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| | Duben is the Dean of the College of Sciences and Mathematics of the Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas. He took this position after he retired as professor emeritus of computer science from Southeast Missouri State University, where he spent 22 years, rising from assistant professor to professor, and serving as associate dean of the College of Science and Mathematics and as chairman of the computer science department. He studied chemistry and mathematics for his BS from Marquette University in Milwaukee. His PhD, in physical chemistry, is from the Pennsylvania State University. He was, and is, particularly interested in computational chemistry. His early exposure to computing was on an IBM 7094 using Fortran II, and he completed his dissertation research on an IBM 360. At that time, he discovered that a person could make a lot of friends if he knew OS360 JCL. His interest in computational chemistry took him from large quantum mechanical calculations into statistical mechanical studies of glycoprotein geometries, as well as into instrument construction and computerized data collection and control systems. Although he is a full-time administrator, he is still interested in computational science. In particular, he wishes he had the time to use the new college parallel processing cluster to work on some unresolved problems in molecular hydrodynamics and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy of proteins and sugars. He is also interested in Extensible Markup Language (XML) applications in the sciences for data storage and portability among computer programs. He belongs to the ACM, IEEE, and IEEE-Computer Society, and served the profession as an ABET-CAC accreditation evaluator (and hopes to continue doing so). |
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 Viruses in all dimensions: how an information code controls viruses, software and microorganisms
Ball R., Springer International Publishing, New York, NY, 2023. 156 pp. Type: Book (9783658388256)
It has been several decades since the emergence of the first recognized computer virus. The infectious behavior of computer viruses gave them their name--an analogy to the original biological variety. The book’s goal is to draw this con...
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Jul 6 2023 |
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Practical Doomsday: A User's Guide to the End of the World
Zalewski M., No Starch Press, San Francisco, CA, 2022. 250 pp. Type: Book (978-1-718502-12-3)
Why is this book relevant to computing professionals? When this book was madeavailable for review, I was curious about why it was listed, and I selected it. We all have digital assets that we protect. In day-to-day behavior, we back up...
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Apr 18 2022 |
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Software product management: finding the right balance for YourProduct Inc.
Wagenblatt T., Springer International Publishing, New York, NY, 2019. 475 pp. Type: Book (978-3-030198-70-1), Reviews: (1 of 2)
According to author Timo Wagenblatt, software product production and marketing can be managed in a data-driven and quantitatively characterized manner. This book is based on his long career in software product management, which include...
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Sep 11 2020 |
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Surviving software dependencies
Cox R. Communications of the ACM 62(9): 36-43, 2019. Type: Article
Software has been reused since the days of exchanging decks of punched cards wrapped in listings printed on green bar paper. Packages (that is, libraries) of code are everywhere and are used in an overwhelming number of applications. S...
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May 13 2020 |
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Many-body approaches at different scales: a tribute to Norman H. March on the occasion of his 90th birthday
Angilella G., Amovilli C., Springer International Publishing, New York, NY, 2018. 385 pp. Type: Book (978-3-319723-73-0)
Friends, colleagues, and collaborators of Professor Norman H. March created this festschrift in honor of his 90th birthday. March is an emeritus professor at Oxford and the first Coulson Professor of Theoretical Chemistry. This collect...
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Dec 23 2019 |
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Computational artifacts: towards a philosophy of computer science
Turner R., Springer International Publishing, New York, NY, 2018. 255 pp. Type: Book (978-3-662555-64-4)
The philosophy of any discipline must account for the goals, methodology, and subject matter of the discipline [1]. There is a well-developed body of scholarship on the philosophy of mathematics and of science, especially physics and b...
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Jul 15 2019 |
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The Python 3 standard library by example (2nd ed.)
Hellmann D., Addison-Wesley Professional, Boston, MA, 2017. 1456 pp. Type: Book (978-0-134291-05-5)
The power and capabilities of a modern computer programming language are often found in the libraries associated with the language. Python is no exception. Python’s standard library is a large body of modules and classes that...
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Jul 12 2018 |
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An introduction to distance geometry applied to molecular geometry
Lavor C., Liberti L., Lodwick W., da Costa T., Springer Publishing Company, Incorporated, New York, NY, 2017. 54 pp. Type: Book (978-3-319571-82-9)
The most common way of determining the structures of molecules in a solution is nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). The signals measured are caused by the flipping of the spins of paramagnetic nuclei in a magnetic field. The strengths of...
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Jun 7 2018 |
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Practical C
Zambon G., Apress, New York, NY, 2016. 469 pp. Type: Book (978-1-484217-68-9)
The C programming language remains one of the principal languages for developing operating systems and many applications, especially in the sciences and engineering. This book is not a textbook. Rather, it is an extended personal essay...
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Jun 5 2017 |
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Great principles of computing
Denning P., Martell C., The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2015. 320 pp. Type: Book (978-0-262527-12-5)
Since computer science is the youngest science, its identity is not as clearly perceived as other, older sciences like chemistry, physics, biology, or geology. It is easily confused with consumer products or skill sets like network tec...
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