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A Tale of a Non-Traditional Software Engineer
I entered college to study biomedical engineering, but realized more than halfway through I was more interested in computer science…
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The World's Most Magnificent Historical Calculating Machines
The design of today's electronic computers is usually not very appealing, in contrast to magnificent mechanical calculating machines from earlier times.
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Misnomer and Malgorithm
The algorithm should be respected; the malgorithm should be rejected.
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AI or Intelligence Augmentation for Education?
Applications of artificial intelligence to education are spreading and intensifying, but we have the acronym backwards. Building ethical, equitable applications...
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The World's Most Magnificent Historical Automatons
Automatons are ubiquitous. Some of the most magnificent works in the genre have survived in museums.
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Is the Pandemic Affecting Science and Engineering Undergraduate Students?
The importance of the students’ voice.
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NoSQL vs. SQL
Broadly, NoSQL has an absence of strict schemas for entities/attributes, while SQL rigidly relates/regulates the two.
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Tips for Successful Examinations in the Age of Remote Education
Rather than fancying you can control Internet access, design exams to reward students who won't need it.
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How I Evaluate a College Computer Science Teaching Record
Teaching is a skill, and the best teachers use the best methods.
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Lessons From and For Online Teaching
The troika model for successful online teaching.
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The Skills Students Gain in Online Learning
The Corona Year as an opportunity for science and engineering students to practice 21st century skills.
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Auditing AI and Autonomous Systems; Building an Infrastructure of Trust
How do we build trust? How can we systematically assure trust in our systems? How would auditing AI and autonomous systems contribute to this goal? Explaining...
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NoSQL: A Beginner's Guide
What exactly is NoSQL, and why should it matter in today's hyper-connected society?
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First-Year Research Sources
Identifying publications for first-year research requires some digging and some non-standard choices.
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The Cross-Sectorial Collaborative Shared Value Strategy
A new strategy – cross-sectorial collaborative shared value – aims to increase the impact of the organization’s social investments.
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Project Managers Shouldn't Trust Their Programmers. Do This Instead
Don't simply trust and pay your programmers. Why? Because you may end up losing. Instead, you need to validate and review the work performed. Doing so set you up...
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What Liberal Arts and Sciences Students Need to Know About Computing
Defining goals for computing education beyone CS and Informatics offerings.
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