Computer,December 2003 (Vol. 36, No. 12)

Published Articles >> Table of Contents

December 2003 (Vol. 36, No. 12)
ISSN: 0018-9162

Article Summaries
Article Summaries (PDF) p. 4
Letters
Letters (PDF) pp. 6-8 Rearranging the Deck Chairs
At Random
Benchmarketing Competition (Abstract) Bob Colwell pp. 9-11
President's Message
President's Message: Looking Forward (Abstract) Stephen L. Diamond pp. 12-14
Industry Trends
Will Ultrawideband Technology Connect in the Marketplace? (Abstract) Linda Dailey Paulson pp. 15-17
Technology News
Hard Drive Technology Reaches a Turning Point (Abstract) Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols pp. 21-23
News Briefs
News Briefs (Abstract) Linda Dailey Paulson pp. 24-26 Researchers Plan ExperimentalOptical Network; Using Magnets for Wireless Device Connectivity; Two Projects Offer High-Tech Help to the Needy
Computing Practices
Metadata's Role in a Scientific Archive (Abstract) Judi Thomson, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Dan Adams, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Paula J. Cowley, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Kevin Walker, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory pp. 27-34
Power-Aware Computing
Guest Editors' Introduction: Power-Aware Computing (PDF) Mircea R. Stan, University of Virginia Kevin Skadron, University of Virginia pp. 35-38
Energy Management for Commercial Servers (Abstract) Charles Lefurgy, IBM Austin Research Lab Karthick Rajamani, IBM Austin Research Lab Freeman Rawson, IBM Austin Research Lab Wes Felter, IBM Austin Research Lab Michael Kistler, IBM Austin Research Lab Tom W. Keller, IBM Austin Research Lab pp. 39-48
Dynamically Tuning Processor Resources with Adaptive Processing (Abstract) David H. Albonesi, University of Rochester Rajeev Balasubramonian, University of Rochester Steven G. Dropsho, University of Rochester Sandhya Dwarkadas, University of Rochester Eby G. Friedman, University of Rochester Michael C. Huang, University of Rochester Volkan Kursun, University of Rochester Grigorios Magklis, University of Rochester Michael L. Scott, University of Rochester Greg Semeraro, University of Rochester Pradip Bose, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Alper Buyuktosunoglu, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Peter W. Cook, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Stanley E. Schuster, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center pp. 49-58
Reducing Disk Power Consumption in Servers with DRPM (Abstract) Sudhanva Gurumurthi, Pennsylvania State University Anand Sivasubramaniam, Pennsylvania State University Mahmut Kandemir, Pennsylvania State University Hubertus Franke, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center pp. 59-66
Leakage Current: Moore's Law Meets Static Power (Abstract) Nam Sung Kim, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Todd Austin, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor David Blaauw, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Trevor Mudge, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Krisztian Flautner, ARM Ltd. Jie S. Hu, Pennsylvania State University Mary Jane Irwin, Pennsylvania State University Mahmut Kandemir, Pennsylvania State University Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Pennsylvania State University pp. 68-75
Battery Modeling for Energy-Aware System Design (Abstract) Ravishankar Rao, University of Arizona, Tucson Sarma Vrudhula, University of Arizona, Tucson Daler N. Rakhmatov, University of Victoria pp. 77-87
Annual Index
Annual Index, Computer, Volume 36, 2003 (PDF) pp. 88-99
Membership News
Engel Voted IEEE Computer Society President-Elect (Abstract) pp. 100-101
Computer Society Connection (Abstract) pp. 102-104 Reviewers Play Key Role in Publishing Computer
Call and Calendar (PDF) pp. 105-107
Products
Products (Abstract) p. 108
Bookshelf
Bookshelf (Abstract) p. 109 Agile Approach to Database Management
Career Opportunities
Career Opportunities (PDF) pp. 110-128
Security
Risk Management Is Still Where the Money Is (Abstract) Dan Geer pp. 129-131
Entertainment Computing
Nurturing Next-Generation Computer Scientists (Abstract) Paul Fishwick, University of Florida pp. 132-134
Invisible Computing
Wireless Location Privacy Protection (Abstract) Bill Schilit, Intel Research Jason Hong, University of California, Berkeley Marco Gruteser, University of Colorado at Boulder pp. 135-137
Communications
Pervasive Healthcare (Abstract) Upkar Varshney, Georgia State University pp. 138-140
The Profession
The Digital Divide, the UN, and the Computing Profession (Abstract) Neville Holmes, University of Tasmania pp. 144, 142-143