In Search of the Shortest Possible Schedule
Bertrand Meyer considers how to speed up software engineering.
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AI is to Medicine Today What the X-ray was to Medicine a Century Ago, and Much More…
Guest blogger Jiajie Zhang says the continuing evolution of medical artificial intelligence will produce increasingly advanced applications to improve patient care, disease prevention, and biomedical discovery.
Getting High School, College Students Interested in CS
Mark Guzdial considers how few U.S. high school students take computer science, while Robin K. Hill shares what she's learned in teaching first-year college computing students.
Knowing the notion of sufficient completeness and the theory of abstract data types helps practitioners produce better requirements.
Leonardo da Vinci’s Robot Lion
We are celebrating the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci's death with a major exhibition of the Renaissance painter's works.
The Size of Computing Education Today, By The Numbers
How many students learn general-purpose programming today, compared to using other computing environments or learning other STEM subjects?
Yegor Bugayenko explains his realization that software developers should go neither above nor beyond.
The Shortest Possible Schedule Theorem: Yes, You Can Throw Money at Software Deadlines
As close as we have to a universal law of software engineering management.
If We Want Women to Persist in Computing, Teach Them Programming – At Any Age
Two recent reports point to the important of teaching female students to program and that it's never "too late."
Pinning Down Variables, and Taking an Agile Approach
Robin K. Hill tries to better define variables, while Edwin Torres acknowledges he is his own greatest obstacle.
The African Enigma: Who Knows More?
Tally sticks and notched bones are among the oldest digital data carriers.
Likely less than 4% of U.S. high school students take a computer science course.
Why Programmers Should Curb Their Enthusiasm, and Thinking About Computational Thinking
Yegor Bugayenko ponders the dangers of "hazardous enthusiasm," while Mark Guzdial considers whether the need to teach computational thinking can be "designed away."
The Autocracy of Autonomous Systems
We, as developers of such systems, need to take some conscious decisions to make sure we do not usher in the age of autocracy of autonomous systems.
We Should Stop Saying ‘Language Independent.’ We Don’t Know How To Do That
We know how to make multi-lingual pseudocode-based assessments, not language-independent assessments.
Who Manufactured the Mysterious Chinese Android?
In the 18th century, there were several famous makers of automatons in Europe; who created the Chinese musical clock automaton figure?
Cutting the Wait For CS Advice
Mark Guzdial suggests ways to cut the long lines for college students seeking to meet with their computer science advisors.
Lessons from a First-Year Seminar
Teaching a first-year seminar to a mixed group musters the basics of computer science.
Lazy Developers Are the Best Developers
Lazy developers stick to the project scope while forcing the project team to understand and fix their own code and issues.
What Help Should We Provide to Students Learning to Program?
Insights from a recent Dagstuhl Seminar on "Notional Machines and Programming Language Semantics in Education."
Leonardo da Vinci, who died 500 years ago, had already designed a self-driving car.
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