Computing Reviews - New Reviews

A systematic review of business and information technology alignment from ACM Trans. on Management Information Systems

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:00:00 PST

This paper, as its title suggests, provides a thorough and systematic, if at times tedious, review of the literature on the alignment between business strategy and information technology strategy

GraphChi: large-scale graph computation on just a PC from OSDI 12

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:00:00 PST

The analytical processing of large graphs has increasingly been in demand for academic and industrial applications. Due to their magnitude, large graphs are typically processed in computing

Domain-specific language for event-based compliance monitoring in process-driven SOAs from Service Oriented Computing and Applications

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:00:00 PST

Implementations of business processes are mainly based on service-oriented architecture systems. These systems have to satisfy a set of compliance constraints imposed by law

The effect of integrating social plugins into e-commerce website: a study on online consumer behaviour from ICUIMC 13

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:00:00 PST

This is an empirical study of the effect of incorporating a social plugin, such as a “Like” button for Facebook, on a commerce website. The survey showed

Fast asymmetric thread synchronization from ACM Transactions on Architecture & Code Optimization

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:00:00 PST

The critical section problem involves code that accesses shared resources in a parallel computing environment. Managing such access is a

Why interactive learning environments can have it all: resolving design conflicts between competing goals from CHI 13

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:00:00 PST

As the educational world grapples with online design and delivery issues, there will inevitably be discord between the various stakeholders. Competing goals represent the major area of conflict and

Federated management of the future Internet: status and challenges from Int. Journal of Network Management

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:00:00 PST

This survey paper is intended for researchers interested in various future Internet platforms. The authors address the

On the feasibility and utility of web-based educational lesson plans from DEV 12

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:00:00 PST

This outstanding paper, which is well worth reading, chronicles the use of the web for education in Kenya and India. The authors begin with two basic

The secure information society: ethical, legal and political challenges

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:00:00 PST

Cybersecurity has broad implications for both the public and private sectors. For this book, 15 contributors produced nine chapters divided into three categories: “New Strategic Cybersecurity,” “New Regulatory

Hierarchical neural network structures for phoneme recognition

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:00:00 PST

This brief book comes packed with useful information about some novel techniques for the recognition of speech building blocks known as phonemes. In fact, as the authors acknowledge, the techniques

Managing risk and information security: protect to enable

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:00:00 PST

If one were asked to give an example of a moving target in the information technology (IT) field, an easy guess would be risk management in the context of information security. One important reason

Client-side attacks and defense

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:00:00 PST

As threats to information systems security in organizations have progressed from attacks on central systems to a focus on single users, the probability of success has increased. While servers and central systems are now protected enough to handle

Letting go of the words (2nd ed.)

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:00:00 PST

This is a must-have book for anyone associated with preparing web copy. Being a good writer does not necessarily translate into preparing effective web content. Consequently, even an English major

Web 2.0 and beyond: principles and technologies

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:00:00 PST

Web 2.0 is the second generation of the World Wide Web, which provides a useful platform for knowledge sharing that focuses on user collaboration and social networking. Nowadays, Web 2.0 is of growing importance with its various applications

Automatic malware analysis: an emulator based approach

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:00:00 PST

Malware refers to software written with malicious intent. It is virtually impossible to use a computer these days without being affected by this problem and spending significant effort to protect against

Believable bots: can computers play like people?

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:00:00 PST

Despite the funny title, this is not a book about artificial intelligence (AI) in games. Instead, it is about believability in games. With this is mind, the first question that must be addressed is what a believable bot is. The term “believable” seems more