Controlling Cyber Arms, and Creating New Legos
John Arquilla identifies flaws in a potential U.S.-China cyber arms control pact, while Joel C. Adams suggests an unusual way of preserving computer science history.
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Why Is Ada Lovelace Still the Woman That Young (and Not So Young) Women Look To?
I was lucky enough to represent ACM and ACM-W at the recent Ada Lovelace Symposium at Oxford University.
What Do We Do When the Jobs Are Gone, and Why We Must Embrace Active Learning
Moshe Y. Vardi ponders the outlook for people when all work is automated, while Mark Guzdial emphasizes the importance of Active Learning in teaching computer science.
Advice For CS Education from Science and Mathematics Education
We have a lot to learn from standards efforts in science and mathematics education.
ETH's Torsten Hoefler walks through a week of workshops, tutorials, papers, and his reactions to a week at SC.
The HPC Matters program is a multi-year effort to communicate the benefits — from the development of new medical therapies to and increased understanding of climate processes — the many ways in which HPC "matters" in our lives every day.
Intriguing Possibilities as HPC Reaches an Inflection Point
SC15 is taking place at a time when high-performance computing (HPC) finds itself at an inflection point. As we approach the end of CMOS, the path forward for HPC's computational capability is full of possibilities, including technologies such as quantum and neuromorphic computing, that only a few years ago seemed like science fiction.
SC Turns Reproducibility Challenges Into Opportunities
The annual SC conference is instituting new practices over the next five years that will help establish SC as the "gold standard" for computational science practice, as measured by the ability of a researcher to reproduce published research findings and validate scientific conclusions from simulations. In this post, we review where we are today, and how you can help make a difference.
A Call to Action For Higher Education to Make AP CS Principles Work
The new Advanced Placement exam in CS Principles will be offered in May 2017. It's time to figure out what colleges and universities are going to do about it.
How Men Can Help Women in CS; Winning ‘Computing’s Nobel Prize’
Valerie Barr suggests how men can better promote women in computing, while Michael Stonebraker shares how it feels to receive the top honor in the computer science field.
Thoughts on ‘The Frenzy About High-Tech Talent’ and a Call For Corporate Action
In "The Frenzy About High-Tech Talent" in The New York Review of Books, Andrew Hacker questions if there is really an unfilled need for STEM graduates, and if there are flaws in the American education system that lead us to be very dependent on foreign STEM graduates.
Here’s Why Microsoft Cares About Basic Research — And You Should, Too
Basic scientific research made today's technology possible, and it will lead to tomorrow's technological breakthroughs.
The Bottleneck in Increasing Accessibility to CS Education Is Producing Enough CS Teachers
The demand for CS teachers is growing. Now we have to figure out how to increase the supply.
The potential for a Sino-American cyber arms control agreement is intriguing, despite three very troubling flaws.
The Morality of Online War; the Fates of Data Analytics, HPC
John Arquilla considers justifications for warfare in the cyber realm, while Daniel Reed looks ahead at big data and exascale computing.
The Future of Work: But What Will Humans Do?
Weighing in on the most consequential changes anticipated in the workplace.
A Lovelace, Babbage, and Analytical Engine Lego Set?
On LEGO's ideas site, a new set has been proposed that would let children build the Analytical Engine, and learn about the roles Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage played in computing history.
Be It Resolved: Teaching Statements Must Embrace Active Learning and Eschew Lecture
Let's encourage active learning by requiring it in teaching statements.
Five are honored for exceptional achievements in computer graphics and interactive techniques.
In the cyber context, "Mutual Assured Destruction" becomes "Mutual Assured Disruption."
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