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August 2009 | On the Cover

The Pervasiveness of Data Mining and Machine Learning
Naren Ramakrishnan

Computer's area editor for information and data management introduces four articles that highlight the ever-growing importance of data mining and machine learning in multiple fields.

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Highlights

The Known World
August 2009

Welcome to the Family

David Alan Grier

Becoming a professional means joining the family, with all the rights, responsibilities, and discipline that come with membership.

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Software Technologies
August 2009

Combinatorial Software Testing

Rick Kuhn, Raghu Kacker, Yu Lei, and Justin Hunter

Combinatorial testing can detect hard-to-find software faults more efficiently than manual test case selection methods.

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AI Redux
August 2009

Temporal Process Discovery in Many Guises

Naren Ramakrishnan, Debprakesh Patnaik, Vandana Sreedharan

The dynamics of important temporal processes can now be automatically reconstructed from data.

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The Profession
August 2009

The Robot Arm of the Law Grows Longer

Noel Sharkey

Today’s political landscape could introduce intolerable laws simply because they could be enforced by hi-tech solutions.

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News
News Briefs: August 2009, Linda Dailey Paulson. Topics include a caching scheme that could improve Internet access in the developing world, a software tool that eliminates computer freezes, and gender-recognition software that promises to make advertising more effective. Read More>>
Technology News: August 2009, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols. New controllers promise to enable more intuitive game playing based on natural body movements, rather than on button pushing.
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