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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…
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Matching Digital Photos to Identify Wildlife
Dutch Scientists create digital "collective intelligence" system to compare photos of animals' markings.
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Low-Cost Sensors Help People Turn 'Green'
University of Washington and Carnegie Mellon researchers are building sensors for phones and homes that give people feedback on their habits and encourage them...
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Framing the Right Problem For Water Fowl
U.S. Geological Survey scientists describe their work, outlining complexity.
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HPC: Making a Small Fortune
There is an old joke in the high-performance computing community that begins with a question, “How do you make a small fortune in high-performance computing?” There...
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The Future of Applications?
With the Web delivering richer content to our desktops, why don't today's applications let us seamlessly create that content?
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Scientists Convene at First Computational Sustainability Meeting
Keynote Address at the First Computational Sustainability Meeting by Carla Gomes.
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Windmills in the Water
A call to the computer science community for what a research agenda might look like for the role of information and communications technologies in energy, the environment...
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E-Government in Latin America
According to wikipedia: e-Government is a diffused neologism used to refer to the use of information and communication technology to provide and improve government...
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The Impact of APCS on Undergraduate CS Enrollment
The critics and detractors of the Advanced Placement exam in Computer Science (APCS) are many. But the flaws of APCS most likely have no effect on undergraduate...
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The Siren Song of Startups
If you go to a startup, make sure you go for the right reasons.
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Building a Smarter Web
As more information moves to the Web, we need better tools to manage it. Today's tools focus on static Web pages. However, I claim that the Web is becoming a platform...
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Robotics in South America
Webopedia defines robotics as: The field of computer science and engineering concerned with creating robots, devices that can move and react to sensory input. Robotics...
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Helping Younger People Protect Themselves from Security Attacks
One potentially disturbing trend that came out in a recent eCrime meeting is that younger people 18-24 years old seem to be more susceptible to phishing attacks...
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Media Computation: For Creativity and Surprises
The Media Computation approach to introductory computing is mostly used for creative expression, but it can also lead to some surprises.
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Only the Developed World Lacks Women in Computing
The developing world has lots of women in computing. Great talks at this week's NCWIT meeting explain why the difference.
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Visibility Matters: Why You Need a Professional Web Page
If you do research in computer science, you need to have a professional web page summarizing your research career. Let me tell you why it matters, and what information...
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Enjoying Reading Research
If you find reading research papers unpleasant, difficult, and boring, maybe it is time to try doing it differently.
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High-Performance Computing: Where
By definition, the raison d’être for high-performance computing is high performance, but floating point operations per second (FLOPS) need not be the only measure...
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