Securing the Future of Computer Science; Reconsidering Analog Computing.

The article presents two blog posts posted on the organization's Website in 2011. One discusses computer science study and teaching in Great Britain. A lack of higher education programs in computer software development is discussed and attributed to national education standards requiring written exa...

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Publicado en:Communications of the ACM Vol. 56; no. 4; pp. 12 - 14
Autores principales: Guzdial, Mark, Reed, Daniel
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Association for Computing Machinery Apr2013
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Sumario:The article presents two blog posts posted on the organization's Website in 2011. One discusses computer science study and teaching in Great Britain. A lack of higher education programs in computer software development is discussed and attributed to national education standards requiring written examinations. A report by the scientific organization. The second blog post considers analog computers. The possibility that analog computing could be used as a supplement to digital computing is considered, with the concept of a hybrid computer employing both digital and analog computing discussed.