Guest Editors Introduction: Special Section on Computer Arithmetic

Guest Editors' Introduction: Special Section on Computer Arithmetic

COMPUTER arithmetic is a field that encompasses the definition and standardization of arithmetic system for computers. The field also deals with issues of hardware and software implementations and their subsequent testing and verification. Many practitioners of the field also focus on the art and science of using computer arithmetic to carry out scientific and engineering computations. Computer...

Guest Editors' Introduction: Special Issue on Computer Arithmetic

COMPUTER arithmetic is one of the oldest research topics. Early civilizations used marked bones to memorize numerical values. This approach can be viewed as a combination of read only memories and a unary number system in which addition was very efficient. Around 3300 BC, the first true number systems appeared when Sumerian clay tablets were used to implement a radix-60 number system. A variati...

Guest Editors' Introduction: Special Section on Dependable Computer Architecture

COMPUTER architecture is a wide active research field that spans all aspects of computer systems design. Dependability the trustworthiness of a computing system which allows reliance to be justifiably placed on the service it delivers has always been a key aspect of computer architecture and has been extensively investigated since the first days of computing. Traditionally, dependable computer ...

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...

Guest Editors' Introduction: Special Section on Intelligent Data Preparation