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May 16 2019

How to Support Research in Computer Science via Russian Scientific Foundations

Russia is lagging behind the world average in fields including medicine, the agricultural sciences, biotechnology, pharmacology, the social sciences, and computer science.

Andrei Sukhov

Computing Profession

May 16 2019

Fake Translations?

Inconsistencies in translation programs.

Herbert Bruderer

Computing Profession

May 3 2019

Google Translate Does Not Understand the Content of the Texts

How well do translation programs translate?

Herbert Bruderer

Computing Profession

May 2 2019

Is the Trolley Problem Useful for Studying Autonomous Vehicles?

Does the trolley problem offer any useful insights for autonomous vehicles, in terms of design of or public policy around these systems? Here are several reasons why it is not useful, and what are some more useful values-based questions to ask.

Jason Hong

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

May 2 2019

How to Reduce Long Lines at CS Office Hours in Five Tweets

Evidence-based practices that will likely reduce the long lines at the CS professor's door.

Mark Guzdial

Education

May 1 2019

Implementing Guidelines for Governance, Oversight of AI, and Automation

Governance and independent oversight on the design and implementation of all forms of artificial intelligence and automation is a cresting wave about to break comprehensively on the field of IT and computing.

Ryan Carrier

Architecture and Hardware

Apr 29 2019

Breaking the Chains of Freelance Slavery

The idea of working from home is no longer novel, and there are a number of drawbacks to consider.

Yegor Bugayenko

Computing Profession

Apr 26 2019

Women Now Outnumber Men in Medical Schools. Computer Science Should Be Next.

This story about encouragement tells us how we can change girls' and women's lives.

Gloria Townsend

Computing Profession

Apr 20 2019

Soundness and Completeness: Defined With Precision

The two key properties of program analysis are dual of each other.

Bertrand Meyer

Computing Applications

Apr 12 2019

Immigrants Help Solve the Looming STEM Worker Shortage

Our economic vitality depends on them.

Sheldon Waite

Computing Profession

Apr 11 2019

Blockchain Was the First, but Will Not Be the Last

What is the outlook for Zero-Trust Decentralization, and should we expect other products aside from Blockchain?

Yegor Bugayenko

Computing Profession

Apr 4 2019

In Search of A Rare Roman Pocket Calculator

As far as we know, three original copies of the Roman hand abacus have survived. There is a fourth device, but nobody knows where it is.

Herbert Bruderer

Computing Profession

Apr 2 2019

Will We All Be Wearing Wearables?

If wearable computing products are really needed, what are the biggest practical and research challenges to mainstream adoption?

Saurabh Bagchi

Architecture and Hardware

Apr 2 2019

Five Research Questions Raised by a Pre-Mortem on the 60 Minutes Segment on Code.org

If undergraduate CS research doesn't become gender-balanced in 10 years, why didn't it?

Mark Guzdial

Computing Profession

Apr 1 2019

Pondering Variables and Direct Instruction

Robin K. Hill considers the nature of variables, while Mark Guzdial reflects on renewed interest in the "direct instruction model."

Robin K. Hill and Mark Guzdial

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Mar 30 2019

The Artificialistic Fallacy

Ethics discussions of artificial intelligence reveal a fallacy of omission.

Robin K. Hill

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Mar 29 2019

An Agile Approach to Learning Programming

The Super Simple Programming Book is one example to teach programming in an Agile way. In general, Agile concepts can lead to highly effective learning.

Edwin Torres

Computing Applications

Mar 22 2019

Using Independent Technical Reviews to Ensure Project Success

By using independent technical reviews, management can have a third party audit software and ensure the dev team stays on track.

Yegor Bugayenko

Computing Applications

Mar 19 2019

In (Virtual) Defense of Democracy

There are two ways to proceed with political discourse in cyberspace, if the trolls are to be tamed.

John Arquilla

Computing Profession

Mar 18 2019

Calculating With Roman Numerals is Not So Difficult

How to deal with Roman numerals and without a sign for zero in an additive number system, if no hand abacus is available?

Herbert Bruderer

Computing Profession

Mar 17 2019

Computer Science Was Invented to Teach Everyone About Everything

Our goal should not be Computational Thinking, but Science, Mathematics, History, Engineering, and *Everything* Thinking.

Mark Guzdial

Computing Profession

Mar 15 2019

Want Kids to Love Math and Science? Don’t Use Those Words

At Mindbenders, we want kids to put down their textbooks and learn by creating and doing.

Peter Burns

Education

Mar 13 2019

Why is Privacy So Hard?

Why is privacy so hard? Why is it, after so much negative press about it, are we still being constantly tracked on the web and on our smartphones? Why is it, after so many years of bad incidents and high profile data breaches, has the problem of privacy not yet been solved? I sketch out 11 reasons why we are failing at privacy.

Jason Hong

Computing Applications

Mar 8 2019

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

What SIGCSE's Top 10 Lists tell us about the growing field of Computer Science Education (and computer science more broadly).

Shuchi Grover

Computing Profession

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