Manipulating Word Representations, and Preparing Students For Coding Jobs?
Robin K. Hill mulls an aspect of natural language processing research, while Mark Guzdial ponders why coding is taught in public schools.
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It’s Not the ‘Why’ Chromosome, It’s the ‘How’
Women do like the raw technical aspects of computer science.
Assuring Software Quality By Preventing Neglect
Robin K. Hill suggests software neglect is a failure of the coder to pay enough attention and take enough trouble to ensure software quality.
Keith Abney of the Ethics + Emerging Sciences group of California Polytechnic State University surveys the moral landscape of cyberwar.
The abstraction from big data on English words of distributed vector representations computing simple semantic aspects has drawn interest from the computing community.
The Ethical Problem of Software Neglect
We call the problem of mediocre sofware "neglect," and we pitch it in ethical terms by noting that it illustrates a failure of the ethics of care.
Operating Systems as Possible Worlds
Is a comparison between operating systems, which are analyzed by software engineers for conditional execution paths, and possible worlds, which are analyzed by philosophers for consequences under assumptions, rich enough to shed philosophical light on either one?
Ethical Theories Spotted in Silicon Valley
Some of the prevailing theories of ethics surface in modern high tech. We take a quick and rather superficial look at their tracks on the ground, noting especially the prominence of virtue ethics in predictions and mission statements. But what ethical guidance technology companies actually follow, or should actually follow, remains open to question.
The Slow Evolution of CS For All, The Beauty of Programs
Mark Guzdial considers the steps needed to reach the goal of CS for All, while Robin K. Hill ponders the aesthetics of programming.
Fact Versus Frivolity in Facebook
Facebook, for the sake of its own business integrity and for the sake of the public, should give up any attempt to guarantee veracity in items posted by users.
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