauth

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This book addresses the need for materials which can help the IS researcher determine which qualitative methods are most appropriate for addressing their particular research questions. It draws on the collective expertise of distinguished scholars to explore concrete issues they have encountered in the use of a particular qualitative method.

Qualitative Research in Is: Issues and Trends

Eileen Moore Trauth

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This book addresses the need for materials which can help the IS researcher determine which qualitative methods are most appropriate for addressing their particular research questions. It draws on the collective expertise of distinguished scholars to explore concrete issues they have encountered in the use of a particular qualitative method.