Computer,August 2004 (Vol. 37, No. 8)

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August 2004 (Vol. 37, No. 8)
ISSN: 0018-9162

Departments
Article Summaries (PDF) p. 4
Letters (PDF) pp. 6-7
At Random
The Art of the Possible (Abstract) Bob Colwell pp. 8-10
Membership News
Poznan University Team Wins $18,000 at CSIDC 2004 (PDF) pp. 11-15
News
E-Micropayments Sweat the Small Stuff (PDF) David Geer pp. 19-22
3D Searching Starts to Take Shape (PDF) Sixto Ortiz pp. 24-26
News Briefs (PDF) Linda Dailey Paulson pp. 28-30
Computing Practices
Modeling Complex Spoken Dialog (Abstract) Hans Dybkjaer, Prolog Development Center Laila Dybkjaer, NISLab, University of Southern Denmark pp. 32-40
Sensor Network Applications
Guest Editors' Introduction: Overview of Sensor Networks (PDF) David Culler, University of California, Berkeley Deborah Estrin, University of California, Los Angeles Mani Srivastava, University of California, Los Angeles pp. 41-49
Environmental Sensor Networks (Abstract) Kirk Martinez, University of Southampton Jane K. Hart, University of Southampton Royan Ong, University of Southampton pp. 50-56
Radiation Detection with Distributed Sensor Networks (Abstract) Sean M. Brennan, Los Alamos National Laboratory Angela M. Mielke, Los Alamos National Laboratory David C. Torney, Los Alamos National Laboratory Arthur B. Maccabe, University of New Mexico pp. 57-59
Shooter Localization in Urban Terrain (Abstract) Miklos Maroti, Vanderbilt University Gyula Simon, Vanderbilt University Akos Ledeczi, Vanderbilt University Janos Sztipanovits, Vanderbilt University pp. 60-61
WiseNET: An Ultralow-Power Wireless Sensor Network Solution (Abstract) Christian C. Enz, Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology Amre El-Hoiydi, Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology Jean-Dominique Decotignie, Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology Vincent Peiris, Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology pp. 62-70
The Flock: Mote Sensors Sing in Undergraduate Curriculum (Abstract) Bruce Hemingway, University of Washington Waylon Brunette, University of Washington Tom Anderl, University of Washington Gaetano Borriello, University of Washington pp. 72-78
Membership News
Departments
Career Opportunities (PDF) p. 86
Bookshelf (PDF) p. 88
Products (PDF) pp. 89-90
Communications
Power Management in Networked Devices (Abstract) Ken Christensen, University of South Florida Bruce Nordman, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Rich Brown, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory pp. 91-93
Security
"Patch on Demand" Saves Even More Time? (Abstract) Angelos D. Keromytis, Columbia University pp. 94-96
Invisible Computing
Context-Aware Trails (Abstract) Siobhán Clarke, Trinity College Dublin Cormac Driver, Trinity College Dublin pp. 97-99
Entertainment Computing
The Digital World's Midlife Crisis (Abstract) Michael Macedonia, Georgia Tech Research Institute pp. 100-101
The Profession
An "Offshore-Resistant" Degree Program (Abstract) David A. Swayne, University of Guelph Qusay H. Mahmoud, University of Guelph Wlodek Dobosiewicz, University of Guelph pp. 104, 102-103