Research in Agile Development Practices
Recent research in Agile development practices has identified that self-organizing teams spontaneously assume some previously unclassified roles and practices to make themselves successful.
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New SQL: An Alternative to NoSQL and Old SQL For New OLTP Apps
New SQL should be considered as an alternative to NoSQL or Old SQL for New OLTP applications. If New OLTP is as big a market as I foresee, we will see many more New SQL engines employing a variety of architectures in the near future.
Long Live Incremental Research!
“Break through!” clamor the funding agencies, which scorn “incremental” research. Sure, every human being needs hype; in truth, though, almost all research—good research included—is incremental.
Our Big Idea: Open Social Learning
Imagine a Facebook where the point is for students to study together, not trade pictures and jokes. Imagine a World of Warcraft where students earn levels and points by helping each other learn. Imagine an educational experience that is social and game-like.
Simple Design; Research vs. Teaching; and Quest to Learn
Daniel Reed writes about design and disruptive technologies. Mark Guzdial discusses the tension between teaching and research at U.S. universities. Judy Robertson argues in favor of educational video games in the classroom.
Improving Computer Science Research Collaborations Between U.S. and China
On March 23-24 2011, the National Science Foundation held a workshop looking at how to build more effective collaborations between computer science researchers in the U.S. and in China. This blog entry looks at some of the opportunities that were identified.
Obama Administration Announces Landmark Global Internet Strategy
The White House this week announced a comprehensive global strategy document bringing multiple agencies together in an effort to emphasize their commitment to a broad vision of online engagement moving forward. The goal: cyberspace should be open to innovation, interoperable, secure and reliable.
The Impact of Console Games in the Classroom
A summary of some interesting findings relating to the use of console games in Scottish primary and secondary school classrooms.
If You Want High School CS, Require Undergraduate CS
Pushing computer science classes into the high schools is a top-down approach. If there was required computer science in undergraduate education, the high schools would be seeking us out. That's the way it worked with calculus.
Research Directions For Machine Learning and Algorithms
An in-depth discussion of near-term research directions for machine learning and algorithms.
Is Google's new Chromebook a fundamental change in personal computing? Or is it just another netbook?
Information Privacy: Changing Norms and Expectations
That picture of you at a family reunion, squinting into the sun, can rarely be delimited by a physical location once it is placed on the web. Instead, information flows freely and often globally. We need to rethink our notions of information privacy, moving beyond concepts rooted primarily in person and place, and considering logical privacy.
When Everything Is Embarrassing: Designing With Teenage Girls
A discussion of the difficulties of conducting user-centered design with teenage girls.
Stonebraker on Data Warehouses
Data warehouses are not only increasing in size and complexity, but also in their importance to business. Michael Stonebraker shares 10 key ideas on the topic.
Embracing Noise or Why Computer Scientists Should Stop Worrying and Learn to Love the Errors
Precision is not required in everything or even most things. Failures are best handled by expecting them all the time, not treating them as exceptions. We should expect errors and handle them routinely. We should stop worrying and learn to love the noise.
Why Have There Been So Many Security Breaches Recently?
We're only five months into this year, but there have been a large number of sensational security breaches. Why have there been so many, and what can we do about it?
The Long Road to a Seat at the Table
Computer science is still a new discipline compared to the rest of STEM. It will take a while for people to know what a "computer scientist" is in the same way that they know what a "chemist" or "biologist" or "engineer" does.
A Successful NY Celebration of Women in Computing!
A recap of our recent New York regional Celebration of Women in Computing.
A summary of the mistakes researchers make when analysing likert type data and what the correct methods should be.
New York Celebration of Women in Computing
A preview of the upcoming New York Celebration of Women in Computing, which is designed to bring the experience of the Grace Hopper Celebration to students in a smaller, less costly, and local setting.
Jason Hong discusses how Apple creates well-designed products and what the human-computer interaction community can learn from its methods.
From ‘Must’ and ‘Unsuitable’ to Design Guidelines in Computing Education
Rhetoric in education tends to be politicized and polarized, and computing education is no different. Research in computing education might learn from design-based research efforts from general education research, that emphasizes developing design guidelines.
Commentary on a recent study which evalauted the impact of Twitter on student engagement and grades.
Call to Arms: Science and Engineering For Privacy
It is our responsibility as scientists and engineers to understand what can or cannot be done from a technical point of view on privacy.
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