What ‘Beginning’ Students Already Know: The Evidence
Detailed data collection at ETH Zurich over eight years shows what entering computer science students already know in computer usage and programming.
Bertrand Meyer
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Again: The One Sure Way to Advance Software Engineering
There is one proven way to improve the state of software, following the the airline industry's spectacular improvements of safety. The IT industry ignores it. Why?
Watts Humphrey: In Honor of a Pioneer
Watts Humphrey left us a few weeks ago. His contributions to professional software engineering have been essential.
Fixing the Process of Computer Science Refereeing
There is a simple way to make refereeing better, almost overnight. It takes a bit of courage, but it would restore honesty and quality to the process.
Many of the techniques for better programming have been there for a long time.
Showcasing European Computer Science
Retrospective on the 2009 European Computer Science Summit and the launch of ACM Europe
The Rise of Empirical Software Engineering (II): What We Are Still Missing
One obstacle is hampering the progress of empirical software engineering: we are still missing a culture of reproducibility
The Rise of Empirical Software Engineering (I): The Good News
Empirical software engineering papers, at places like the International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE), used to be terrible. There were exceptions, of course, but the scene has greatly improved.
Research Evaluation For Computer Science
Reassessing the assessment criteria and techniques traditionally used in evaluating computer science research effectiveness.
Design and Code Reviews in the Age of the Internet
New collaboration tools allow geographically distributed software-development teams to boost the venerable concept of code review.
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