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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
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Innovation Needs Computer Science
On Wednesday, I gave a talk at an event called Ignite that brought together government and business folks to talk innovation. There were four lightning talks of...
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'Take Your Kid to Work Day' Coding Workshop with ScratchJr
A new professional development day was recently added to our local school board's calendar. One of my colleagues, John Duff, made the brilliant suggestion to have...
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Mastering Difficult Conversations
Do you dread bringing up a problem in your relationship because you know your partner will be blinded by emotion? Are your 1:1s at work just happy recaps of your...
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Annedroids: A STEM Show with a Positive Impact on Girls
Some time ago, I shared info about a STEM show that premiered on TVO back in 2014: Annedroids. Recently, the show's PR specialist followed up with me to share some...
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My Nonlinear Career Path
I've had a really nonlinear career path. One step forward, two step sideways, new goal, start it all again...My interest in computers started at a young age. IRoss...
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Rana el Kaliouby and Tracy Chou's Formative Moments
As a belated celebration of #WomenInSTEM day, I wanted to share a couple of really great videos (and below explanation) shared with me. Enjoy!Expanding the number...
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First Canadian Celebration of Women in Computing (CAN-CWIC)
For the first time ever, I attended a women-in-computing conference with absolutely no student affiliation whatsoever (I recently de-registered from my PhD forCanadian...
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Artificial Intelligence Simplified: Understanding Basic Concepts
I am officially a (self-published) author!I co-authored a book called Artificial Intelligence Simplified: Understanding Basic Concepts. My expertise is not inCanada...
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PhD: On Hold
I've sent in the forms. I've updated my committee. The deed is done.My PhD is on hold.Pause / Rafa PuertaMore officially, I am deregistering from the programmy...
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Review / Ruby on Rails Tutorial: Learn Web Development with Rails by Michael Hartl
When I started at Shopify in the summer, the only Ruby I knew was from reviewing a children's book, and I didn't know any Rails at all. So I needed to get up to...
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Connections: Learning Science, Games, and Apprenticeships
I'm working on an education project that isn't ready to announce yet. In so doing, I've been taking another look at learning theory, game-like learning, and apprenticeships...
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Transitioning From Academia to Industry
It seems that 2015 has been a year of change for our family. My husband got a new job in February, we somewhat suddenly decided to buy a new house down the road...
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Online Communities are Why I'm Excited for GHC15
I've attended almost every Grace Hopper since 2008. The one exception was 2011, when I was too pregnant to fly. I found an old blog post about enjoying the conference...
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Beyond the Code: A Day of Diversity and Inspiration
Monday was a day of inspiration and diverse voices. It was the second annual Beyond the Code conference in Ottawa, a labour of love for a group of volunteers mostly...
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HLF2015 / Fred Brooks on Software Engineers and Teams
This blog post originates from the Heidelberg Laureate Forum Blog. The 3rd Heidelberg Laureate Forum is dedicated to mathematics and computer sciences, and takes...
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HLF2015 / Sir Antony Hoare — Theory and Practice
This blog post originates from the Heidelberg Laureate Forum Blog. The 3rd Heidelberg Laureate Forum is dedicated to mathematics and computer sciences, and takes...
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HLF2015 / John Hopcroft, Diversity, and One of the First Computer Science Courses
This blog post originates from the Heidelberg Laureate Forum Blog. The 3rd Heidelberg Laureate Forum is dedicated to mathematics and computer sciences, and takes...
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HLF2015 / Foghor Tanshi – This Year’s Women In Technology Pass-It-On Award Winner and HLF Attendee
This blog post originates from the Heidelberg Laureate Forum Blog. The 3rd Heidelberg Laureate Forum is dedicated to mathematics and computer sciences, and takes...
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HLF2015 / Stefan Hell and the Difficult Task of Communicating Science
It turns out that the idea behind the Heidelberg Laureate Forum isn't exactly new. In fact, Nobel laureates and young scientists have been meeting in Lindau for...
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