[ieeetcsc-discuss] [Fwd: IEEE DS Online February Alert]

[Marcin Paprzycki]

IEEE Distributed Systems Online Alert

VOLUME 8   NUMBER 2   February 2007
http://dsonline.computer.org

The new issue of IEEE DS Online is now available.

CONTENTS:

1. Improving Communication in E-democracy Using Natural Language Processing
2. Understanding and Exploiting the Trade-Offs between Broadcasting and
Multicasting in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
3. Flexible Algorithms: Fragments from a Beginners' Course
4. Are You Prepared for Daylight Saving Time 2007?
5. Distributed Event-Based Systems: An Emerging Community
6. Virtualization: Old Technology Offers Huge New Potential
7. Book review of "Grid Networks" by Franco Travostino, Joe Mambretti,
and Gigi Karmous-Edwards, eds.
8. Book review of "Internet Effectively: A Beginner's Guide to the World
Wide Web" by Tyrone Adams and Sharon Scollard

+++++++++++++++++++ CALL FOR EDITOR IN CHIEF APPLICANTS AND NOMINATIONS
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IEEE Distributed Systems Online seeks applicants and nominations for the
volunteer
position of editor in chief. The deadline for applications is ** 15
March 2007. **
For more information, see
http://www.computer.org/portal/pages/dsonline/content/eic_call.html.
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1. FROM IEEE INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS: E-DEMOCRACY
Improving Communication in E-democracy Using Natural Language Processing
Michele Carenini, Angus Whyte, Lorenzo Bertorello, and Massimo Vanocchi
The E-democracy European Network project applied natural language processing
to improve communication between public administrations and their citizens.
http://dsonline.computer.org/portal/pages/dsonline/2007/02/x1car.html

2. FROM IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MOBILE COMPUTING
Understanding and Exploiting the Trade-Offs between Broadcasting and
Multicasting
in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
Lap Kong Law, Srikanth V. Krishnamurthy, and Michalis Faloutsos
The Fireworks hybrid two-tier multicast/broadcast protocol provides
efficient
and lightweight multicast dissemination and self-adapts in response to
variations
in the density and distribution of group members to perform efficiently.
http://dsonline.computer.org/portal/pages/dsonline/2007/02/trans.html

3. EDUCATION
Flexible Algorithms: Fragments from a Beginners' Course
R.B. Yehezkael
This department presents fragments from a Jerusalem College of
Technology course
that teaches flexible algorithms to beginning computer science students.
http://dsonline.computer.org/portal/pages/dsonline/2007/02/o2001edu.html

4. FROM IT PROFESSIONAL: SPECIAL REPORT
Are You Prepared for Daylight Saving Time 2007?
Stephen Tong and Joseph Williams
The changes to US Daylight Saving Time can significantly impact IT
systems. A risk
assessment and remediation strategy can help you avoid troubles.
http://dsonline.computer.org/portal/pages/dsonline/2007/02/f1will.html


+++++++++++++++++++++++ EXCITING NEWS FROM IEEE MULTIMEDIA!
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IEEE Multimedia magazine is launching a video blog for the multimedia
community.
Finally, there's a way for the multimedia community to come together,
share their
opinions, and showcase their talents in a multimedia format. Check it
out and post
your own audio, video, or text responses at
http://www.computer.org/portal/site/multimedia!
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5. SPOTLIGHT
Distributed Event-Based Systems: An Emerging Community
Peter Pietzuch, Gero Mühl, and Ludger Fiege
The Inaugural International Conference on Distributed Event-Based
Systems will
occur in Toronto this June to support event-based systems' growth.
http://dsonline.computer.org/portal/pages/dsonline/2007/02/o2002.html

6. NEWS
Virtualization: Old Technology Offers Huge New Potential
Greg Goth
IBM invented virtualization 40 years ago, but the mass market is only
now poised
to make it a "must-have" technology.
http://dsonline.computer.org/portal/pages/dsonline/2007/02/o2003.html

7. BOOK REVIEW
Networks' Importance in Grids
Rita Pužmanová
A review of "Grid Networks" by Franco Travostino, Joe Mambretti, and Gigi
Karmous-Edwards, eds.
http://dsonline.computer.org/portal/pages/dsonline/2007/02/o2004bks.html

8. BOOK REVIEW
An Excellent Internet Tutorial
Arturo Ortiz-Tapia
A review of "Internet Effectively: A Beginner's Guide to the World Wide
Web" by
Tyrone Adams and Sharon Scollard
http://dsonline.computer.org/portal/pages/dsonline/2007/02/o2005bks.html


+++++++++++++++ CALL FOR EVENTS ++++++++++++++++++
IEEE Distributed Systems Online maintains a calendar of upcoming events
in the field.
To suggest an event for the calendar, contact Guillaume Pierre
(gpierre at cs.vu.nl).
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DS Online's Community area comprises continuously updated pages
maintained by expert researchers in the following areas:
Cluster Computing: http://dsonline.computer.org/cluster
Collaborative Computing: http://dsonline.computer.org/collaborative
Dependable Systems: http://dsonline.computer.org/dependable
Distributed Agents: http://dsonline.computer.org/agents
Distributed Databases: http://dsonline.computer.org/databases
Distributed Multimedia: http://dsonline.computer.org/multimedia
Grid Computing: http://dsonline.computer.org/gc
Middleware: http://dsonline.computer.org/middleware
Mobile & Pervasive: http://dsonline.computer.org/mobile
Operating Systems: http://dsonline.computer.org/os
Parallel Processing: http://dsonline.computer.org/parallel
Peer-to-Peer: http://dsonline.computer.org/p2p
Real-Time & Embedded: http://dsonline.computer.org/embedded
Security: http://dsonline.computer.org/security
Software Engineering: http://dsonline.computer.org/software_engineering
Web Systems: http://dsonline.computer.org/was