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Computers for Learning: Charisma that Fails to Disrupt?
Two books examine why large-scale learning technology often doesn’t achieve expectations. Technology can improve learning at scale, but charismatic stories about...
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Teaching Critical Computing is a Grand Challenge for the Whole CS Curriculum
We need to prepare our students' to have a critical perspective on computing, and that requires changing the curriculum, not just a course.
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Konrad Zuse's Guestbook: a Treasure Trove
Computer scientist Konrad Zuse created the world's first programmable computer, the functional program-controlled Turing-complete Z3.
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From Solar Sunrise to SolarWinds
The hack of critical departments of the U.S. government—and of many leading corporations—should come as no surprise.
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An Enigmatic Device from Denmark
Discovery of a very rare surveying instrument in Denmark.
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Computer Systems Research: The Joys, the Perils, and How to Count Beans Well
This post is meant to highlight my subjective take on the joys and the road bumps on the way to doing innovative work in computer systems.
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Birthday Bit Boundaries
Which birthdays would have special significance if our culture were binary-based instead of decimal-based?
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Why Focus on Technologies for Human Learning?
By choosing human learning as a topic area, computer scientists can contribute to major societal challenges, win grants in additional programs, and tackle new computer...
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How Do You Calculate on the Abacus?
Considering the use of one of the most long-lived calculating devices.
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Deadlines of the Digital Turn
Sometimes the digital turn forces us to designate things that aren't there.
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Tracking Down a Seminal Work on Computer Construction – in Russian
A Russian edition of Rutishauser's standard work on computer construction.
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Why I Don't Recommend CSRankings.org: Know the Values You are Ranking On
Just because a ranking is computable doesn't mean that it's right.
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Agile Management of the Corona Crisis in the Start-Up Nation
Is there an efficient management solution for this crisis?
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Discovery: User Manual of the Oldest Surviving Computer in the World
A rare find: the user manual of the oldest surviving computer in the world, the Zuse Z4 relay machine (1945).
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The Laughing is Over
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first U.S. Computer Chess Championship in 1970.
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Students Need to Know What Success in Computing Looks Like, Starting from Realistic Expectations
Intro CS students sometimes think professional programmers are super-human, which makes it hard to live up to those expectations.
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Things To Do To An Algorithm
What happens when people's fate hangs on machine learning?
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Preparation for Building the First Swiss Digital Computer (Ermeth)
Eduard Stiefel's study trip to the U.S. in 1948/1949.
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