R&D or r&d: What’s the Difference?
Research produces generalized knowledge; Development produces generalized functionality. Not all efforts that use research skills or that use development skills are R&D.
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We organized a semester virtual institute in the academic metaverse with researchers from around the world.
Reflection Pre-learning in Computer Science Courses
Our experience with reflection pre-learning in a MOOC on computational thinking that we developed and currently teach.
The Calculating Machine from the Concentration Camp
The story of Viennese engineer Curt Herzstark and the world's smallest mechanical calculating machine, the Curta.
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.
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