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The Interdisciplinarity of Data Science from the People Analytics Perspective: Part One
The case of a People Analytics Workshop for undergraduate computer science students.
From BLOG@CACM
Opening Day of Grace Hopper Conference
A panoply of posters welcome attendees to the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing.
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CS Education in the States
Decisions about whether there is computer science in the classroom are largely state-based. The most recent example is the State of Kansas, which is moving to remove...
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An Einstein-Rosen Bridge
Science acts as a bridge between societies that trasncends culture, and it may be our best hope for finding a common thread in a globalized future.
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Why Doesn't the U.S. Fund Computing Education Research?
How do we bootstrap research in computing education? Existing education research programs only fund the best research, with the best measurement instruments and...
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CS Faculty Cause Inequality
A series of recent articles suggests that higher education in the United States is actually causing inequality, and that CS faculty play a role in that.
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The Benefits of Public Engagement
Working with public engagment projects can be satisfying, and has benefits for the researcher as well as the general public. This article describes my current Making...
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Perception Matters
The rapid pace of technology means that there are solutions that worked well, but are now abandoned -- not always for technical reasons. Perceptions about a technology...
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Breaking the Cycle
Today's practice of a deadline-driven approach to research is potentially bad for our field. Instead, our focus should be on the quality of the research we do....
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Is C All There Is?
Increasingly, CS departments are moving to a programming language monoculture--it's C or C-derived languages throughout the curriculum. What are we losing out...
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What Does a Computer Scientist Do?
About a potentially radical redevelopment of the computing curriculum in Scotland
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How We Make Decisions About CS1
How do we decide what to put in our introductory courses, and for who, and using what language? My experience suggests that we make our decisions more on the basis...
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As I Once Thunk
Is it time to capture the magic that attracted us into computer science in an essential course called Computing?
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Bridging Cultures For Collaboration
All too often, our technical curricula fail to focus on the human aspect of cross-domain collaboration. Technical skills are necessary, but not sufficient. One...
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Computer Science Outreach: Meeting the Kids Half-Way
Some thoughts on how to interest young people in computer science, based on some recent workshops.
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No, We're Not Losing Our Ability to Think Critically
A response to the July 2009 CACM article: "Are We Losing Our Ability to Think Critically?" In short: nope! There isn't much evidence to support this, so relax.
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Correction and Updates on Role of APCS in Undergraduate Enrollment
The number of students taking the Advanced Placement Exam in Computer Science (APCS) is distressingly low. My earlier data were wrong, but even with these data...
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Lessons From Apollo
As we consider how to explain the necessity of long-term investment in science and technology research and development, as we teach a new generation of students...
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Touchdown, Japan
Science and sake in equal parts at the National Science Foundation East Asia and Pacific Summer Institute orientation.
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