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Rare Circular Slide Rules
Slide rules: the longer the scale, the greater the accuracy of the instrument.
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Niklaus Wirth and Beyond: Safeguarding the Intellectual Heritage of Computing
On preserving the memory, and work documentation, of the founders of computer science.
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SWOT Analysis of ChatGPT in Computer Science Education
In this blog, we address high school teachers' perspective on the incorporation of ChatGPT into computer science education.
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The Role of Autonomous Machine Computing in Shaping the Autonomy Economy
The role of Autonomous Machine Computing in fostering the Autonomy Economy.
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A Multifaceted Perspective on the Interdisciplinarity of Data Science
The experience of teaching similar content to students with different academic backgrounds illuminated the varied facets of data science, revealing aspects that...
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The Colossus
Unseen images of the code-breaking computer that helped win World War 2.
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Niklaus Wirth, or the Importance of Being Simple
A Renaissance Man of computer science
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'On Expert Testimony': A Response
This post was created in response to the Cerf's Up article "On Expert Testimony" that appeared in the December 2023 issue of Communications.
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The Interdisciplinarity of Data Science from the People Analytics Perspective: Part Two
Exploring how interdisciplinary research projects enable computer science students to acquire a variety of skills.
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The Interdisciplinarity of Data Science from the People Analytics Perspective: Part One
The case of a People Analytics Workshop for undergraduate computer science students.
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What Does Digitization Mean, and When Did It Begin?
Digitization is on everyone's lips. What does digitization mean and when did it begin?
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Social Protest, War, and the Organizational Culture of the Israeli Science and Engineering Academia
Our institution's organizational culture has changed; social and political issues now constitute a vital part of the discourse taking place on campus and on the...
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That Was The Week That Was
The last week of October in the year 2023 may be remembered as the week when lawmakers made a real effort to outpace technology.
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The Perils of 'Stay In Your Lane'
That phrase translates roughly to "do your job and let others do theirs," but in our division, it was intended to stifle troublesome question-asking.
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All Photos are Fake Until Proven Real
The blurred lines of photographic reality in the AI Era.
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Let's Be Objective about Large Language Models
Objective evaluation of the linguistic competency of large language models (LLMs) is of paramount importance as we start contemplating the use of this technology...
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