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VIS
2006
IEEE
214views Visualization» more  VIS 2006»
15 years 11 months ago
Hub-based Simulation and Graphics Hardware Accelerated Visualization for Nanotechnology Applications
The Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN) has developed a science gateway at nanoHUB.org for nanotechnology education and research. Remote users can browse through online...
Wei Qiao, Michael McLennan, Rick Kennell, David...
SIGCSE
2010
ACM
166views Education» more  SIGCSE 2010»
14 years 9 months ago
Introducing concurrency in CS 1
Because of the growing importance of concurrent programming, many people are trying to figure out where in the curriculum to introduce students to concurrency. In this paper we di...
Kim B. Bruce, Andrea Pohoreckyj Danyluk, Thomas P....
SIGCSE
2010
ACM
175views Education» more  SIGCSE 2010»
15 years 2 months ago
MPCT: media propelled computational thinking
Media-Propelled Computational Thinking (MPCT – pronounced impact) is a course designed to introduce programming in the context of engaging problems in media computation, math, a...
Eric Andrew Freudenthal, Mary K. Roy, Alexandria N...
SIGCSE
2010
ACM
183views Education» more  SIGCSE 2010»
15 years 4 months ago
Electronic commerce virtual laboratory
Website security is essential for successful e-commerce ventures, but the vital “how-to” components of security are often lacking in academic courses. This paper describes our...
Joel Coffman, Alfred C. Weaver
SIGCSE
2009
ACM
107views Education» more  SIGCSE 2009»
15 years 10 months ago
Foss 101: engaging introductory students in the open source movement
Can engaging students in free and open source software (FOSS) pique their interest in computer science? This paper describes an introductory computer science course that introduce...
Ralph Morelli, Trishan R. de Lanerolle