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A quantitative analysis supports the argument that very low acceptance rates of conference papers are more likely to impede publication of bold and innovative research results than to indicate the chosen papers' prestige and elite status. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article features the 14 technical magazines published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society in celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2006. The Computer Society's magazines cover topics including graphics, multimedia applications, and security. In 2006, Society publications will address broad trends, emerging issues, historical perspectives, and recent developments in all aspects of the computing profession. INSETS: Nominate a Senior Member for IEEE Fellow Recognition.;Computer Society Transactions Cover Key Topics in 2006..

In 1999, a guideline titled "Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation" was published to provide information technology security evaluation criteria that extend to an international community. The assurance requirements include prepackaged sets which represent the paradigm that assurance equals evaluation, and more evaluation leads to more assurance. This paradigm is at odds with the marketplace, neither reflecting how confidence is typically achieved nor providing a cost-effective means for supplying grounds for confidence in the security capabilities on the information technology being evaluated.

Information of interest to Computer Society members. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A summary of articles recently published in IEEE Computer Society periodicals. The Web extra at http://youtu.be/ohxPDzDOl-8 is a video segment in which CS President David Alan Grier discusses the recent Board of Governors meeting and the focus on increasing membership in the IEEE Computer Society. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]