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1. Editorial Definition for Computing Practices.

Author

Sibley, Edgar H. and Aiken, Robert M.

Subjects
*NEWSPAPER sections, columns, etc., *COMPUTER systems, *ELECTRONIC data processing, *COMPUTER science
Abstract

This article offers information on the Computing Practices section of the magazine "Communications of the ACM." The section focuses on articles with a message about general ideas and techniques that can be transferred from one place to another. Instead of technical papers, the section concentrates on discussions of how, what, why and when to use the computing methods and systems. Topics that cover areas of interest to readers of the section include improvement of the systems design process, future of computing, and implication of new theory to application systems.

Published
1980

2. Reorganization of Computer Systems Department.

Author

Bell, Gordon, Siewiorek, Dan, and Fuller, Sam

Subjects
*PUBLISHING, *COMPUTER science, *COMPUTER architecture, *COMPUTER systems
Abstract

Discusses a proposed reorganization of the Computer Systems Department of the Association for Computing Machinery. Information that the department has been divided into two sub-departments: Computer Architecture and Measurement, and Performance Evaluation; Functions and roles of the departments; Information on the steps taken by the association for the publication of valuable papers related to the field of computer science in the periodical "Communications of the ACM."

Published
1972