Plotting plasmas could influence fusion (July 31, 2007)
Computer simulation of the behavior of high-temperature plasmas is crucial to the development of fusion reactors, a potential source of clean energy. Russel Caflisch of UCLA and fellow researchers are using a multiscale mathematics approach to deal with the huge range of length and time scales that accurate modeling requires.
Programming myths, folklore, and recurring bugs (June 18, 2007)
“Urban legends” – mixtures of truth, exaggeration and falsity – exist within virtually all fields, and software development is no exception. How such folklore enters the computer programming culture – and can improve software developer productivity – is what interests Victor Basili, a computer science professor at the University of Maryland-College Park.
