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How Did Scientists Succumb to Aunt Edna? The Dangers of a Superintelligent AI is Fiction
Speaking of the existential threat of AI is science fiction, and bad science fiction for that matter because it is not based …
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The Goal of Software Testing
Finding errors is not the same strategy as making sure that a product works.
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When Will We Learn?
Massive software failure once again, with no lesson from past occurrences and no lesson for future systems.
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The Era of Hackers Is Over
The ability to hack algorithms and make data structures optimal was a virtue of programmers a few decades ago. The current reality is much different, with the ability...
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Examples of Phenomenology in Computing
The branch of philosophy known as phenomenology can broaden our understanding of what is really going on in the tasks we address with computing.
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Time To End The vi/Emacs Debate
If you still use Emacs, I feel for you. Perhaps it is time to give vi a try.
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Why Code Comments Still Matter
Some believe that commenting code is bad, but comments still matter in our programs.
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Tech Ethics at Work
Ethics for Tech must address how professional issues play out in the workplace, in real life.
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Empirical Answers to Important Software Engineering Questions (Part 1 of 2)
Beyond the lamppost
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The End of Software Engineering and the Last Methodologist
Let's all do deep learning now.
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Learning Programming at Scale
I summarize my first three years of research as an assistant professor on studying and building tools to support people who are learning computer programming.
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Deep Dictionary
The abstraction from big data on English words of distributed vector representations computing simple semantic aspects has drawn interest from the computing community...
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St. Petersburg ITMO Team Wins First Place at ICPC World Finals
St. Petersburg ITMO University, a perennial contender in the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC), won the 2017 World Finals on Wednesday in...
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Opening Ceremony Kicks Off ACM-ICPC as Competition Nears
Hundreds of people gathered in the theater at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center in Rapid City, S.D., on Monday (May 22) as students, coaches, and community members...
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Gaming and Touring Prep Students For Programming Contest
Students and coaches are exploring local attractions, playing competitive games, and attending the Competitive Learning Symposium in advance of the 2017 ACM International...
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