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A Clash of Civilizations
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A Clash of Civilizations

The much-sought holy grail of more and faster innovation will come from integrating pipeline thinking and adoption thinking.

Computational Thinking for Professionals
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Computational Thinking for Professionals

Professionals practice a form of computational thinking that is significantly more advanced than popular descriptions suggest.

Dilemmas of Artificial Intelligence
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Dilemmas of Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence has confronted us with a raft of dilemmas that challenge us to decide what values are important in our designs.

An Interview with Dave Parnas
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An Interview with Dave Parnas

A discussion of ideas about software engineering.

Remaining Trouble Spots with Computational Thinking
From Communications of the ACM

Remaining Trouble Spots with Computational Thinking

Addressing unresolved questions concerning computational thinking.

How to Produce Innovations
From Communications of the ACM

How to Produce Innovations

Making innovations happen is surprisingly easy, satisfying, and rewarding if you start small and build up.

Fifty Years of Operating Systems
From Communications of the ACM

Fifty Years of Operating Systems

A recent celebration of 50 years of operating system research yields lessons for all professionals in designing offers for their clients.

Why Our Theories of Innovation Fail Us
From Communications of the ACM

Why Our Theories of Innovation Fail Us

Until we moderate our fascination with creating ideas, we will not achieve the rate of innovations we seek.

Automated Education and the Professional
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Automated Education and the Professional

Technology boffins argue the new technologies of intelligent personal learning environments will put universities out of business. Will the purported successor,...

Emergent Innovation
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Emergent Innovation

Fernando Flores, president of Chile's National Innovation Council for Competitiveness, discusses a new common sense about innovation.

A Technician Shortage
From Communications of the ACM

A Technician Shortage

In our elation about rising CS enrollments, we are overlooking a growing shortage of computing technicians. Our education system is not responding to this need.

The Whole Professional
From Communications of the ACM

The Whole Professional

A new book inspires a reflection on what it means to be a whole, competent, and effective professional — and may portend a wave of disruption in education.

Learning For the New Digital Age
From Communications of the ACM

Learning For the New Digital Age

Digital machines are automating knowledge work at an accelerating pace. How shall we learn and stay relevant?

Avalanches Are Coming
From Communications of the ACM

Avalanches Are Coming

Computing technology has generated conditions for radical transformations of jobs and professions — including education. How shall we cope?

'Surfing Toward the Future'
From Communications of the ACM

'Surfing Toward the Future'

A new report from Chile about improving economic competitiveness advances a novel interpretation of innovation. Timing is everything.

Design Thinking
From Communications of the ACM

Design Thinking

Design thinking is the newest fashion for finding better solutions to problems. Combining it with computational thinking offers some real possibilities for improving...

The Other Side of Language
From Communications of the ACM

The Other Side of Language

The conversation for action gives a framework for completing professional actions effectively.

Thumb Numbers
From Communications of the ACM

Thumb Numbers

Rules of thumb stated as numerical rules are enticing, but many are folk theorems that may not apply in your critical situation.

The Science in Computer Science
From Communications of the ACM

The Science in Computer Science

Computer science is in a period of renaissance as it rediscovers its science roots.

Moods, Wicked Problems, and Learning
From Communications of the ACM

Moods, Wicked Problems, and Learning

Wicked problems and learning environments present tough mood challenges for leaders and teachers. Telepresence and sensory gadgets are unlikely to replace physical...
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