When we watch a film, it's not just the pictures that make the experience, it's the soundtrack too. The music and sound effects play a big part in setting the mood...Paul Curzon From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | March 27, 2023 at 05:50 PM
Here is what some (female) computer scientists and electronic engineers said that they most liked about their job and the subject.Paul Curzon From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | March 26, 2023 at 05:03 PM
Graphical User Interfaces completely changed the way we used computers. A key to their success were clear and simple icons that had clear meanings. They were thanks...Paul Curzon From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | March 25, 2023 at 12:03 PM
by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London This article is inspired by a keynote talk Wendy Hall gave at the ITiCSE conference in Madrid, 2008. What inspires...Jo Brodie From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | March 13, 2023 at 06:46 AM
You may not think of computers as argumentative, but some of them do bicker quite a lot, and for good reason. They often need to, including to get things right...Paul Curzon From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | March 12, 2023 at 06:52 AM
by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London Google, one of the most powerful companies in the world, is famous for being founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin...Jo Brodie From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | March 10, 2023 at 07:01 AM
Social media is full of people’s opinions, whether about politics, movies, things they bought, celebrities or just something in the news. However, sometimes there...Paul Curzon From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | March 9, 2023 at 12:05 PM
by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London The first computers transformed the way research is done. One of the very first computers, EDSAC*, contributed to...Jo Brodie From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | March 8, 2023 at 02:45 AM
What can Computer Scientists learn from Temple Grandin and the improvements she made to animal welfare?Jo Brodie From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | March 7, 2023 at 03:57 AM
by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London from the cs4fn women are here special issue. Computer scientists rely on maths a lot. As mathematicians devise new...Paul Curzon From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | March 5, 2023 at 02:16 PM
Black Girls Code aims to teach one million Black girls to code before 2040.Paul Curzon From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | March 5, 2023 at 06:16 AM
Ben Stephenson of the University of Calgary gives us a guide to the basics of animation. Animation isn’t a new field – artists have been creating animations for...Jo Brodie From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | March 3, 2023 at 06:53 AM