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Little Miss Geek
Belinda Parmar's book Little Miss Geek highlights the gender imbalances within the tech industry, offering practical suggestions of how businesses can overcome...
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Exciting 'Big Data' Medical Applications
A quick look at two exciting medical applications of big data analysis.
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HPC, Big Data and the Peloponnesian War
We need a concord and strategic research investment plan that recognizes the shared importance of HPC and big data. Both warrant investments in basic research,...
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Ph.D.s from the Faculty's Perspective
One professor's reflections on succeeding in PhD programs.
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Teaching Programming To A Highly Motivated Beginner
I recount what I learned from spending nine months teaching computer programming to a person with no prior programming experience.
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Inside the Coder Dojo
Coder Dojo is an inspired movement to bring the joys of programming to young people everywhere. The Edinburgh (Scotland) coder dojo started last night in the Scottish...
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Priming, Assimilation Bias, Social Proof in Social Media
As the US election draws near, what is the role that social media play in this political process? How do social theories and psychological tendencies affect the...
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Why Isn't There More Computer Science in U.S. High Schools?
Seems like a simple question, but there are lots of factors that prevent US high school students from getting access to computer science.
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A Fundamental Duality of Software Engineering
What is the value of that function for x = 6?
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What Does 'Big Data' Mean? (Part 2)
In this second post on big data, I continue with a discussion of the use case of big volume-big analytics.
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Intermittent Net and Mobile/Cloud Development
Intermittent Net: The Importance of Distributed Thinking in Mobile/Cloud Application Development (and Usage)
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Daniel Spielman Wins MacArthur 'Genius' Award
Daniel Spielman, Henry Ford II Professor of Computer Science, Mathematics, and Applied Science at Yale University, is the latest computer scientist to receive a...
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The Ph.D. Grind: Lead From Below
A common question faced by young professionals is, "How can I implement my own creative initiatives when I am at the very bottom of an established hierarchy?"
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Research {Preposition} Infrastructure
Computing research and advanced computing infrastructure–each is dependent on the other in a myriad of subtle and complex ways, yet each is profoundly different...
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The Moral and Legal Responsibilities When Teaching Computing
Do we have moral and even legal requirements to teach computing well and equitably?
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Nomenclaturing: Let's Ture to the Max!
Christos Papadimitriou's recently published reminiscences include the fascinating story of how he learned about Turing Machines: As a bored undergraduate in a Greek...
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What Does 'Big Data' Mean?
It is interesting to note that a substantial subset of the computer science community has redefined their research agenda to fit under the marketing banner of "Big...
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When Is User-Centered Design Selfish?
User-centered design is now firmly established within HCI research. It is commonly praised for democratising system development and empowering users. But is this...
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All Hands on Deck! Scaling K-12 Computer Science Education
Announcing ACM's new project developed in parntership with NSF, Google, Microsoft, CSTA and NCWIT to study the elements and capacity for scaling K-12 computer science...
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