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Munindar P. Singh's Columns and Other Short Articles

Being Interactive

The following are instances of a bimonthly technical column called Being Interactive, which appeared in IEEE Internet Computing from January 1999 to December 2002. I wrote this column as Editor-in-Chief.
Who You Gonna Call?, IEEE Internet Computing, volume 6, number 6, November/December 2002, pages 4–5.
Deep Web Structure, IEEE Internet Computing, volume 6, number 5, September/October 2002, pages 4–5.
Treating Health Care, IEEE Internet Computing, volume 6, number 4, July/August 2002, pages 4–5.
The Pragmatic Web, IEEE Internet Computing, volume 6, number 3, May/June 2002, pages 4–5.
Working the Flow, IEEE Internet Computing, volume 6, number 2, March/April 2002, pages 4–5.
Privacy for Telecom Services, IEEE Internet Computing, volume 6, number 1, January/February 2002, pages 4–5.
Privacy and Open Services, IEEE Internet Computing, volume 5, number 6, November/December 2001, pages 4–5.
Services and Situations, IEEE Internet Computing, volume 5, number 4, September/October 2001, pages 4–5.
The Invisible Wireless Web, IEEE Internet Computing, volume 5, number 4, July/August 2001, pages 6–7.
Physics of Service Composition, IEEE Internet Computing, volume 5, number 3, May/June 2001, pages 6–7.
An Evolutionary Look at E-Commerce, IEEE Internet Computing, volume 5, number 2, March/April 2001, pages 4–5.
Peering at Peer-to-Peer Computing, IEEE Internet Computing, volume 5, number 1, January/February 2001, pages 4–5.
The Intelligence Within, IEEE Internet Computing, volume 4, number 6, November/December 2000, pages 6–7.
Beyond Geography, IEEE Internet Computing, volume 4, number 5, September/October 2000, pages 4–5.
The Service Web, IEEE Internet Computing, volume 4, number 4, July/August 2000, pages 4–5.
Engineering Interoperation, IEEE Internet Computing, volume 4, number 3, May/June 2000, pages 4–5.
Trusting our Electronic Assistants, IEEE Internet Computing, volume 4, number 2, March/April 2000, pages 4–5.
In the Thick of Things, IEEE Internet Computing, volume 4, number 1, January/February 2000, pages 4–5.
The End of the Supply Chain?, IEEE Internet Computing, volume 3, number 6, November/December 1999, pages 4–5.
The E-Commerce Inversion, IEEE Internet Computing, volume 3, number 5, September/October 1999, pages 4–5.
Degrees of Separation, IEEE Internet Computing, volume 3, number 4, July/August 1999, pages 4–5.
Value-Oriented Electronic Commerce, IEEE Internet Computing, volume 3, number 3, May/June 1999, pages 6–7.
Write Asynchronous, Run Synchronous, IEEE Internet Computing, volume 3, number 2, March/April 1999, pages 4–5.
The True Meaning of Analog, IEEE Internet Computing, volume 3, number 1, January/February 1999, pages 6–7.

Miscellaneous Short Articles

The following are short articles that are not part of a regular column. The one on the Any Key is one of my favorites.
Self-Renewing Applications, IEEE Internet Computing, volume 15, number 4, July/August 2011, pages 3–5.
(Vint Cerf and Munindar P. Singh) Internet Predictions, IEEE Internet Computing, volume 14, number 1, January/February 2010, pages 10–11.
Coordination and the Internet. In Andrea Omicini, Franco Zambonelli, Matthias Klusch, and Robert Tolksdorf (editors), Coordination of Internet Agents: Models, Technologies, and Applications. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2001, pages V–VII. Foreword.
(Munindar P. Singh and Mona Singh) Deconstructing the "Any" Key, Communications of the ACM, volume 43, number 4, April 2000, pages 107–108.

Internet Ethics

The following are instances of a bimonthly technical column called Internet Ethics: Fairness, Accountability, Transparency that appears in IEEE Internet Computing.
(Hoa Khanh Dam, Aditya Ghose, Nigel Gilbert, and Munindar P. Singh) Understanding Responsible Computing Via Project Management for Sustainability, IEEE Internet Computing, volume 27, number 6, November 2023, pages 37–42. doi: 10.1109/MIC.2023.3310299
(Pradeep K. Murukannaiah and Munindar P. Singh) Toward an Ethical Framework for Smart Cities and the Internet of Things, IEEE Internet Computing, volume 27, number 2, March 2023, pages 1–6. doi: 10.1109/MIC.2023.2881515
(Munindar P. Singh and Xibin Gao) A Gray Box Conceptual Model for Accountability and Ethics in Business Contracts, IEEE Internet Computing, volume 24, number 3, May 2021, pages 51–57. doi: 10.1109/MIC.2021.3083295
(Eleni Bardaka, Leila Hajibabai, and Munindar P. Singh) Reimagining Ride Sharing: Efficient, Equitable, Sustainable Public Microtransit, IEEE Internet Computing, volume 24, number 5, September 2020, pages 38–44. doi: 10.1109/MIC.2020.3018038
(Pradeep K. Murukannaiah and Munindar P. Singh) From Machine Ethics to Internet Ethics: Broadening the Horizon, IEEE Internet Computing, volume 24, number 3, May 2020, pages 51–57. doi: 10.1109/MIC.2020.2989935

Natural Web Interfaces

The following are instances of a bimonthly technical column called Natural Web Interfaces that appeared in IEEE Internet Computing.
(Pankaj Telang, Anup Kalia, Maja Vukovic, Rahul Pandita, and Munindar P. Singh) A Conceptual Framework for Engineering Chatbots, IEEE Internet Computing, volume 22, number 6, November 2018, pages 54–59.
(Nirav Ajmeri, Hui Guo, Pradeep K. Murukannaiah, and Munindar P. Singh) Designing Ethical Personal Agents, IEEE Internet Computing, volume 22, number 2, March 2018, pages 16–22.
(Muhammad Shahzad and Munindar P. Singh) Continuous Authentication and Authorization for the Internet of Things, IEEE Internet Computing, volume 21, number 2, March 2017, pages 57–61.
(Christopher J. Hazard and Munindar P. Singh) Privacy Risks in Intelligent User Interfaces, IEEE Internet Computing, volume 20, number 6, November 2016, pages 57–61.
(Pradeep K. Murukannaiah, Nirav Ajmeri, and Munindar P. Singh) Engineering Privacy in Social Applications. IEEE Internet Computing. volume 20, number 2, pages 72–76, March 2016.
(Pradeep K. Murukannaiah and Munindar P. Singh) Understanding Location-Based User Experience, IEEE Internet Computing, volume 18, number 6, November 2014, pages 72–76.
(Mona Singh and Munindar P. Singh) Augmented Reality Interfaces, IEEE Internet Computing, volume 17, number 6, November 2013, pages 66–70.

Agents on the Web

The following are instances of a bimonthly technical column called Agents on the Web that appeared in IEEE Internet Computing. I coauthored these columns with Dr. Michael Huhns. I left this column when I became editor-in-chief (and began writing Being Interactive above), Mike continued to write Agents on the Web till the end of 2004.
Cognitive Agents, IEEE Internet Computing, volume 2, number 6, November/December 1998, pages 87–89.
Personal Assistants, IEEE Internet Computing, volume 2, number 5, September/October 1998, pages 90–92.
Workflow Agents, IEEE Internet Computing, volume 2, number 4, July/August 1998, pages 94–96.
All Agents are not Created Equal, IEEE Internet Computing, volume 2, number 3, May/June 1998, pages 94–96. html.
Agent Jurisprudence, IEEE Internet Computing, volume 2, number 2, March/April 1998, pages 90–91.
Anthropoid Agents, IEEE Internet Computing, volume 2, number 1, January/February 1998, pages 94–95.
Ontologies for Agents, IEEE Internet Computing, volume 1, number 6, November/December 1997, pages 81–83.
The Agent Test, IEEE Internet Computing, volume 1, number 5, September/October 1997, pages 78–79.
Internet Agents (introduction to theme issue), IEEE Internet Computing, volume 1, number 4, July/August 1997, pages 8–9. html.
Mobile Agents, IEEE Internet Computing, volume 1, number 3, May/June 1997, pages 80–82.
Conversational Agents, IEEE Internet Computing, volume 1, number 2, March/April 1997, pages 73–75.
Agents are Everywhere, IEEE Internet Computing, volume 1, number 1, January/February 1997, page 87.