MARCH 2007 - Volume Five
U.S. Developers, Students Face Ever-Increasing Global Competition/e-Week.com <http://www.eweek.com/>
by Darryl K. Taft
The results of the 2007 ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest highlight the trend of increasing competition in software development, and that the United States is quickly losing its position of global dominance in the field, according to statistics. Of all U.S. entries, only MIT was able to crack the contest's top 10. Read more on Darryl Taft’s article on a study conducted by Evans Data that shows while the global population of software developers is expected to grow by 5 million between 2007 and 2010 to 19.5 million, North America will account for just 18 percent of those developers, down from 23 percent today: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2104781,00.asp <http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2104781,00.asp>
The Role of SSL in Cybersecutiry/IEEE Internet Computing
<http://www.computer.org/portal/cms_docs_itpro/itpro/content/Promo/f2022_07.pdf> by Larry D. Bisel
In Larry Bisel’s paper, the ‘Secure Sockets Layer’ (SSL) isn’t a magic bullet that can provide security in an otherwise insecure environment. The deployment of any security measure must consider the entire threat model: http://www.computer.org/portal/cms_docs_itpro/itpro/content/Promo/f2022_07.pdf
Scholarship for Service: New Mexico Tech's Undergraduate Program/IEEE Internet Computing <http://www.computer.org/portal/site/ieeecs/index.jsp>
by Lorie M. Liebrock from the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Learn more on New Mexico Tech’s “Scholarship For Service” program (SFS). The NSF-funded program educates and prepares students for leadership roles in government positions in information assurance. SFS provides the opportunity to support some of the best students at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology and to work closely with them in their education, professional development, and research: http://dsonline.computer.org/portal/site/dsonline/menuitem.6dd2a408dbe4a94be487e0606bcd45f3/index.jsp?&pName=dso_level1_article&TheCat=&path=dsonline/2007/03&file=o3002edu.xml& <http://dsonline.computer.org/portal/site/dsonline/menuitem.6dd2a408dbe4a94be487e0606bcd45f3/index.jsp?&pName=dso_level1_article&TheCat=&path=dsonline/2007/03&file=o3002edu.xml&>
Is E-Government Ready for Prime Time?/IEEE Internet Computing
<http://www.computer.org/portal/site/ieeecs/index.jsp> by Stephen Ruth and Soogwan Doh from George Mason University
Authors Ruth and Doh provide insights into the buzz about electronic government that has been instituted in nearly every country world-wide, from the poorest to the richest. Is it everything that we had hoped it would be in the form of services? Are we getting our ‘return on investment’ in E-Government? Read the entire article at: toggle(getObject('exp1164741369_link'), 'exp1164741369'); http://dsonline.computer.org/portal/site/dsonline/menuitem.6dd2a408dbe4a94be487e0606bcd45f3/index.jsp?&pName=dso_level1_article&TheCat=&path=dsonline/2007/04&file=w2pub.xml& <http://dsonline.computer.org/portal/site/dsonline/menuitem.6dd2a408dbe4a94be487e0606bcd45f3/index.jsp?&pName=dso_level1_article&TheCat=&path=dsonline/2007/04&file=w2pub.xml&>
A Peek Into the Future/CNet
<http://www.cnet.com/> by Erica Ogg
Fujitsu Labs showcased many of its innovative technologies at last week's North American Technology Forum, including e-paper, a waterproof RFID tag, new ways of embedding numerical data in an image, and technique for securing private information that reads the unique vein patterns in a person’s hand. Some of this technology is currently in use in Japan, although it is unavailable in America. Read more on what the Fujitsu labs are developing at: http://news.com.com/Photos+Fujitsu+peers+into+the+future/2300-1041_3-6168125.html?tag=nefd.lede
The New Metrics of Corporate Performance: Profit per Employee/McKinsey Quarterly <http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/>
Today's approach to measuring financial performance is geared excessively to the capital-intensive operating styles of 20th-century industrial companies. It doesn’t sufficiently account for factors such as the contributions of talented employees that, more and more, are the basic source of wealth. Read more on how companies can redesign the internal financial performance approach and set goals for the return on intangibles by paying greater attention to profit per employee and the number of employees rather than putting all of the focus on returns on invested capital at: http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/article_abstract_visitor.aspx?ar=1924&l2=21&l3=37&srid=27&gp=0 <http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/article_abstract_visitor.aspx?ar=1924&l2=21&l3=37&srid=27&gp=0> This issue of IEEE Internet Computing ?marks the debut of a new department—Public Policy—which will feature short articles about the public policy issues surrounding the deployment of telecommunications technology. The focus will be international instead of US-centric?our next installment, for example, will examine e-voting, something that has been unsuccessful in the US so far, but operates well in some nations. Interested in contributing an article? If so, contact Steve Ruth at ruth@gmu.edu.
CONFERENCES & GRANT OPPORTUNITIES
Statewide Career Pathways: Creating School to College Articulation
With funding from SB 70, the Academic Senate is coordinating an important new project: Statewide Career Pathways: Creating School to College Articulation. High school, ROC/P and college faculty will be given opportunities to meet and develop agreements which will then be put into a database for statewide access. Project outreach to students, parents and educational personnel will strengthen the likelihood of students using the agreements that are created. This presentation will lay out the project's plans and status of progress, and will explain what colleges can be doing now, to participate in the efforts. To find out more about grants from the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office, please go to: http://www.cccco.edu/grants/grants.htm
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