Yegor Bugayenko explains his realization that software developers should go neither above nor beyond.
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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.
Bringing More Women, Immigrants, to Computer Science
Gloria Townsend on encouraging women to pursue CS, and Sheldon Waite on supporting immigrants to fill STEM jobs.
Hazardous Enthusiasm and How Eagerness Can Kill A Project
Many otherwise competent software developers and potential contributors end up being overwhelmed by "hazardous enthusiasm." They end up overwhelmed by their excitement and instead of implementing gradual change, they try to redo entire projects. Let's take a look at what I mean.
The Turing Lectures of 2018 ACM A.M. Turing Award Laureates Geoffrey Hinton and Yann LeCun were highlights of the welcome session of ACM FCRC.
A Design Perspective on Computational Thinking
Maybe we can just design away the need to teach computational thinking
How Do You Calculate with the Sector?
The sector was developed in the second half of the 16th century, and was in widespread use until the end of the 19th century,
Is CS Really for All, and Defending Democracy in Cyberspace
Mark Guzdial mulls the difficulty of getting into a computer science class, while John Arquilla ponders political warfare in cyberspace.
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