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Why are students still calculating when they could be understanding? Now that computers are everywhere, how should math education change?Greg Linden From BLOG@CACM | January 6, 2011 at 02:09 PM
It is time we extracted a sample of cultural DNA from computing's history and engineered a new generation of contemplative, informal workshops. After gestation,...Daniel Reed From BLOG@CACM | January 5, 2011 at 04:30 PM
Busy as he may be, Santa is still finding time to reply to his email on computer science matters.Judy Robertson From BLOG@CACM | December 21, 2010 at 09:47 AM
Covering the highlights from CSEdWeek 2010 and how the computing community can stay involved.Debra Richardson and Cameron Wilson From BLOG@CACM | December 16, 2010 at 03:58 PM
By the time students get to undergraduate CS1, they already have lots of ideas about computation. Objects, hardware, breadth, functions first--none of that really...Mark Guzdial From BLOG@CACM | December 7, 2010 at 10:11 AM
This year, I again had the honor and privilege to chair the selection committee for the IEEE Seymour Cray and Sidney Fernbach awards, both of which were presented...Daniel Reed From BLOG@CACM | December 1, 2010 at 10:13 AM
About the successful game design program for students at McKinley Tech and George Mason University which encourages young people to study STEM.Judy Robertson From BLOG@CACM | November 19, 2010 at 09:22 AM
SC10 has included several lists that rank supercomputers according to different criteria. The November 2010 Green500, focusing on energy efficiency, is out and...Steve Keckler From BLOG@CACM | November 19, 2010 at 12:25 PM
This post provides some impressions from Wednesday, November 17, at SC10, including Bill Dally's keynote address and panel discussions on heterogeneous computing...Steve Keckler From BLOG@CACM | November 18, 2010 at 09:37 AM
SC10—the premier conference for supercomputing—has begun. This post touches on a few highlights from the first day of the full technical program, including the...Steve Keckler From BLOG@CACM | November 17, 2010 at 02:10 PM
Computer science education is valuable, even to those who do not major in computer science. Those non-CS major informants who talk about that value are doing us...Mark Guzdial From BLOG@CACM | November 15, 2010 at 01:47 PM
Watts Humphrey left us a few weeks ago. His contributions to professional software engineering have been essential.Bertrand Meyer From BLOG@CACM | November 15, 2010 at 03:27 PM
With the increased use of computers in education, there will be a big new opportunity for computers to learn to help students learn.Greg Linden From BLOG@CACM | November 10, 2010 at 02:11 PM
Computers in schools should be making teachers' jobs easier, making it easier for students to learn, and increasing student achievement in measurable ways. Little...Greg Linden From BLOG@CACM | October 26, 2010 at 09:19 PM
Betwixt and between ubiquitous consumer software and the ethereal realm of ultra-high-performance computing, lies the excluded middle, the world of day-to-day computational...Daniel Reed From BLOG@CACM | October 24, 2010 at 09:20 PM
At SPLASH 2010, Andrew Black, Kim B. Bruce, and James Noble presented their manifesto for a new educational object-oriented programming language called Grace. Jack Rosenberger From BLOG@CACM | October 20, 2010 at 09:20 PM
Can the principles of evolution be applied to software code and used to improve it? Stephanie Forrest thinks so—and has some encouraging data to prove it. Jack Rosenberger From BLOG@CACM | October 20, 2010 at 10:14 AM
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.Bertrand Meyer From BLOG@CACM | October 20, 2010 at 09:21 PM