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| | Jim Van Speybroeck is a professor of decision sciences at St. Ambrose University (Davenport, IA) where he has taught and done research for 29 years. He received his undergraduate degree in mathematics from St. Ambrose College (now, university) and his master’s degree from Western Illinois University. He received his PhD from Illinois State University, where he did research on post-tenure review of the professoriate. His research interests are primarily focused on regression analysis and the appropriate use of technology for higher education in mathematics, statistics, and econometrics. His teaching specialties are econometrics and statistics. He has written four books on computer science and mathematics. He has written hundreds of articles on computer technology for several journals, including ComputerWorld, ISO World, and Data Processing Digest. He considers his work with ACM Computing Reviews to be a highlight of his professional life. His interests outside of teaching and research include dramatic performances of Civil War music and writings. --Read our Q&A with Jim Van Speybroeck here. |
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 A new history of modern computing
Haigh T., Ceruzzi P., MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2021. 544 pp. Type: Book (978-2-625429-00-8), Reviews: (2 of 2)
Whether this book achieves biblical status as a paradigm of the history of modern computing rests with the reader. However, I can say with confidence that if you are a computing historian, a graduate student with a dissertation to complete, or an ...
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Sep 12 2023 |
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Permissionless innovation: the continuing case for comprehensive technological freedom
Thierer A., Mercatus Center at George Mason University, Arlington, VA, 2014. 106 pp. Type: Book (978-0-989219-34-1)
Nineteenth century impressionism found its way through all of the arts with enormous and lasting success despite the objections of the conventional community. Will Adam Thierer’s belief in permissionless innovation--...
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Oct 21 2014 |
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Risk: a multidisciplinary introduction
Klüppelberg C. (ed), Straub D. (ed), Welpe I. (ed), Springer Publishing Company, Incorporated, New York, NY, 2014. 450 pp. Type: Book (978-3-319044-85-9), Reviews: (1 of 2)
Three parts comprise this book. Part 1, “Risk in History, Society, and Science,” is a historical perspective designed to provide a scaffold for understanding modern practices in assessing risk. This section is by fa...
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May 19 2014 |
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Probability and statistics for computer scientists (2nd ed.)
Baron M., Chapman & Hall/CRC, Boca Raton, FL, 2014. 473 pp. Type: Book (978-1-439875-90-2)
A cynic might ask what the difference is between probability and statistics for computer scientists versus everyone else. The difference is in focus and application. It is true that the material in this text can be found in other books...
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Jan 14 2014 |
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Introduction to cyber-warfare: a multidisciplinary approach
Shakarian P., Shakarian J., Ruef A., Syngress Publishing, Boston, MA, 2013. 336 pp. Type: Book (978-0-124078-14-7)
In each of the 13 chapters in this book, there is a brief presentation of a type of cyber attack, followed by a detailed account of what can happen as a result of the attack. The chapter then concludes with an actual case study of an a...
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Dec 26 2013 |
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Transforming global information and communication markets: the political economy of innovation
Cowhey P., Aronson J., The MIT Press, 2009. 368 pp. Type: Book (9780262012850)
This book explores the mechanics of technological innovation, market strategies, and political entrepreneurship that have propelled so many countries into a new era of marketplace economy. There may have been a time when information, c...
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Jul 1 2009 |
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Opening up education: the collective advancement of education through open technology, open content, and open knowledge
Iiyoshi T., Kumar M., The MIT Press, 2008. 500 pp. Type: Book (9780262033718)
“Immersion and desire”; when I read those words by John Seely Brown, in the foreword of this book, describing the attributes necessary for learning, I felt I was in for a treat. I was not mistaken....
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Nov 17 2008 |
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The future of reputation: gossip, rumor, and privacy on the Internet
Solove D., YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS, New Haven, CT, 2007. 256 pp. Type: Book (9780300124989)
This book is an in-depth study on the impact of the Internet in affecting and effecting one’s reputation. Solove also explores ways in which society can limit the destructive ability of the Internet to demean and humiliate pe...
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Jul 10 2008 |
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