Computer Programming

TECHNICAL ARTICLE: This article aims at answering the question, "Is parallel programming hard?" You'll take a look at the distinctions between parallel and sequential programming as well as the three main problems programmers face when it comes to parallel programming.

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 | Published: 28 Oct 2009

WHITE PAPER: This article gets dangerously close to real artificial intelligence (AI). All intelligent agents need to have a basic ability to perceive their environment and some means of navigating and moving within the world around them-be it real or otherwise. Read on to learn more about AI.

Posted: 17 Aug 2009 | Published: 11 Jun 2009

WEBCAST: This course begins with an overview of the use of insecure temporary files vulnerability and its common causes. A technical description of the issue is presented along with code examples to show the vulnerability. Finally, the course describes the remediation strategies used to mitigate the weakness described by CWE-377.

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 | Premiered: Nov 13, 2013

EGUIDE: This expert e-guide explores how Web application design flaws become weaknesses in the final product, and why developers need to rethink their coding practices in order to fix glitches and prevent vulnerabilities. Read on to learn more now.

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 | Published: 08 Feb 2013

PODCAST: Wolfgang Von Rüden talks about how CERN uses standards to successfully distribute massive computing jobs to global data centers. Also learn how Wolfgang and his team manage the fast pace of change in computing technology during decade long projects. Wolfgang will also introduce our listeners to his openlab project.

Posted: 28 Aug 2009 | Premiered: Aug 13, 2009

WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to learn how combining a high performance batch programming and execution model with a high performance analytical database provides significant business benefits for a number of different types of applications.

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 | Published: 16 Jul 2010

TECHNICAL ARTICLE: This article describes how game developers can use the power of CSS3 to design common game indicators, such as health, magic, ammo, money, etc.

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 | Published: 16 Dec 2011

PODCAST: Join master of the parallel universe Clay Breshears and Aaron Tersteeg as they discuss parallel programming with a special guest. This episode features Dr. David Paterson, Director of the Universal Parallel Computing Research Center at UC Berkeley sponsored by Intel and Microsoft.

Posted: 28 Aug 2009 | Premiered: Jun 10, 2009

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper for an examination of a new software development language and technology called SequenceL, as well as a description of how it works, why there is a need for it and how well it performs in parallel environments.

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 | Published: 26 Aug 2010

TECHNICAL ARTICLE: In this 3rd part of the Designing Artificial Intelligence for Games series, you'll learn how to give your agents higher orders of intelligence. The agents can already deal with the immediate situation they find themselves in; now you are working toward artificial intelligence (AI) that deals with broader goals and the bigger picture.

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 | Published: 21 Jul 2009