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Fixing the Process of Computer Science Refereeing
There is a simple way to make refereeing better, almost overnight. It takes a bit of courage, but it would restore honesty and quality to the process.
Grace: A Manifesto For a New Educational Object-Oriented Programming Language
At SPLASH 2010, Andrew Black, Kim B. Bruce, and James Noble presented their manifesto for a new educational object-oriented programming language called Grace.
Can Randomly Generated Code Fix Software Bugs?
Can the principles of evolution be applied to software code and used to improve it? Stephanie Forrest thinks so—and has some encouraging data to prove it.
Should Students Buy an iPad or a Year’s Supply of Pot Noodles?
Considering whether an iPad would be a good educational investment for a student.
How Should Peer Review Evolve?
A simmering debate on peer review processes threatens to boil to the surface of various discussion forums for the scientific communities and the public at large. What are the issues, historical context, and issues we must consider?
When a Crisis Doesn’t Look Like a Crisis
Do we have a crisis in U.S. STEM (and particularly) CS education or don't we? It could be that all the commentators are right, and the problem is too few of the right kinds of graduates.
Computer Science Needs Education Schools. Desperately.
Improving high-school computer science in the United States is critical for the success and growth of computing education. To do that, we need teachers. To get teachers, we need Education schools.
UIST 2010 has concluded with Jaron Lanier's inspiring and profound keynote after another set of paper presentations demonstrating innovative UI technology.
Two papers about enhanced mouse cursors quickly drew my attention today. I briefly introduce these papers among other interesting topics of the second day of UIST 2010.
The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing had two special technical tracks added to this year's program: open source and human-computer interaction (HCI). While I was definitely happy to see the open source track, it was the HCI talks that really got me excited.
Innovation Contest and Demos at UIST 2010
We started the day at the beautiful Judson Memorial Church, crowded with more than 300 people attending UIST 2010, which is a new record.
UIST 2010: Papers of the First Day
UIST 2010 started on October 4th in New York. A cool breeze and a light rain makes it the perfect time for a symposium. Great papers are presented, and I'm writing about just a few of them to highlight the event.
Technology Transfer: A Contact Sport
The success or failure of technology transfer depends on many factors. No single mechanism is guaranteed to succeed, though there are many mechanisms that are likely to fail.
NCWIT at Grace Hopper: Recruiting and Retaining Women
NCWIT research scientists Lecia Barker and Joanne Cohoon spoke about recruitment and retention of women in computer science at this year's Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. Read a summary of the wealth of information they provided and be inspired to take a look at your own recruitment and retention efforts.
Barbara Liskov Keynote Grace Hopper Conference
In her Grace Hopper keynote talk, Barbar Liskov reflected on her research journey and the work for which she was given the Turing Award.
K-12 CS Education Town Hall @ Grace Hopper
The K-12 CS Education Town Hall at Grace Hopper brought together K-12 educators with people from industry, academia, and research.
Managing Scientific Data: Coping with a Multidisciplinary World Grace Hopper Talk
This is a report on a talk by Claudia Bauzer Medeiros on Managing Scientific Data.
Duy-Loan Le Keynote at Grace Hopper Conference
Duy-Loan Le gave an inspiring keynote talk to open the Grace Hopper Conference
Dancing with Hundreds of Technical Women at Grace Hopper
When I tell someone about the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, I start by explaining the dance parties. I tell them, "You wouldn't think that an all-female dance would be fun… but you'd be wrong. There's nothing like dancing with hundreds of technical women who let loose because there's nobody around to feel stupid in front of."
Opening Session of Grace Hopper Conference 2010
Some comments about the official opening of the Grace Hopper conference, including the new TechWomen Initiative and CS Ed Week.
In Search of Database Consistency
Michael Stonebraker discusses the implications of the CAP theorem on database management system applications that span multiple processing sites.
On Wednesday I began GHC 2010 by attending a gathering of people who are planning regional celebrations of women in computing.
Why Enterprises Are Uninterested in NoSQL
Here's my two cents worth on why an estimated 61% of enterprise users are either ignorant about or uninterested in NoSQL.
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