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Outdated ideas and technologies?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.