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IEEE Spectrum September 2006 Harry Goldstein	Modeling Terrorists New simulators could help intelligence analysts think like the enemy. Whether the goal is to kill, deter, or negotiate with terrorists inside a computer or in the real world, ultimately agent-based models must answer one fundamental question: Do they help save lives?
IEEE Spectrum September 2006 Michael Stonebraker	Data Torrents and Rivers There is a brave new world approaching, where fire hoses of real-time data must be processed in milliseconds. A new class of system software, stream processing engines, is required to address this market.
IEEE Spectrum September 2006 Ted G. Lewis	Netwar! Recent technology infrastructure failures each posed a problem of concern for homeland security: how to guard critical infrastructure that is so vast and complex that we cannot afford to protect every part or anticipate the ultimate effects of a disruption?
IEEE Spectrum September 2006 Stephen Barlas	Stricter U.S. Gas Standards Stalled In the U.S., bipartisan opposition defeats bipartisan efforts to strengthen Corporate Average Fuel Economy regulations.
IEEE Spectrum September 2006	Batteries Included The world record for a manned flight powered only by AA batteries was set on 16 July at an airport north of Tokyo.
IEEE Spectrum September 2006 Charles Q. Choi	Nanomagnets to the Rescue If, as seems possible, magnetic nanocomposites can be manufactured directly on chips, engineers could design computers that are smaller and, equally important, cooler than anything available today.
IEEE Spectrum September 2006 Robert W Lucky	Unsystematic Engineering If systems engineering is so valuable, why is it so seldom practiced? In recent years, a number of well-known universities have begun new programs in systems engineering. Maybe now is the time for these programs to become successful.
IEEE Spectrum September 2006 Tekla S Perry	Geek Rhythms Can rapping make engineering hip? Semiconductor engineer Rajeev Bajaj thinks it can.
IEEE Spectrum September 2006 Prachi Patel-Predd	What's Up, Postdoc? Roughly 28% of all electrical and computer engineering Ph.D.s follow the academic career path, according to a 2003 survey. Here's how to climb the academic ladder.
IEEE Spectrum September 2006 Billy Brackenridge	Ultrawideband Upset WiMedia, the next generation of wireless connectivity, is raising some interesting questions about privacy. Will ultrashort-range radio have far-reaching legal consequences?
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