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The Impact of APCS on Undergraduate CS Enrollment
The critics and detractors of the Advanced Placement exam in Computer Science (APCS) are many. But the flaws of APCS most likely have no effect on undergraduate...
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The Siren Song of Startups
If you go to a startup, make sure you go for the right reasons.
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Building a Smarter Web
As more information moves to the Web, we need better tools to manage it. Today's tools focus on static Web pages. However, I claim that the Web is becoming a platform...
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Robotics in South America
Webopedia defines robotics as: The field of computer science and engineering concerned with creating robots, devices that can move and react to sensory input. Robotics...
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Helping Younger People Protect Themselves from Security Attacks
One potentially disturbing trend that came out in a recent eCrime meeting is that younger people 18-24 years old seem to be more susceptible to phishing attacks...
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Media Computation: For Creativity and Surprises
The Media Computation approach to introductory computing is mostly used for creative expression, but it can also lead to some surprises.
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Only the Developed World Lacks Women in Computing
The developing world has lots of women in computing. Great talks at this week's NCWIT meeting explain why the difference.
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Visibility Matters: Why You Need a Professional Web Page
If you do research in computer science, you need to have a professional web page summarizing your research career. Let me tell you why it matters, and what information...
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Enjoying Reading Research
If you find reading research papers unpleasant, difficult, and boring, maybe it is time to try doing it differently.
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High-Performance Computing: Where
By definition, the raison d’être for high-performance computing is high performance, but floating point operations per second (FLOPS) need not be the only measure...
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Common Problems of Se Students in Latin America, Part 2
Second part of this analysis of common problems faced by SE students in Latin America.
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Designing Effective Security Warnings
How do we create effective security warnings that people don't just swat away? Here, I report on one line of research that examines this question.
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Security Education Can Really Work (but Only If It's Done Right)
Although many people in computer security think that user education is hopeless, security education can really work, but only if it's done right. I report on a...
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'There's an App For That,' and You Could Write It
The challenge of computing education today is convincing students that not every application is done and available for download.
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When Petascale Is Just Too Slow
Evolution or revolution, it’s the persistent question. Can we build reliable esascale systems from extrapolations of current technology or will new approaches be...
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Common Problems of SE Students in Latin America, Part 1
First part and introduction of an analysis to common problems faced by SE students in Latin America.
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What To Do With Those Idle Cores?
So many processors on our desktops. Four cores, eight cores, soon we will see hundreds of cores. Almost all of them are going to be idle most of the time. If...
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