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Governance and Oversight Coming to AI and Automation: Independent Audit of AI Systems
Independent Audit of AI Systems is the next evolution of governance for artificial intelligence and automation.
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The Growing Tension Between Undergraduate and K-12: Is CS for All, or Just Those Who Get Past the Caps?
Are we repeating the 1980's? It's even worse now.
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What Is a Variable?
A stab at a definition, for outsiders, of what we in computing mean by the term "variable" raises more questions than it answers.
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More Replicas of Historical Calculating Machines Found
Documenting the discovery of several previously unknown replicas of historical computing devices made by Roberto A. Guatelli.
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The Ethical Responsibilities of the Student or End-User Programmer
If a student's program goes awry, who is responsible? How do we protect society and encourage people to learn about code?
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Computer Science Relies on the Opposite of Godel's Results
The first-order theories of Gödel's results necessarily leave mathematical objects ill-defined.
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The Model Maker of Leonardo da Vinci, Blaise Pascal, and Charles Babbage
Discovery of a previously unknown replica of the legendary Swiss Millionaire calculating machine at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA.
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Broadening Participation in Computing Is Easier Than You Think
Some small steps that can make a big difference.
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There Are No Digital Humanities
Many think that the opposite of digital is analog or mechanical.
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FictionStein
Science fiction like Frankenstein nudges readers to confer humanity but nudges them away from moral fortitude.
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A Tale of Two CTs (and a Revised Timeline for Computational Thinking)
Rethinking the timeline of Computational Thinking to recognize several computer scientists in addition to Jeannette Wing.
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Ten Traits of Exceptional Innovators
I have had the privilege of meeting, and in some cases closely interacting with, pioneer scientists, technologists, and entrepreneurs, including Nobel, Fields,...
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Mystery Dating of the World-famous 'Millionaire' Calculating Machine Solved
Regarding the discovery of new documents about the H.W. Egli AG (Zurich) company in the Museum für Kommunikation, Berne, Switzerland.
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Tech User Responsibility
User support presents serious challenges that are aggravated by indeterminate client responsibility.
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Computational Thinking, Education for the Poor and Rich, and Dealing with Schools and Teachers As They Are: A Twitter Convo
A Twitter conversation turned into a narrative on computational thinking
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NLU Is Not NLP++
This is a plea to the technical community working in the domain of natural language processing and natural language understanding to appreciate the difference between...
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Computer Science Encyclopedia Can Fill a Gap
Our profession has the credibility and resources to create an Encyclopedia that will serve as the professional standard.
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Did Albert Einstein Calculate on the 'Millionaire' in Zurich?
In 1897, ETH Zurich was the first university in the world to have a copy of the legendary four-species calculating machine Millionaire.
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Irrational Exuberance and the 'FATE' of Technology
Questions of verification, safety, and trust must be central when we embody intelligence in physical systems.
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First-Class Philosophical Failure
Interrogation of "first-class object" as an analog to human life goes nowhere.
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