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Big data’s big unintended consequences
Wigan M., Clarke R. Computer 46(6): 46-53, 2013. Type: Article
Is that what they’re using my data for?...
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Dec 31 2013 |
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 Geolocation in iOS: mobile positioning and mapping on iPhone and iPad
Allan A., O’Reilly Media, Inc., Sebastopol, CA, 2012. 116 pp. Type: Book (978-1-449308-44-5)
With just over 100 pages, this book doesn’t mince any words; it gets straight to the details, so I will too....
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May 2 2013 |
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Patterns of data modeling
Blaha M., CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 2010. 261 pp. Type: Book (978-1-439819-89-0)
At 245 pages (counting appendices) of technical meat, the book is a reference manual of abstract definitions of data modeling, covering coarse-grained topics (unified modeling language (UML)) as well as finer-grained material (SQL quer...
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Feb 23 2012 |
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Run-time models for self-managing systems and applications
Ardagna D., Zhang L., Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2010. 185 pp. Type: Book (978-3-034604-32-1)
If this book had ended at chapter 4, I probably would have sent it back....
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Nov 3 2011 |
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Rigi - an environment for software reverse engineering, exploration, visualization, and redocumentation
Kienle H., Müller H. Science of Computer Programming 75(4): 247-263, 2010. Type: Article
What many of us have been looking for for years is finally here: a paper that clearly describes Rigi, its history, its evolution, and, most importantly, its use....
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Oct 26 2010 |
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Domain-specific languages in a customs information system
Freudenthal M. IEEE Software 27(2): 65-71, 2010. Type: Article
An article that makes domain-specific languages (DSLs) at least somewhat interesting is traditionally hard to come by, but Freudenthal’s work comes close....
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Sep 3 2010 |
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Journal on data semantics XII (LNCS 5480)
Spaccapietra S. (ed) Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany, 2009. Type: Divisible Book
Don’t let the outside cover fool you; these are not your run-of-the-mill conference papers. On the contrary, this is a supercharged, state-of-the-art collection of papers, ranging from ontology and concept mapping to workflow...
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Nov 9 2009 |
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Pro Hadoop
Venner J., Apress, Berkeley, CA, 2009. 440 pp. Type: Book (9781430219422), Reviews: (1 of 2)
This is the second major book on Doug Cutting’s masterpiece, Apache Hadoop. It delivers in pure utility and usable examples, to get you “Hadooping” within a few hours, but fails to deliver in other areas. ...
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Nov 3 2009 |
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Database and information-retrieval methods for knowledge discovery
Weikum G., Kasneci G., Ramanath M., Suchanek F. Communications of the ACM 52(4): 56-64, 2009. Type: Article
This excellent article calls for the unification of the information retrieval (IR) and database (DB) communities. The article provides context and background for their separate, yet converging, paths over the past 40 years of computer ...
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May 8 2009 |
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Better scripts, better games
White W., Koch C., Gehrke J., Demers A. Communications of the ACM 52(3): 42-47, 2009. Type: Article
This article could be called “Don’t let the designers get ahold of the car keys,” or “The truth about software engineers and gameplay programmers”; take your pick. It takes the reader t...
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