[ieeetcsc-discuss] [IUFO-TOC] IEEE DS Online June Alert

[Marcin Paprzycki]

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IEEE DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS ONLINE
http://dsonline.computer.org <http://dsonline.computer.org/>
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Volume 9, Number 6  --  June 2008

C O N T E N T S
1. Software Architecture Patterns for a Context-Processing Middleware
Framework <article>
2. Useful Computer Security <introduction>
3. Distributed Computing Education, Part 1: A Special Case?  <department>
4. Multilanguage Programming <department>
5. Ultra Low-Cost PCs Redraw the OS Wars  <news>
6. Will the Overseas Expansion of Facebook Succeed? <department>
7. A Self-Stabilizing Leader Election Algorithm in Highly Dynamic Ad Hoc
Mobile Networks <transaction>
8. A Comprehensive Development Guide for the Globus Toolkit <book reviews>

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1. FROM IEEE DS ONLINE: MANAGING UBIQUITOUS APPLICATIONS
Software Architecture Patterns for a Context-Processing Middleware
Framework
Romain Rouvoy, Denis Conan, and Lionel Seinturier
COSMOS  is a component-based framework for managing context information
in ubiquitous context-aware applications. It decomposes context
observation policies into fine-grained units called context nodes.
http://dsonline.computer.org/portal/pages/dsonline/2008/06/o6001.html

2. FROM IEEE INTERNET COMPUTING: GUEST EDITORS' INTRODUCTION
Useful Computer Security
Elizabeth Churchill,  Les Nelson, and Diana K. Smetters
Security is systemic, and negotiating, instituting, and maintaining
real-world security procedures and practices is an organizational and
social activity.
http://dsonline.computer.org/portal/pages/dsonline/2008/06/w3gei.html

3. EDUCATION
Distributed Computing Education, Part 1: A Special Case?
David Fergusson, Diego Romano, Elizabeth van der Meer, and Malcolm Atkinson
Investments in e-infrastructure require adequate investments in
education to allow for the full development and use of these
technologies. But distributed computing teaching must address issues
beyond the strictly technological.
http://dsonline.computer.org/portal/pages/dsonline/2008/06/o6002edu.html

4. FROM IEEE INTERNET COMPUTING: TOWARD INTEGRATION
Multilanguage Programming
Steve Vinoski
Multilingual programmers embrace the diversity of programming languages,
enabling them to apply different languages to different integration
problems to produce higher-quality solutions that are faster, easier,
and less expensive to develop, maintain, and enhance.
http://dsonline.computer.org/portal/pages/dsonline/2008/06/w3tow.html

++++++++++CALL FOR PAPERS++++++++++

IEEE Internet Computing magazine seeks original articles on dependable
service-oriented computing that focus on new methodologies, tools, and
runtime systems for supporting the entire SOC life cycle.
Submissions are due 15 July 2008.
For more details, see
http://www.computer.org/portal/pages/internet/conten/cfp.html.

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5. NEWS
Ultra Low-Cost PCs Redraw the OS Wars
Greg Goth
Microsoft opens Windows for bare-bones computers in an attempt to
capture mind share in a new global market.
http://dsonline.computer.org/portal/pages/dsonline/2008/06/o6004news.html

6. FROM IEEE INTERNET COMPUTING: E-COMMERCE TRACK
Will the Overseas Expansion of Facebook Succeed?
Yun Wan, Vaishali Kumar, and Amina Bukhari
Social networking sites are becoming mainstream and are spreading
worldwide. This analysis of a recent survey conducted among Indian and
Pakistani Orkut users aims to investigate Orkut users' experiences with
Facebook, which has a stronghold in the US and is expanding globally.
http://dsonline.computer.org/portal/pages/dsonline/2008/06/w3eco.html

7. FROM IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PARALLEL & DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS
A Self-Stabilizing Leader Election Algorithm in Highly Dynamic Ad Hoc
Mobile Networks
Abdelouahid Derhab and Nadjib Badache
A self-stabilizing leader election algorithm can tolerate multiple
concurrent topological changes. By introducing the time-interval-based
computation concept, the algorithm ensures that a network partition can
within a finite time converge to a legitimate state even if topological
changes occur during the convergence time.
http://dsonline.computer.org/portal/pages/dsonline/2008/06/trans.html

8. BOOK REVIEWS
A Comprehensive Development Guide for the Globus Toolkit
Dana Petcu
A review of Grid Computing For Developers by Vladimir Silva.
http://dsonline.computer.org/portal/pages/dsonline/2008/06/o6003bks.html

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IEEE DS Online's Expert-Moderated Community Topic Areas:
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
Games and Simulation: http://dsonline.computer.org/games
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
Software Engineering: http://dsonline.computer.org/software_engineering
Web Systems: http://dsonline.computer.org/was

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