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Barbershop Computing

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Moving education beyond computer science pipelines.

Madison C. Allen Kuyenga, Eleanor R. Glover Gladney, Michael Lachney, Marwin McKnight, Theodore S. Ransaw, Dominick Sanders, Aman Yadav | October 1, 2023

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Computing's Paradigm

Trying to categorize computing as engineering, science, or math is fruitless; we have our own paradigm. Peter J. Denning, Peter A. Freeman
From Communications of the ACM | December 1, 2009

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Computing: The Fourth Great Domain of Science

Computing is as fundamental as the physical, life, and social sciences. Peter J. Denning, Paul S. Rosenbloom
From Communications of the ACM | September 1, 2009

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Is Software Engineering Engineering?

Software engineering continues to be dogged by claims it is not engineering. Adopting a computer-systems view that embraces hardware, software, and user environment... Peter J. Denning, Richard D. Riehle
From Communications of the ACM | March 1, 2009

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Time to Take Evolutionary Development Off the Shelf

Large systems projects are failing at an alarming rate. It's time to take evolutionary design methods off the shelf. Peter J. Denning, Chris Gunderson, Rick Hayes-Roth
From Communications of the ACM | December 1, 2008

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