Guest Editor’s Introduction: AJIC Focus Section on Cybersecurity

Focus: Section Title Guest Editors’ Introduction

TODAY, WORKING with colleagues in different locations is more common than not, from globally distributed software projects to R&D projects to manifold business processes in companies across all industry sectors. Global software projects, however, have a mixed reputation. Proponents suggest that globalization enables a variety of bene ts, such as cost reduction, shorter time to market, access to...

Focus: Guest Editors’ Introduction

Focus: Guest Editors’ Introduction

SOFTWARE IS THE number-one decisive competitive factor in the automotive industry. Innovations such as driver-assistance systems and energy-efficient driving require complex solutions with complex software functionality. Not only must the growing complexity be managed, but also safe behavior must be ensured. Global competition and fast release cycles enforce continuous efficiency improvement an...

Cybersecurity or Privacy [Guest editors' introduction]

C ybersecurity is a major concern—the IT infrastructures of governments, industry, and even hospitals are being penetrated with increasing frequency and sophistication. The growth of mobile and Internet of Things (IoT) devices will provide many benefits, but will also create new cybersecurity and privacy challenges. If at all, to what extent should we give up on the freedom from being observed ...

Guest Editors' Introduction: Special Section on InfoVis

THREE papers in this issue of TVCG are expanded versions of ones presented at the IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization (InfoVis) 2003. These examples convey the breadth of work in the InfoVis community, attacking practically motivated problems from sophisticated mathematical and scientific perspectives. They demonstrate an interaction technique for navigation, a mathematically well-found...