The best way to support secure communication in the Internet is the subject of much debate. The role of secure routing, in particular, has received considerable attention. The debate has been dominated by a “purist” philosophy that advocates the ubiquitous deployment of a secure version of BGP. The purist approach seems natural, if not mandatory, since BGP is the glue that holds the disparate p...

Increasingly I have come to believe that educating students to understand their values about people and relationships is an essential aspect of preparing them for professional practice. In this paper I explore the challenges involved in facilitating students’ learning processes when values exploration is on the agenda, especially when controversy may occur from sharing value-based opinions. Thi...

The dominant theory of human nature in modern intellectual life is based on the doctrines of the blank slate, the noble savage, and the ghost in the machine; these doctrines are being challenged by the sciences of the mind, brain, genes, and evolution. Behavioral geneticists have found that all behavioral traits are partially heritable—challenging the doctrine of the blank slate. Evolutionary p...

The elements of a pluralist systemic framework for the evaluation of factors affecting software development productivity are discussed. The framework is based on the Multiple Perspectives concept by Linstone, Multimethodology by Mingers and Critical Systems Thinking. The proposed mix of methods complements existing cost estimation techniques by providing deeper understanding of the role of the ...