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Why students with an apparent aptitude for computer science don't choose to major in computer science
The statistics show that the number of Computer Science majors is dropping across the United States. Possible reasons include a reduced number of jobs in the field, an incorrect p...
Lori Carter
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2006
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An undergraduate course on software bug detection tools and techniques
The importance of software bug detection tools is high with the constant threat of malicious activity. Companies are increasingly relying on software bug detection tools to catch ...
Eric Larson
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2006
ACM
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Non-traditional projects in the undergraduate AI course
Amruth N. Kumar, Deepak Kumar, Ingrid Russell
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Culture and environment as determinants of women's participation in computing: revealing the "women-CS fit"
Carol Frieze, Orit Hazzan, Lenore Blum, M. Bernard...
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2006
ACM
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Fifteen compilers in fifteen days
Traditional approaches to semester-long projects in compiler courses force students to implement the early stages of a compiler in depth; since many students fall behind, they hav...
Jeremy D. Frens, Andrew Meneely
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2006
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Teaching computer graphics without raster-level algorithms
Edward Angel, Steve Cunningham, Peter Shirley, Kel...
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2006
ACM
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Introductory game creation: no programming required
Many incoming college freshmen have accumulated a significant number of hours of experience playing computer games. Extending that experience to actual game creation activities ca...
A. T. Chamillard
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2006
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Social networks generate interest in computer science
Casey Alt, Owen L. Astrachan, Jeffrey Forbes, Rich...
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2006
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OOP and the Janus principle
Joel C. Adams