Computers and Society

Poverty Alleviation in the Remote Peruvian Andes Systemic poverty and health problems in the villages A software engineering project as a response to poverty The many challenges of requirements gathering in the Andes How was trust established and the requirements gathered? Organizing and itemizing final requirements Confirming the accuracy of the requirements with all stakeholders Non-traditional specification development in the Andes Specifications: social, cultural, technical implementation intertwined Requirements that led to customization Rapid results and concrete outcomes Problems and challenges Testimonials about the poverty alleviation project Lives changed: reports and assessment Future and global effects of the Andean project Improving Patient Care with Digital Image Management Developmental challenges for premies Problems for patients when digital images are not effectively managed The primary technical reason for the human problems -- single vendor systems A typical single vendor PACS system architecture Initial analysis of CHOP's single vendor system problem The solution is clear if you know your computing history What is a vendor-neutral archive? Chris Tomlinson advocates for a vendor-neutral archive Data input to the vendor-neutral archive Retrieving data from the vendor-neutral archive Data storage redundancy and a design to respond to system failure The project timeline and challenges Implementation: Initiation and design Implementation: VNA implementation Implementation: Migration and go-live The changes as viewed by stakeholders The current system status and plans for the future Internet Voting for Overseas Citizens Voting: A right guaranteed by the United States Constitution Disenfranchisement in the United States Outdated ideas and technologies? Internet voting: Why not? Security and privacy: Critical technical challenges for Internet voting Complexity and performance: Top-down and bottom-up challenges Political challenges Initial efforts to aid overseas voters Prototype Internet voting Strategy changes: Operation BRAVO foundation and Okaloosa project Design and architecture of Okaloosa voting project Special technical considerations Successful outcomes of human and technical measures Keeping pace with Internet voting progress Final thoughts Social Networking and Computer Modeling Aid Sea Turtles Limited resources and a seemingly limitless mission The challenge of gathering data and digesting it Computer assisted modeling supports informed decision making Tracking turtles by satellite to learn how they behave Getting the word out Social networking technology changes "business as usual" Developing effective web pages comes first Why STC websites are successful A blog on the scene YouTube! Who could ignore Facebook? Twitter -- A work in progress The overall impact of social networking on the cause of sea turtle protection What next? Challenges and new initiatives Best Practice Recommendations in Children's Medical Care Data is needed for pediatric best practice recommendations The Children's Hospitals neonatal consortium is formed The Child Health Care Corporation of America partners with the CHNC The CHCA development team Design and implementation strategy of the neonatal database Who are the CHND users? What is the CHND data? There are unique challenges to collecting medical record data The user data flow layer: The abstractor's perspective The application data flow layer: A level below The transport data flow layer: Additional security The rational for the architectural framework Special security and privacy concerns Beta release of the CHND A perspective from one of the application developers Nearing the end of phase 1 implementation of the CHND Gearing up for phase 2: Analytics development and quality improvement initiatives Longer range technical plans and challenges for the CHND Moving ahead and looking back Final thoughts from the system architect Protecting Lives Using the Results of Earthquake Modeling The techno-socio challenges of earthquake science Scientific computing is at the heart of earthquake science SCEC: A techno-socio response Computational projects to advance earthquake understanding Computational simulation projects and support platforms Education and outreach efforts Concrete results of SCEC supported research Future challenges and plans Concluding thoughts When Following Your Passion Means Forming Your Own Business Discovering the potential of the iPod in education Mobile devices leverage learning style preferences The first iPod touch application: 5 pumpkins Keeping up with the latest mobile devices Mobile devices support how people learn effectively Thinking like a business owner strategically Critical first business decisions Becoming an Apple developer First software application officially launches More applications follow DevelopEase: Behind the scenes at a start-up company The challenges of introducing new software into the public schools Concrete accomplishments for DevelopEase Future plans for DevelopEase Exercises and Activities appear at the end of each chapter.