ACM Computing Surveys articles from December 1 1996

ACM Computing Surveys archives from December 1 1996

Strategic directions in computer science education.
December 1, 1996... 1. INTRODUCTION Public support for universities and the traditional balance between research and teaching have each come under increased scrutiny and criticism. At the same time, modern society grows ever more dependent on computing technology...

Cmputational science and engineering.(ACM 50th Anniversary Issue: Strategic Directions in Computing Research)
December 1, 1996... 1. WHAT IS CSE? Computational science and engineering (CSE) is a multifaceted field; it is not just the study of computational aspects of science and engineering disciplines but also the "science" of scientific computing. Therefore, this field...

Strategic directions in real-time and embedded systems.(ACM 50th Anniversary Issue: Strategic Directions in Computing Research)
December 1, 1996... 1. INTRODUCTION Real-time computing is an enabling technology for many important application areas, including process control, nuclear power plants, agile manufacturing, intelligent vehicle highway systems, avionics, air-traffic control,...

Strategic directions in software quality.(ACM 50th Anniversary Issue: Strategic Directions in Computing Research)
December 1, 1996... 1. PROBLEM The challenge of research in software quality is to provide tools and technology that will enable the software industry to deploy software products and services that are safe, dependable, and usable within an economic framework...

Strategic directions in software engineering and programming languages.(ACM 50th Anniversary Issue: Strategic Directions in Computing Research)
December 1, 1996... 1. INTRODUCTION The computer revolution is based on the ability of a general-purpose machine to carry out a specific task under the control of special-purpose software. While the wide applicability of stock hardware has driven demand up and...

Strategic directions in object-oriented programming.(ACM 50th Anniversary Issue: Strategic Directions in Computing Research)
December 1, 1996... 1. WHAT IS OOP ABOUT? Object-oriented programming (OOP) is a technique for improving productivity, quality, and innovation in software development. Whereas procedures are sequences of statements that specify a transformation from inputs to...

Strategic directions in networks and telecommunications.(ACM 50th Anniversary Issue: Strategic Directions in Computing Research)
December 1, 1996... 1. INTRODUCTION The computer/communication revolution has occurred. The Internet is rapidly becoming ubiquitous. Wireless technology is widely used and is supporting mobile computing. Network bandwidths have increased to the point where...

Strategic directions in computer architecture.(ACM 50th Anniversary Issue: Strategic Directions in Computing Research)
December 1, 1996... 1. INTRODUCTION Looking back on the last 30 years, we have seen the remarkable developments in semiconductor technology enabling the implementation of ideas that were previously beyond the computer architect's grasp. Ideas like multilevel...

Strategic directions in research on programming languages.(ACM 50th Anniversary Issue: Strategic Directions in Computing Research)
December 1, 1996... 1. INTRODUCTION A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming. ALAN PERLIS NATO Conference on Software Engineering Techniques Rome, 1969 Programming language research covers a broad spectrum from...