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Nov 12 2021

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?

Jason Hong

Computing Profession

Nov 10 2021

Hybrid Models for Legacy Modernization in Digital Transformation Programs

There is now a greater need to move away from legacy technologies than ever before.

Madhu Pulasseri

Computing Applications

Nov 8 2021

Patent Protection in Europe

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.

Herbert Bruderer

Computing Profession

Nov 8 2021

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.

Leah Friedman, Nancye Blair Black, Erin Walker, and Jeremy Roschelle

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Nov 1 2021

Reinforcing Computer Science Education

What do computer science students need to know to be successful in industry?

Doug Meil

Computing Applications

Oct 28 2021

Is It Difficult to Bypass the Protection That Uses Big Data?

Big data analytics systems identify signs of unauthorized activity in vast arrays of structured and unstructured data.

Alex Vakulov

Computing Profession

Oct 12 2021

Not Worth a Thousand Words

Pictures are no substitute for substance.

Bertrand Meyer

Computing Applications

Oct 7 2021

Language Imitation Games and the Arrival of Broad and Shallow AI

On the impact of large language models.

Subbarao Kambhampati

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Oct 7 2021

Computers Were Originally Humans

Until the middle of the 20th century, computers were in fact humans who performed calculations.

Herbert Bruderer

Computing Profession

Oct 1 2021

Software Quotes and Counter Quotes

Certain phrases and motifs are repeated in software efforts.

Doug Meil

Computing Applications

Sep 29 2021

Students are Interested in People, and Teachers Value Multiple Languages: ICER 2021 Pointers

A couple of excellent papers from the International Computing Education Research conference.

Mark Guzdial

Computing Profession

Sep 28 2021

Supervising a Doctoral Thesis: Lessons and Guidelines

Presenting 10 guidelines for supervising graduate students, focusing on the supervision process of doctoral students.

Orit Hazzan

Education

Sep 27 2021

Safe Space for Alt-Views

Not everyone who questions computational hegemony is appealing to magic, mysticism, or divinity.

Robin K. Hill

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Sep 27 2021

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.

Abigail Walker

Computing Profession

Sep 20 2021

We Are Camille

Who is Camille Noûs, who has contributed to hundreds of papers on Google Scholar?

Carlos Baquero

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Sep 17 2021

Tech Meetups In A Pandemic

By 2019, I generally thought there wasn't much that could surprise me about organizing meetups. Then Covid-19 hit. I was so wrong.

Doug Meil

Computing Profession

Sep 9 2021

How Does One Divide with Napier’s Rods?

Napier's multiplication and division rods, deriving from the basic multiplication table, simplify calculations considerably.

Herbert Bruderer

Architecture and Hardware

Aug 31 2021

Protecting Enterprise Use of IoT

How to strengthen the security of the Internet of Things in organizations.

David Balaban

Computing Profession

Aug 30 2021

The Solar System from the Computational Thinking Perspective

We describe our choice of the solar system as one of the main illustrative examples used in our MOOC on computational thinking.

Noa Ragonis and Orit Hazzan

Education

Aug 18 2021

The Role of Computer Science in Elite Higher Education: Seeing the Expert Blind Spot

CS has an important role in preparing elite scientists, engineers, and mathematicians.

Mark Guzdial

Computing Profession

Aug 16 2021

Design Orientation and Optimization

Considering how to concurrently maximize output via vertical and horizontal optimization.

Doug Meil

Computing Applications

Aug 16 2021

How Does One Multiply with Napier’s Rods?

Napier's multiplication and division rods, deriving from the basic multiplication table, simplify calculations considerably.

Herbert Bruderer

Computing Profession

Aug 4 2021

The Triad of Graduate Studies

The Research Community, Research Subject, and Research Process.

Yael Dubinsky and Orit Hazzan

Computing Applications

Aug 2 2021

Software Learning: The Art Of Design Regret

How should software engineers try to classify their reflections?

Doug Meil

Computing Applications

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