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Online Stanford Classes Explore new Models for CS Learning
What's cool about the online Stanford CS classes is not the numbers, but the models. They are explorations of new ways to teach computer science.
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Eolas Verdict A Hollow Victory
With news breaking that apparently Eolas decade-plus attempt to tax innovation on the internet is finally over, I look at the context and find myself lacking reassurance in today’s column on ComputerWorldUK.
Class Size Incentives
There's an interesting story in today's Crimson about a possible rise in "limited enrollment" classes at Harvard. (See this older Crimson article as well.) There may, of course, be didactic reasons for limiting the number of…
Emergence of Whorfian Economists?
I have always been intrigued by the Whorfian hypothesis. The idea that different human languages strongly affect our thinking styles, communication capabilities and even world view. Now we have the notion of a Whorfian economist…
Democratization of Data Science
As I start a study of the democratization of data, and of the Wolfram Alpha Pro release I also see a very on point post by Stephen Wolfram: Launching a Democratization of Data Science. Very well put. It is about data and math…
Microsoft Announces New Policy-Focused Internship Program
Microsoft’s Technology Policy Group (TPG) has announced a new internship program that will offer “a limited number of internships to exceptional candidates interested in helping characterize the long-term policy implications…
Hello From Texas
You may have noticed I haven’t been blogging as much this week. I’ve been in Austin TX at the TCEA conference. I’ve been pretty busy from morning until night. Doing what? Well you may ask. I have been spending some time at the…
Speaking Out
In the WSJ: Why people fail to speak up in various contexts. We examined this in focus group settings. I see it in myself in very specific group contexts. Another reason for better understanding of people unconscious reactions…
Citation Circles on FSP
Sorry I haven't blogged much. Life's been busy. But here's an interesting post by FemaleScienceProfessor discussing the appearance of "citation circles", people forming groups to cite each other (when possible) in order to get…
Wolfram Alpha Pro
The full announcement on Wolfram Alpha Pro. Quite impressive detail. A useful front end to business analytics? Plan to take a much closer look and report back.
Smarter Energy Usage
IBM report on smarter energy usage: " .. . From our prior surveys, we know consumers like the idea of having cleaner power options, and more control and efficiency at their fingertips. But have they assumed these benefits would…
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Royal Society Report Recommends CS in English Schools: Implications for USA?
The Royal Society, the world's oldest scientic academy, released a report this month calling for a radical change to English schools: Real Computer Science…Research Data Sustainability and Access
The dramatic growth of research data, the collaborative nature of international research, expectations for economic returns, and disciplinary differences…We Needn't be Malevolent Grumps in 2012
I propose that 2012 is the year to solve the nastiness problem in Computer Science. Zero tolerance for rude reviewers starts from midnight tonight.
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