David A. Patterson
Abstract
Two years ago I entered the race for ACM President with my campaign statement. In the second-to-last President's Letter of my term, I thought I would revisit what I said we would do and reflect on what we did.
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- Revisiting my campaign statement
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Closing Statement
The “computation” symposium presents the reflections of thinkers from many sectors of computing on the fundamental question in the background of everything we do as computing professionals. While many of us have too many immediate tasks to allow us time ...
Go to statement considered harmful
Classics in software engineeringTo many people, Dijkstra's letter to the Editor of Communications of the A CM, published in March 1968, marks the true beginning of structured programming. That it influenced the industry is clear, if for no other reason than for the articles it spawned,...
Editorial Statement
It is a great honor and definite privilege to be asked to serve as Editor-in-Chief of Transportation ScienceTS, especially given the renowned scholars who have preceded me. Their efforts have resulted in the journal it is today. My goal is to follow in ...
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