Hygiene-Hype!

Hype and Virtue

In this paper, we question whether hypervisors are really acting as a disruptive force in OS research, instead arguing that they have so far changed very little at a technical level. Essentially, we have retained the conventional Unix-like OS interface and added a new ABI based on PC hardware which is highly unsuitable for most purposes. Despite commercial excitement, focus on hypervisor design...

More hype than HOPE.

More Hype Than HOPE To the Editor: In the recently published Heart Outcomes Prevention Evaluation (HOPE study),1 treatment with the ACE inhibitor ramipril was reported to reduce cardiovascular morbidity and mortality independent of blood pressure (BP) reduction. High-risk “normotensive” (BP 140/80 mm Hg) patients (n 9541) were randomized to receive either 10 mg of ramipril or placebo in additio...

The hype of MOOCs

Visualizing Ecosystems of Hype

The emergence of new technologies is relentless. While there are many studies that have examined the transformative value, impact, and adoption, our understanding of the underlying ecosystem that shapes the emergence of these new technologies is surprisingly limited. Motivated by the call for pursuing contemporary information systems (IS) research that captures market realities and provides pra...

Hype in Halifax

A key group of archaeological finds relating to the early migration into North America is the Clovis culture, dated to 13,000 to 12,600 years ago. Recently, Willerslev’s lab reported the genome sequence of the only human skeleton associated with the Clovis culture, a young boy found at the Anzick site in Montana (Nature (2014) 506, 225–229). The genome sequence essentially confirms the widely h...