The Calculating Machine from the Concentration Camp
The story of Viennese engineer Curt Herzstark and the world's smallest mechanical calculating machine, the Curta.
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Superhero Secret Identities Aren’t Possible with Today’s Computing Technologies
In comic books, most superheroes have a secret identity, usually to protect their friends and family from retribution. However, today’s computer technology would make it impossible for a superhero to maintain their secret identity. We look at a wide range of surveillance and tracking technologies, which have major implications for privacy and civil rights today.
Common Mistakes When Building BI Dashboards
Business Intelligence is not only about reporting; you should be telling a story through data.
How to Teach Mathematical Disciplines for IT Specialties
Revision of the foundations of teaching mathematics for IT specialties is needed.
Log4j and the Thankless High-Risk Task of Managing Software Component Upgrades
Managing included versions of third-party software components too often puts developers in no-win situations.
Anti-Racist Computing Education: No More Excuses
On this #MLKDay, a list of resources to help center racial equity and justice in CS classrooms and a reminder that the CS Education community must make good on individual and collective resolve to attend to racial justice in every classroom at every level of education.
Software Stories: Legal Trouble
Legal troubles represent another collection of potential pitfalls where developers often find themselves unprepared.
Changes in the Technion’s Teaching Strategies During the Pandemic
This post describes three significant changes that took place during the pandemic in the instructional strategies at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.
Cultivating Habits: -1 +2 for Researchers
The New Year is stereotypically the time when we resolve to start some good habits and get rid of some of the bad.
Finding a Path to CS for All: How Many U.S. High School Students Have Taken CS?
How do we measure progress towards CS for All?
Framing the Description of the Shrinking Pipeline
The shrinking pipeline refers to the low percentages of women earning computer science academic degrees and holding faculty positions.
Original Roman Pocket Calculators are Extremely Rare
As far as we know, only three or four original specimens of the Roman hand abacus have survived.
We don't experience program loops as blocks, started over, because time is one-way.
AI Education for Teens: Lifting the Hood on Data and Machine Learning
What are key ideas and intuitions foundational to AI that AI education in secondary schools should target? This blog post describes our approach to teaching AI and Machine Learning (AI/ML) to 13-15 year olds through situations/issues set in the context of cybersecurity in ways that "lift the hood" on how ML models are designed, how they they work, and the impact of human decisions in this process.
Publishing, The Choice and The Luck
Selecting publishing targets is a process with no simple solutions.
Major Investments in U.S. CS Education on the Long Road to CS for All
The 2021 CSEdCon featured big investments in growing Computer Science Education in the U.S.
What Should be Done About Facebook?
The recent release of the Facebook papers by a whistleblower has confirmed that leaders at the company have long known about problems facilitated by their social media, including disinformation, misinformation, hate speech, depression, and more. There's been a lot of talk about regulators stepping in. What kinds of questions, insights, or advice might our community offer these regulators?
Hybrid Models for Legacy Modernization in Digital Transformation Programs
There is now a greater need to move away from legacy technologies than ever before.
Up to the second half of the 19th century —with the exception of the industrial power Great Britain—the protection of inventions was inadequate and strongly disputed.
Safe AI in Education Needs You
Artificial intelligence is coming to your learners and will raise challenging issues that need experts like you. Learn how you can get involved in AI and Educational Policy.
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