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Considering Russia's alleged involvement in international cyber incidents, and its willingness to stop them.
Bringing Evidence-Based Education to CS
Mark Guzdial says computer science teachers should use more evidence, less intuition.
The Babble of Computing Education: Diverse Perspectives, Confusing Definitions
A wide range of differing definitions and diverse adoptions in computing education make it hard to understand and define
St. Petersburg National Research University ITMO Wins 2015 ACM-ICPC World Finals
ITMO becomes the first team to solve all 13 problems in the ACM-ICPC World Finals!
Day Two at the ACM-ICPC World Finals
A look at the second day of the ACM-ICPC World Finals in Morocco.
The ACM-ICPC World Finals: How to Watch and Engage from Home
A guide to following the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest from afar.
Greetings from Marrakech, Host of the 2015 ACM-ICPC World Finals
A report from the 39th Annual IBM-Sponsored ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest World Finals.
A Taste of CHI Interactivity in Seoul
Observations from CHI 2015, the first SIGCHI annual conference held in Asia.
Learning About Parallel and Distributed Computing
Parallel and distributed computing are now in the core CS curriculum, and every CS program should be teaching their students about it. How can CS educators learn about it?
In the 70 years since the end of World War II, AI has advanced enormously, and the military has continued to show a steady appetite for acquiring lethal robots.
Introducing Young Women to CS, and Supporting Advanced Research Environments
Joel Adams talks about starting a chapter of Girls Who Code, while Daniel A. Reed considers an issue with cyberinfrastructure.
ACM's CHI conference April 18-23 in Seoul, Korea, featured groundbreaking research in human-computer interaction.
Computer Security and the Risks of Online Voting
An election in Australia is the latest instance of discovering a security flaw in an online voting system, while it is being used.
At SIGCSE 2015, five CS educators brought and live-demo'd the low-cost Beowulf clusters they had built for teaching parallel and distributed computing.
Providing On-Line CS Teacher Education, Designed For Teachers
Announcing a research-based resource for helping high school teachers to learn Python and CS Principles
The Arbitrariness of Reviews, and Advice For School Administrators
John Langford examines the results of the NIPS experiment, while Mark Guzdial considers the role of class size in teaching computer science.
Agile Methods: A Follow-Up ACM Webinar
A follow-up session to the ACM webinar Agile Methods: The Good, the Hype and the Ugly will take place on March 27.
A regional Grace Hopper Celebration event this week focused on "advancing a gender diverse technology workforce in New York."
And That’s a Wrap: SIGCSE 2015 Ends
The third and final day of the 46th annual ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education concluded with more technical information and a very informative closing keynote.
Reporting on the second day of the 46th annual ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education. An entertaining keynote and the most popular topics of the symposium so far are discussed.
It was a successful start to the 46th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE) in Kansas City, MO.
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