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Opinion Feb 21 2024

Pondering the Ugly Underbelly, and Whether Images are Real

Robin K. Hill teaches how proofs lead to the truth, while Carlos Baquero searches for truth in imagery.

Robin K. Hill and Carlos Baquero

Opinion Feb 13 2024

Undergraduate Computer Science Curricula

First-job readiness versus long-term career preparation.

Rahul Simha, Amruth N Kumar, and Rajendra K Raj

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News Feb 5 2024

In Memoriam: John R. Rice

By Eugene H. Spafford, with assistance by Simson Garfinkel John Rischard Rice, a leading scientist and educator, died at home on Jan. 7, 2024. Rice was the W. Brooks Fortune Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Computer Science and a professor of mathematics at Purdue University. Rice was born June 6, 1934, in Tulsa, OK, to Margaret […]

Eugene H. Spafford and Simson L. Garfinkel

News Jan 25 2024

Teaching Transformed

The apparent ability of LLMs to write functioning source code has simultaneously caused celebration over the potential for massive increases in programmer productivity and consternation among teachers.

Chris Edwards

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BLOG@CACM Jan 24 2024

A Multifaceted Perspective on the Interdisciplinarity of Data Science

The experience of teaching similar content to students with different academic backgrounds illuminated the varied facets of data science.

Orit Hazzan

Research and Advances Jan 18 2024

Computing Education in the Era of Generative AI

Computing educators and students face challenges and opportunities in adapting to LLMs capable of generating accurate source code from natural-language problem descriptions.

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Research and Advances Jan 8 2024

10 Things Software Developers Should Learn about Learning

Understanding how human memory and learning works, the differences between beginners and experts, and practical steps developers can take to improve their learning, training, and recruitment.

Neil C.C. Brown, Felienne F. J. Hermans, and Lauren E. Margulieux

Opinion Dec 13 2023

Ulterior Motives

2023-2024 ACM Athena Lecturer Margo Seltzer recalls the motivations behind the development of the Berkeley DB database software library, and other achievements during her career.

Leah Hoffmann

2023-2024 ACM Athena Lecturer Margo Seltzer of the University of British Columbia

BLOG@CACM Dec 4 2023

The Interdisciplinarity of Data Science from the People Analytics Perspective: Part One

The case of a People Analytics Workshop for undergraduate computer science students.

Orit Hazzan

BLOG@CACM Nov 28 2023

What Does Digitization Mean, and When Did It Begin?

Digitization is on everyone's lips. What does digitization mean and when did it begin?

Herbert Bruderer

BLOG@CACM Nov 6 2023

Social Protest, War, and the Organizational Culture of the Israeli Science and Engineering Academia

Our institution's organizational culture has changed; social and political issues now constitute a vital part of the discourse taking place on campus and on the Technion's social media.

Orit Hazzan and Ronit Lis-Hacohen

Opinion Nov 1 2023

On Being a Computer Science Communicator

Facilitating more effective public engagement with a computer science perspective.

Sheldon H. Jacobson

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Opinion Nov 1 2023

The Gamification of Academia

Gaming the system.

Sean Flaherty and Gregg Gordon

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Research and Advances Nov 1 2023

Informatics Higher Education in Europe: A Data Portal and Case Study

A discussion on the need for coordinated, governed, data-driven computing education initiatives of the future.

Elisabetta Di Nitto, Ismael García-Varea, Mehdi Jazayeri, and Svetlana Tikhonenko

BLOG@CACM Oct 23 2023

The Israeli Social Protest from a Data Science Perspective: Part Two

I discuss the social protest from the data science perspective, highlighting the challenges arise in the different steps of a data science process.

Orit Hazzan

BLOG@CACM Oct 16 2023

The Israeli Social Protest from a Data Science Perspective: Part One

The challenge of data.

Orit Hazzan

News Oct 1 2023

Biomedical Digital Twins

Considering the transformative possibilities of simulated models of biological phenomena and systems at multiple scales.

Gregory Mone

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Opinion Oct 1 2023

Barbershop Computing

Moving education beyond computer science pipelines.

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BLOG@CACM Sep 18 2023

ChatGPT (and Other Generative AI Applications) as a Disruptive Technology for Computer Science Education: Obsolescence or Reinvention

Generative AI may turn out to be disruptive technologies for computer science education, but generative AI can also be conceived of as an opportunity for computer science education.

Orit Hazzan and Yael Erez

BLOG@CACM Sep 6 2023

Ethics and Equity in AI for Collaborative Learning

In designing collaborative learning, design AI features using realistic examples of students’ learning; support teachers' awareness; develop students' sense of belonging.

Michael Alan Chang, Jeremy Roschelle, and iSAT Research Group

News Sep 1 2023

Historic Algorithms Help Unlock Shortest-Path Problem Breakthrough

By revisiting key algorithms from computing, a team unlocked hidden efficiency in a long-standing computer science problem.

Chris Edwards

Opinion Sep 1 2023

Rebutting Rebuttals

Evaluating the impact of the conference review rebuttal process.

Nachum Dershowitz and Rakesh M. Verma

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Opinion Sep 1 2023

We Need to Focus on How Our Data Is Used, Not Just How It Is Shared

Toward better understanding of the different ways data circulates between users and platforms.

Katrina Ligett and Kobbi Nissim

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