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New print and online journals from assoc. for computing machinery.


The Association for computing Machinery See ACM.

Association for Computing Machinery - Association for Computing
 (New York) has started the production of three new titles, including two in print and one online.

Launched in July, Transactions on Applied Perception is a new quarterly journal whose purpose is to further the development of research in the Interaction between perception and computer science disciplines such as graphics, vision, acoustics, multimodal rendering, sensory integration and haptics. The first issue includes articles on creating composites, new human-computer interaction techniques and using motion in an interface.

Also to be published quarterly, Transactions on Sensor Networks publishes results in the research and applications of distributed, wireless or wireline sensor and actuator networks. Editorial includes information on the application of sensor networks, data storage, energy and resource management, fault tolerance and diagnostics, mobile systems, security, system architectures and simulation tools.

ACM (Association for Computing Machinery, New York, www.acm.org) A membership organization founded in 1947 dedicated to advancing the arts and sciences of information processing. In addition to awards and publications, ACM also maintains special interest groups (SIGs) in the computer field.  Computers in Entertainment is a quarterly online magazine that carries research papers and articles about online games, CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc.
CD-ROM
 in full compact disc read-only memory

Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser).
 software, CGI CGI
 in full Common Gateway Interface.

Specification by which a Web server passes data between itself and an application program. Typically, a Web user will make a request of the Web server, which in turn passes the request to a CGI application program.
 movies, interactive TV, virtual reality, animatronics an·i·ma·tron·ics  
n. (used with a sing. verb)
The technology employing electronics to animate motorized puppets.



[anima(tion) + (elec)tronics.
, and related entertainment technologies. Initial issues focus on the theme "Educating Children through Entertainment" and include information on education and computer games, theories and applications, as well as interviews with industry executives. An annual compilation of issues will be available on a digital video disc See DVD.

Digital Video Disc - Digital Versatile Disc
 as part of the annual $40 subscription.
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Title Annotation:Association for Computing Machinery
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Date:Sep 30, 2004
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