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The Base-Rate Neglect Cognitive Bias in Data Science
Using Bayes' Theorem, the correct answer to both the medical diagnosis problem and to the lion classification question, can be…
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Hybrid Models for Legacy Modernization in Digital Transformation Programs
There is now a greater need to move away from legacy technologies than ever before.
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Patent Protection in Europe
Up to the second half of the 19th century —with the exception of the industrial power Great Britain—the protection of inventions was inadequate and strongly disputed...
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Reinforcing Computer Science Education
What do computer science students need to know to be successful in industry?
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Is It Difficult to Bypass the Protection That Uses Big Data?
Big data analytics systems identify signs of unauthorized activity in vast arrays of structured and unstructured data.
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Language Imitation Games and the Arrival of Broad and Shallow AI
On the impact of large language models.
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Computers Were Originally Humans
Until the middle of the 20th century, computers were in fact humans who performed calculations.
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Software Quotes and Counter Quotes
Certain phrases and motifs are repeated in software efforts.
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Students are Interested in People, and Teachers Value Multiple Languages: ICER 2021 Pointers
A couple of excellent papers from the International Computing Education Research conference.
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Supervising a Doctoral Thesis: Lessons and Guidelines
Presenting 10 guidelines for supervising graduate students, focusing on the supervision process of doctoral students.
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Safe Space for Alt-Views
Not everyone who questions computational hegemony is appealing to magic, mysticism, or divinity.
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A Tale of a Non-Traditional Software Engineer
I entered college to study biomedical engineering, but realized more than halfway through I was more interested in computer science.
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We Are Camille
Who is Camille Noûs, who has contributed to hundreds of papers on Google Scholar?
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Tech Meetups In A Pandemic
By 2019, I generally thought there wasn't much that could surprise me about organizing meetups. Then Covid-19 hit. I was so wrong.
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How Does One Divide with Napier's Rods?
Napier's multiplication and division rods, deriving from the basic multiplication table, simplify calculations considerably.
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Protecting Enterprise Use of IoT
How to strengthen the security of the Internet of Things in organizations.
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The Solar System from the Computational Thinking Perspective
We describe our choice of the solar system as one of the main illustrative examples used in our MOOC on computational thinking.
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The Role of Computer Science in Elite Higher Education: Seeing the Expert Blind Spot
CS has an important role in preparing elite scientists, engineers, and mathematicians.
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Design Orientation and Optimization
Considering how to concurrently maximize output via vertical and horizontal optimization.
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