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Experiencing Loops in Time
We don't experience program loops as blocks, started over, because time is one-way.
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Lessons From and For Online Teaching
The troika model for successful online teaching.
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Time to Exhume PSP?
The Personal Software Process encourages programmer discipline. Largely forgotten, it does have a few wrinkles, but understanding and applying its core ideas remains...
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Things To Do To An Algorithm
What happens when people's fate hangs on machine learning?
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Getting a Program Right (1)
Why it is good to have a systematic approach to software verification.
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There is More Than One Way to Become a Good Programmer
A recent Communications of the ACM article casts aspersions on the innovative concept of code academy, a fast-developing approach to teaching programming. The analysis...
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Discussing Empirical Answers to Questions of Software Engineering
Focusing on what helps software developers.
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A Jolt or Two (Part 1)
You cannot learn something if you think you already know it, and don't.
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What Is Your Research Culture? Part 2: Background
Why the research culture questionnaire is not just for fun.
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What Is Your Research Culture? Part 1: The Questionnaire
What kind of computer science culture reigns in your country and organization: retro, or modern? Take the questionnaire and find out.
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Computing: Art, Magic, Science
A new EdX MOOC emphasizes abstractions, Design by Contract and software quality.
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Computer Science: Catch Them Early
Informatics education for primary and secondary schools
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