N o v e m b e r / D e c e m b e r 2 0 0 0 I E E E S O F T W A R E 111 As the term name magic indicates, you don’t need proof to support your claims. Anyone desperate for solutions will wholeheartedly accept those unsupported claims.1 In fact, many software industry decisionmakers find themselves trapped in huge amounts of legacy code, in dire need of modification. At the same time, software eng...

This report documents the program and the outcomes of Dagstuhl Seminar 13241 “Virtual Realities”. The main goal of the five day seminar was to bring together leading experts and promising young researchers to discuss current challenges and future directions in the field of virtual and augmented reality. The seminar was organized as series of individual presentations and seven working groups. Ab...

The Myth [1]: Sixty years of research following Shannon’s pioneering paper has led to telecommunications solutions operating arbitrarily close to the channel capacity ’flawless tele-presence’ with zero error is available to anyone, anywhere, anytime across the globe... The Reality [1]: Once we leave home or the office, even top of the range iPhones and tablet-computers fail to maintain ’flawles...

I only me.” These were the tragic words spoken by Charles “Andy” Williams as the San Diego Sheriff’s Department SWAT team closed in on the frail high school sophomore who had just turned 15 years old. Williams had just shot a number of his classmates at Santana High School, killing 2 and wounding 13. This was another in a series of school shootings that shocked the nation; however, the young Mr...

The patient’s serum -1 globulins were reduced at 1.3 g/L (reference interval, 2.1–3.5 g/L). Potential causes include malnutrition, excessive excretion, decreased production, and 1-antitrypsin (A1AT) deficiency. The clinical history was consistent with A1AT deficiency (1–3 ). The diagnosis should be confirmed by direct quantification of circulating A1AT by immunoassay and confirmation of the pre...

T HE effective administration of the various grant-in-aid programs for welfare, health, and employment security has been recognized by the States and by the Congress to depend, in substantial measure, on the quality of personnel administration in these programs. The merit system applying to the programs is designed to promote emciency through a plan for selection and development of the best ava...