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| | Bayard Kohlhepp received a BS degree in computer science from Millersville University, Millersville, PA, in 1981. He spent the next 20-plus years designing software, managing project teams, teaching Unix and C programming, and running data centers. Most of his time was spent creating distributed real-time embedded (DRE) systems. He culminated his "geek" career as VP of R&D for a point-of-sale hardware manufacturer, and then traded science for art to pursue new creative paths. Bayard now resides in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina where he works as a professional photographer, music producer, video editor, and high school math and science teacher. --Read our Q&A with Bayard Kohlhepp here. |
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Advances in computers: volume 108
Memon A., Academic Press, Inc., Cambridge, MA, 2018. 364 pp. Type: Book (978-0-128151-19-8)
The Advances in Computers series started in 1960 [1]. Each year, several volumes are printed; each volume contains four to seven chapters, with each chapter written by leading researchers who summarize the state of the art in th...
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Dec 18 2018 |
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 Data science: a comprehensive overview
Cao L. ACM Computing Surveys 50(3): 1-42, 2017. Type: Article, Reviews: (2 of 2)
I’ve been reviewing computing literature for almost two decades, have submitted over 100 reviews, and the survey format used by this paper is very common. However, at 42 pages, this is the largest survey I ever remember readi...
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Pomerantz J., The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2015. 256 pp. Type: Book (978-0-262528-51-1)
This book is surprising in several ways....
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Jun 28 2016 |
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Dark territory: the secret history of cyber war
Kaplan F., Simon & Schuster, New York, NY, 2016. 352 pp. Type: Book (978-1-476763-25-5)
This book amazes on many levels. First, the level of detail is staggering. Dates, names, conversations--the facts sometimes come so fast and furious you have to stop and take a breath. This is old-school journalistic research,...
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Jun 7 2016 |
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No place to hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the US surveillance state
Greenwald G., Metropolitan Books, New York, NY, 2014. 272 pp. Type: Book (978-1-627790-73-4)
Great books are characterized by engaging plot twists, compelling character development, and an underlying commentary on the human condition. This book is not great, but it is staggering. It merely documents a thoroughly shocking revel...
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Oct 7 2015 |
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Data and Goliath: the hidden battles to capture your data and control your world
Schneier B., W. W. Norton & Co., Inc., New York, NY, 2015. 320 pp. Type: Book (978-0-393244-81-6), Reviews: (2 of 4)
The Internet birthed unprecedented freedom of communication, interconnecting individuals from every corner of the globe and every walk of life. This free flow of information has the potential to establish a world of truly free and equa...
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Apr 8 2015 |
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The coder’s path to wealth and independence
Beckner M., Apress, Berkeley, CA, 2014. 248 pp. Type: Book (978-1-484204-22-1)
I was predisposed to hate this book. The title sounds like a cable infomercial, one of those change-your-life sales pitches that snags you in a moment of late-night weakness, only to reveal itself as an embarrassing credit card charge ...
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Jan 5 2015 |
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Software process modeling languages: a systematic literature review
García-Borgoñón L., Barcelona M., García-García J., Alba M., Escalona M. Information and Software Technology 56(2): 103-116, 2014. Type: Article
There are two unrelated reasons to read this paper. The obvious reason is that you are interested in software process modeling languages (SPML). In that case, jump to the end, read the conclusions, and scan the 59 references. The paper...
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Oct 15 2014 |
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Expert JavaScript
Daggett M., Apress, Berkeley, CA, 2013. 350 pp. Type: Book (978-1-430260-97-4)
I have to admit, this book was over my head in some places. In one sense, that’s good. I’m fairly new to JavaScript, and this book should guide and inspire me for some time to come. However, it’s also the ...
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Jun 17 2014 |
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ParallelJS: an execution framework for JavaScript on heterogeneous systems
Wang J., Rubin N., Yalamanchili S. GPGPU-7 (Proceedings of the 7th Workshop on General Purpose Processing Using GPUs, Salt Lake City, UT, Mar 1, 2014) 72-80, 2014. Type: Proceedings
The authors created a library, ParallelJS, which runs JavaScript functions in parallel on heterogeneous systems of standard central processing units (CPUs) and NVIDIA graphics processing units (GPUs). For certain test algorithms, the a...
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Apr 17 2014 |
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