XRDS, Volume 23

Volume 23, Number 1, Fall 2016

Letter from the editors

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  Jennifer Jacobs:
  From prototype to product: deployment strategies in computer science research. 5-6

INIT

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  Dawei Ding:
  Quantum computation: double majoring in physics and computer science. 7-8

Advice

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  Andrew J. Hunsucker:
  Time management as a Ph.D. 9-10

Careers

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  Geerten Peek, Ahmet Taspinar:
  One thousand interviews. 11-12

Blogs

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  Nur Al-huda Hamdan:
  CHI 2016: global, diverse, good. 13-14
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  Gustavo Fortes Tondello:
  An introduction to gamification in human-computer interaction. 15-17

Updates

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  Daniel López Sánchez:
  "ANN" helps Mario rescue Princess Toadstool. 18-19

Milestones

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  Jay Patel:
  Quantum milestones. 19

Features

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  Bingjie Wang:
  Quantum algorithms for machine learning. 20-24
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  Michael L. Wall, Arghavan Safavi-Naini, Martin Gärttner:
  Many-body quantum mechanics: too big to fail? 25-29
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  Stephen P. Jordan:
  Black holes, quantum mechanics, and the limits of polynomial-time computability. 30-33
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  Alexandru Paler, Austin G. Fowler, Robert Wille:
  Reliable quantum circuits have defects. 34-38
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  Adam Bouland:
  Establishing quantum advantage. 40-44
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  Simon J. Devitt:
  Programming quantum computers using 3-D puzzles, coffee cups, and doughnuts. 45-50
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  Brian Swingle:
  Black holes and the limits of quantum information processing. 52-56
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  Johannes Bausch:
  Undecidability of the spectral gap. 57-61

Profile

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  Adrian Scoica:
  David Deutsch: understanding computation as a consequence of physics. 62-63

Labz

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  Seung Woo Shin:
  UC Berkeley's quantum computing group: Berkeley, CA. 64-65

Back

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  Asmaa Rabie:
  The RSA trap. 65

Hello world

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  Marinka Zitnik:
  The infinite mixtures of food products. 66-67

Volume 23, Number 2, Winter 2016

The Future of Work
Letter from the editors

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  Okke Schrijvers:
  The forgotten promise of technology. 5-7

INIT

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  Niloufar Salehi:
  The future of work. 9-11

Advice

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  Andy J. Hunsucker:
  When should you quit your Ph.D.?: I cannot do this for the rest of my life. 12-13

Updates

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  David Byrd:
  UC Irvine WICS blazing trails for women in CS. 14-15

Careers

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  Tony Blankemeyer:
  Finding your MAP for career choices: what makes a great "intrapreneur"? 16-17

Milestones

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  Jay Patel:
  Milestones in labor automation. 17

Feature: Augmenting people

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  Tim O'Reilly:
  Don't replace people. Augment them. 18-21
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  Ece Kamar:
  Hybrid workplaces of the future. 22-25
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  Jaime Teevan:
  The future of microwork. 26-29

Feature: On demand labor

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  Niloufar Salehi:
  The context of on-demand work. 30-33
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  Lilly Irani:
  The hidden faces of automation. 34-37
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  Paolo Parigi, Xiao Ma:
  The gig economy. 42-47
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  Nidhi Rastogi, Adrian Scoica:
  The art and design of autonomous machines. 48-51
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  Jeffrey P. Bigham, Kristin Williams:
  Building a brighter future for crowd work. 52-55
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  Hila Lifshitz-Assaf:
  Where are the flying cars? 56-61

Profile

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  Adrian Scoica:
  Manuel Grenacher: cautiously tapping into collaborative economics. 62-63

Labz

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  Christoph Gebhardt:
  Advanced Interactive Technologies Lab: Zürich, Switzerland. 64-65

Back

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  Asmaa Rabie:
  Limber employment. 65

Hello world

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  Tejas Khot:
  Visualizing high-dimensional data. 66-67

Volume 23, Number 3, Spring 2017

Letter from the editors

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  Jennifer Jacobs:
  Technology in defense of democracy. 5-7

INIT

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  Rahul R. Divekar, Nidhi Rastogi:
  Tech for crises. 8-9

Advice

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  Andrew J. Hunsucker:
  How to manage your advisor. 10-11

Updates

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  Anshuman Majumdar:
  Uppsala University ACM-W. 12-13

Milestones

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  Alok Pandey:
  Crisis management. 13

Careers

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  Christopher Hazlett:
  In praise of soft skills. 14-15

Features

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  Laura Rabinow, Lindsay Poirier:
  Mapping organized ignorance in environmental health. 16-19
• 
  Hui Su:
  The cognitive and immersive situations room. 20-23
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  Joan M. Donovan:
  From social movements to social surveillance. 24-27
• 
  Ketaki Katdare:
  Biological obstacles and technological leaps. 28-31
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  Dominic DiFranzo, Marie Joan Kristine Gloria:
  Filter bubbles and fake news. 32-35
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  Rahul R. Divekar, Nidhi Rastogi:
  Managing crises, one text at a time. 36-37
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  Nidhi Rastogi, Rahul R. Divekar:
  Serving people in crisis to make the world a better place. 38-39

Profile

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  Adrian Scoica:
  Mikel Maron: a life spent digitizing the sense of direction. 40-41

Features

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  Nidhi Rastogi:
  Online censorship, cyberattacks, and access to information. 42-44
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  Edmon Begoli, Vincent Schlegel, Michael Francis Atiyah, Praise Adeyemo, Tim Baarslag:
  The Heidelberg Laureate Forum on the moving frontier between mathematics and computer science. 46-49
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  Vasileios Kalantzis:
  Data analytics, accelerators, and supercomputing: the challenges and future of MPI. 50-52

Labz

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  Trevor Witt:
  Applied Aviation Research Center: Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus. 54-55

Back

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  Asmaa Rabie:
  Blooming in adversity. 55

Hello world

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  Tejas Khot:
  Parallelization in Python. 56-58

Volume 23, Number 4, Summer 2017

Letter from the editors

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  Okke Schrijvers:
  Knowledge valorization. 5

INIT

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  Jie Qi:
  Startups and entrepreneurship. 8-10

Careers

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  Federico Fregosi:
  Flexing DevOps talent in a startup. 11

Advice

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  Andrew J. Hunsucker:
  How to choose a conference. 12-13

Updates

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  Anshuman Majumdar:
  Kean ACM-W: promoting women's participation in CS. 14-15

Milestones

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  Alok Pandey:
  Startups: then and now. 15

Accolades

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  Dipika Rajesh:
  Asclepius will see you now. 16-17

Blogs

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  Abdelrahman Hosny:
  Cancer: from biology to computer science. 18-19
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  Gustavo Fortes Tondello:
  Positive computing: a novel research field to promote human well-being. 20

Features

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  Stephen Miller:
  Forests, trees, and false dichotomies. 22-25
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  Jie Qi:
  On entrepreneurship. 26-31
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  Limor Fried:
  Running an alt.business: being a good cause and doing good business. 32-35
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  Joshua Lifton:
  Identity: the killer app of crowdfunded open hardware. 36-41
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  Alicia Gibb, Nathan Seidle:
  Being an open entrepreneur. 42-45
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  Chris Wang, Jacinta Plucinski:
  Building a business based on the life you want to lead. 46-49
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  Numair Khan:
  I, entrepreneur. 50-53

Profile

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  Adrian Scoica:
  Jon Van Caneghem: designing games for a generation. 54-55

Labz

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  Razvan Rughinis:
  Innovation labs: University Politehnica of Bucharest. 56-57

Back

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  Vasileios Kalantzis:
  How startups changed the way we do science. 57

Hello world

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  Teodor Szente:
  Predictable state containers. 58-59