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Anyone Can Learn Programming: Teaching > Genetics
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Anyone Can Learn Programming: Teaching > Genetics

Way more important than the question "Is P==NP?" is the question, "Is teaching greater than genetics?"

The State of Computing Education in the World: Report on the 2014 ACM Education Council Meeting
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The State of Computing Education in the World: Report on the 2014 ACM Education Council Meeting

The ACM Education Council gets together once a year to share initiatives and results, and promote computing education.

Computing: Art, Magic, Science
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Computing: Art, Magic, Science

A new EdX MOOC emphasizes abstractions, Design by Contract and software quality.

Recursion and Language at ICER 2014: A Conference Report
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Recursion and Language at ICER 2014: A Conference Report

Recursion and the unique challenges of programming languages were highlighted at ICER 2014

What Is Reality?
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What Is Reality?

 And, what flavor of reality do you prefer: standard, augmented, virtual...

Contributing to Humanity
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Contributing to Humanity

Even as computer graphics professionals meet to learn from each other and celebrate their own, they acknowledge their shared understanding of the importance of...

Hadoop at a Crossroads?
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Hadoop at a Crossroads?

A few facts and opinions and a couple of announcements, with a prediction on where the "Hadoop stack" might be going.

Typing Without Typing
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Typing Without Typing

Type inference made practical for an object-oriented/functional programming language.

Human Subjects Research For the Twenty-First Century, Or, What Can We Learn from the Facebook Mood Study?
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Human Subjects Research For the Twenty-First Century, Or, What Can We Learn from the Facebook Mood Study?

There is tremendous value to society in doing large-scale A/B studies, and the current framework we have for human subjects research is a poor match for the 21st...

The Perfect Candidate
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The Perfect Candidate

What makes a good candidate for a research position?

If You Want to Teach Kids CS, First Teach the Adults
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If You Want to Teach Kids CS, First Teach the Adults

The pathway to CS in schools starts with teaching the adults.

Python Is Now the Most Popular Introductory Teaching Language at Top ­U.S. ­Universities
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Python Is Now the Most Popular Introductory Teaching Language at Top ­U.S. ­Universities

Eight of the top 10 CS departments in the U.S., and ~70% of the top 40, teach Python in introductory courses.

ACM-ICPC World Finals: St. Petersburg State U­niversity Wins!
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ACM-ICPC World Finals: St. Petersburg State U­niversity Wins!

St. Petersburg State University wins a thrilling ACM-ICPC World Finals, solving seven problems to win the contest on home soil in Ekaterinburg, Russia!

The ACM-ICPC World Finals: How to Watch from Home
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The ACM-ICPC World Finals: How to Watch from Home

Not traveling to Ekaterinburg for tomorrow's ACM-ICPC World Finals? Fear not!

Day Two at the ACM-ICPC World Finals
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Day Two at the ACM-ICPC World Finals

What a day at ICPC 2014! It all began with IBM Tech Trek this morning, followed by the 2014 ACM-ICPC World Finals Opening Ceremony and ending with the IBM Chill...

Get Ready For the 2014 ACM-ICPC World Finals
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Get Ready For the 2014 ACM-ICPC World Finals

Over the next few days I'll be blogging live from Ekaterinburg, Russia, the site of the 38th Annual IBM-Sponsored ACM-ICPC World Finals. The contest itself takes...

Small-Group Code Reviews For Education
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Small-Group Code Reviews For Education

Real-time, small-group code reviews are great learning opportunities for students.

Why Counting CS as Science or Math Is Not Considered Harmful
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Why Counting CS as Science or Math Is Not Considered Harmful

On the path to computational literacy for all, we need computing in schools, under whatever category.

The Good, the Hype and the ­Ugly
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The Good, the Hype and the ­Ugly

One of the most dazzling changes to the software development world in the past decade has been the spread of agile methods.

What It Takes to Be a Successful High School Computer Science Teacher
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What It Takes to Be a Successful High School Computer Science Teacher

We should not prepare high school CS teachers the way we prepare software developers. Successful CS teachers use different skills.
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