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2. Connecting with Computer Science: Electronic Textile Portfolios as Ideational Identity Resources for High School Students
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Shaw, Mia S., Fields, Deborah A., and Kafai, Yasmin B.
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The development of student identities--their interests in computer science, perceptions of the discipline, and sense of belonging in the field--is critical for broadening participation of underrepresented groups in computing. This paper reports on the design of portfolios in which two classes of high school students reflected on the process of making electronic textile projects. We examine how students expressed self-authorship in relation to computer science and how the use of reflective portfolios shaped students' perceptions of computer science. In the discussion we consider how reflective portfolios can serve as ideational resources for computer science identity construction.
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- 2019
3. Designs for Preserving Benefits in Information Systems Exchange.
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Boche, Raymond E.
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The importance of cooperative development among and exchange between university information systems is discussed. Cooperative developments in the California State University and Colleges System and exchange efforts between university systems in other states are described. (Author/BH)
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- 1978
4. The Third International Conference on Data Engineering.
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Wah, Benjamin W.
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SOFTWARE engineering ,CONFERENCES & conventions ,COMPUTER science ,COMPUTER engineering ,ARTIFICIAL intelligence - Abstract
The Third International Conference on Data Engineering was held in Los Angeles, California on February 2 to 6, 1987. The conference was designed as an international forum for bringing together researchers, developers, managers, strategic planners and other users with an interest in the research, design and development of data engineering methodologies, strategies and systems. Its scope includes computer science, artificial intelligence, electrical engineering, and computer engineering. It featured papers from all major areas of data engineering, including database design and modeling, performance evaluation, algorithms, integrity, security, fault tolerance, query language, artificial intelligence approaches, knowledge bases, database machines, distributed databases and data engineering applications.
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- 1988
5. Localized Generalization Error Model and Its Application to Architecture Selection for Radial Basis Function Neural Network.
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Daniel S. Yeung, Wing W. Y. Ng, Defeng Wang, Eric C. C. Tsang, and Xi-Zhao Wang
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ARTIFICIAL neural networks ,COMPUTER architecture ,COMPUTER science ,COMPUTER systems ,EVOLUTIONARY computation ,ARTIFICIAL intelligence ,UNIVERSITIES & colleges - Abstract
The generalization error bounds found by current error models using the number of effective parameters of a classifier and the number of training samples are usually very loose. These bounds are intended for the entire input space. However, support vector machine (SVM), radial basis function neural network (RBFNN), and multilayer perceptron neural network (MLPNN) are local learning machines for solving problems and treat unseen samples near the training samples to be more important. In this paper, we propose a localized generalization error model which bounds from above the generalization error within a neighborhood of the training samples using stochastic sensitivity measure. It is then used to develop an architecture selection technique for a classifier with maximal coverage of unseen samples by specifying a generalization error threshold. Experiments using 17 University of California at Irvine (UCI) data sets show that, in comparison with cross validation (CV), sequential learning, and two other ad hoc methods, our technique consistently yields the best testing classification accuracy with fewer hidden neurons and less training time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2007
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6. Rob Kling and the Irvine School.
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King, JohnLeslie
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INFORMATION technology ,COMPUTER science ,ARTIFICIAL intelligence - Abstract
The Irvine School refers to an intellectual perspective on information technology in complex organizational settings that emerged at the University of California in Irvine, California (UCI), over the last three decades of the 20th century. In many ways, the rise of the Irvine School was synonymous with the rise of researcher Rob Kling's influence on the international community of scholars who would eventually form what Kling called social informatics. This article reflects on Kling's role in the creation of the Irvine School. Kenneth Kraemer, an architect and city planner by training, had joined the UCI Graduate School of Administration in 1967. He was one of the first scholars to begin careful empirical study of the effect of computerization in government agencies, and soon started a research program on information technology and local government at UCI's Public Policy Research Organization. In the early 1970s, researchers Jim Danziger and Rob Kling joined him in this endeavor. Danziger had been trained in political science and public administration. Kling had been trained in electrical engineering and computer science, and had done important work at the intersection of fuzzy logic and planning systems in the area of symbolic artificial intelligence.
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- 2004
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7. Computer Science Trends and Trade-offs in California High Schools.
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Bruno, Paul and Lewis, Colleen M.
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COMPUTER science education ,COMPUTER science ,SCHOOL administrators ,HIGH schools ,SOCIAL sciences education ,LANGUAGE arts - Abstract
Purpose: We aim to better understand the curricular, staffing, and achievement trade-offs entailed by expansions of high-school computer science (CS) for students, schools, and school leaders. Methods: We use descriptive, correlational, and quasi-experimental methods to analyze statewide longitudinal course-, school-, and staff-level data from California, where CS course taking has expanded rapidly. Findings: We find that these rapid CS course expansions have not come at the expense of CS teachers' observable qualifications (namely certification, education, or experience). Within-school course taking patterns over time suggest that CS enrollment growth has come at the expense of social studies, English/language arts (ELA), and arts courses, as well as from other miscellaneous electives. However, we find no evidence that increased enrollment of students in CS courses at a school has a significant effect on students' math or ELA test scores. Implications: Flexible authorization requirements for CS teachers appear to have allowed school leaders to staff new CS courses with teachers whose observable qualifications are strong, though we do not observe teachers' CS teaching skill. Increasing CS participation is unlikely to noticeably improve school-level student test scores, but administrators also do not need to be overly concerned that test scores will suffer. However, school leaders and policymakers should think carefully about what courses new CS courses will replace and whether such replacements are worthwhile. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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8. Understanding Our Knowledge Gaps: Or, Do We Have an ICT4D Field? And Do We Want One?
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Best, Michael L.
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CONFERENCES & conventions ,ADULT education workshops ,INFORMATION & communication technologies ,COMPUTER science - Abstract
The author expresses his views on the conferences and workshops on information and communications technology for development (ICT4D) that were held during the Harvard Forum at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts in September 2009. He talks about his experience of attending the Information and Communications Technology for Development 2009 (ICTD2009) Conference that was held in Qatar. He also offers information on a workshop held in Berkeley, California about computer science and global development.
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- 2010
9. Campus Community Partnerships with People Who Are Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing.
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Matteson, Jamie, Kha, Christine K., Hu, Diane J., Chih-Chieh Cheng, Saul, Lawrence, and Sadler, Georgia Robins
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DEAF people ,HEARING impaired ,ASSISTIVE technology ,COMPUTER science ,FOCUS groups - Abstract
In 1997, the Moores University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Cancer Center and advocacy groups for people who are deaf and hard of hearing launched a highly successful cancer control collaborative. In 2006, faculty from the Computer Science Department at UCSD invited the collaborative to help develop a new track in their doctoral program. This track would train computer scientists to be culturally competent when working with people who have hearing and visual challenges, with the ultimate goal of developing assistive living devices that would be welcomed by, and useful to, the anticipated end users. Faculty and students began developing ideas for technological advances that were anticipated to benefit people who are deaf and hard-of-hearing. Computer science graduate students and faculty worked with the medical school faculty, staff, and undergraduates to design culturally competent focus groups for people who were deaf and hard-of-hearing. The focus groups were designed to gather opinions of these presumed end users about three, very promising ideas for assistive listening devices. The result was a productive interchange between the computer science team and focus group members. The insights garnered have subsequently been used to refine the three devices. This paper provides an overview of how computer science students were trained to present their technological innovations to people who are deaf and hard-of-hearing and to gain feedback on how their devices might best serve them. Campus Community Partnerships with People Who Are Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008
10. IEEE Conference on E-commerce Technology (CEC '06) and Conference on Enterprise Computing, E-commerce and E-computing (EEE '06).
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CONFERENCES & conventions ,ELECTRONIC commerce ,INFORMATION technology ,COMMERCE ,INDUSTRIAL management ,RESEARCH ,COMPUTER science - Abstract
The article provides information on the joint IEEE Conference on E-commerce Technology (CEC '06) and Conference on Enterprise Computing, E-commerce and E-computing (EEE '06) to be held on June 26-29, 2006, in San Francisco, California. The event will provide a platform for researchers interested in the theory and practice of e-commerce and enterprise computing. It will focus on new technologies and methods for business process innovation. The joint programs of the two conferences will comprise tutorials, invited lectures, paper presentations, and panel discussions.
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- 2005
11. A University's Educational Program in Computer Science.
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Forsythe, George E.
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COMPUTER science ,ACADEMIC departments ,EDUCATION ,HIGHER education ,CURRICULUM - Abstract
Focuses on the computer science department of Stanford University in California. Review of the power of computers; Definition of computer science: Objectives of computer science education; Efforts of the university in achieving computer education objectives.
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- 1967
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12. KEMMERER, RICHARD A.
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COLLEGE teachers ,COMPUTER science ,COMPUTER training ,UNIVERSITIES & colleges - Abstract
The article profiles Richard A. Kemmerer, a professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of California. He is the author and co-writer of various scientific papers and four books. The professor also leads the Reliable Software Group which addressed the need for better languages and tools for designing and securing software systems.
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- 2002
13. The cost of doing business: cost structure of electronic immunization registries.
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Fontanesi, John M, Flesher, Don S, De Guire, Michelle, Lieberthal, Allan, Holcomb, Kathy, and Flesher, Don S Jr
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IMMUNIZATION ,RECORDING & registration ,TELECOMMUNICATION & economics ,INFORMATION science -- Economic aspects ,BAR codes ,COMPARATIVE studies ,COMPUTER science ,MANAGEMENT information systems ,RESEARCH methodology ,MEDICAL cooperation ,PUBLIC health surveillance ,RESEARCH protocols ,RESEARCH ,RESEARCH funding ,COST analysis ,EVALUATION research ,ACQUISITION of data ,ECONOMICS - Abstract
Objective: To predict the true cost of developing and maintaining an electronic immunization registry, and to set the framework for developing future cost-effective and cost-benefit analysis.Data Sources/study Setting: Primary data collected at three immunization registries located in California, accounting for 90 percent of all immunization records in registries in the state during the study period.Study Design: A parametric cost analysis compared registry development and maintenance expenditures to registry performance requirements.Data Collection/extraction Methods: Data were collected at each registry through interviews, reviews of expenditure records, technical accomplishments development schedules, and immunization coverage rates.Principal Findings: The cost of building immunization registries is predictable and independent of the hardware/software combination employed. The effort requires four man-years of technical effort or approximately $250,000 in 1998 dollars. Costs for maintaining a registry were approximately $5,100 per end user per three-year period.Conclusions: There is a predictable cost structure for both developing and maintaining immunization registries. The cost structure can be used as a framework for examining the cost-effectiveness and cost-benefits of registries. The greatest factor effecting improvement in coverage rates was ongoing, user-based administrative investment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2002
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14. A Computer Scientist Uses His Art to Question the Embrace of Technology.
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Biemiller, Lawrence
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ART ,COMPUTER science ,EMPLOYEES ,TECHNOLOGICAL innovations - Abstract
Profiles computer scientist Ken Goldberg of the University of California at Berkeley. His development of projects involving both computer science and art; Creation of online artwork, including a virtual garden that users tend with a robotic arm; Development of `Ouija 2000,' an online Ouija board that allows users to act simultaneously; Goldberg's career background.
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- 2000
15. Sex Differences on the California Statewide Assessment of Computer Literacy.
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Fetler, Mark
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COMPUTER literacy ,SEX differences (Biology) ,COMPUTER science ,STUDENT attitudes ,CURRICULUM ,WORK environment ,COMPUTER training ,ACADEMIC achievement - Abstract
A statewide survey of the knowledge, attitudes, and experiences of California sixth- and twelfth-grade students in the areas of computer science and computer literacy was conducted during the 1982-1983 school year. Boys in both grades displayed consistently higher levels of achievement in nearly all curriculum objectives surveyed. Boys had more exposure to computers both at school and at home and tended to have more positive attitudes toward the role of computers in the workplace. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1985
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16. Graduate students cash in as industry, academia mix.
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Steinberg, Steve G.
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COMPUTER science ,GRADUATE education - Abstract
Discusses opportunities for computer science graduate students from the University of California-Berkeley in the field of research. Benefits of computer science departments' close ties to industry; Criticism of graduates unprepared for the real world; Description of NOW project at the university.
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- 1996
17. Computer Science and Industry Interface.
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Dodd, George
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MEETINGS ,COMPUTER science ,CURRICULUM ,CONTINUING education ,UNIVERSITIES & colleges - Abstract
The article highlights the topics discussed at a Computer Science and Industry Interface meeting held in Anaheim, California on June 4, 1978. The meeting, which was attended by representatives from universities, industrial research, development groups and the Federal government, explored issues such as the benefits that can be gained by the industry from computer science and its curricula, the industry's needs for continuing education and ways by which the industry can better work with universities on joint research project and interchange personnel. Speakers in the meeting include Marshall Yovits of the Ohio State University and J. N. Rosen of the University of Minnesota.
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- 1978
18. ACM FeIIows.
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COMPUTER systems ,COMPUTERS ,COMPUTER science ,INFORMATION technology ,AWARDS - Abstract
This article focuses on the ACM Fellows Program. The ACM Fellows Program was established by the ACM Council in 1993 to recognize and honor outstanding ACM members for their achievements in computer science and information technology and for their significant contributions to the mission of ACM. The ACM Fellows serve as distinguished colleagues. The program is managed by an ACM Fellows Committee as apart of the general ACM Awards program administered by Calvin C. Gotlieb, Awards Committee Chair, and James Jay Horning, Awards Committee Vice-Chair. The men and women honored as ACM Fellows will be inducted at the ACM Awards Banquet on Saturday, June 7, 2003, in conjunction with the Federated Computing Research Conference in San Diego, California. This will expand the total number of ACM Fellows to 468. The article presents the names of all the 26 new inductees.
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- 2003
19. Candidates for MEMBER AT LARGE.
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COLLEGE teachers ,COMPUTER science - Abstract
The article profiles Maria M. Klawe vice president, student and academic services, professor computer science at University of British Columbia and Charles P. Thacker director of advanced systems at Microsoft Research Ltd. contending for the post of members at large of the Association for Computing Machinery. Klawe has done her B.Sc. and Ph.D. in mathematics, from the University of Alberta. After eight years with IBM Research in California, Klawe joined the University of British Columbia as Head of the Computer Science Department. Now a senior vice president with responsibility for information technology, libraries and student affairs, Maria also holds the NSERC-IBM Chair for Women in Science and Engineering. Maria's research is in theoretical computer science, discrete mathematics and human-computer interaction. Thacker received the B.A. degree in physics from the University of California at Berkeley in 1967. He was employed by the Berkeley Computer Corp., developing the BCG 500 timesharing system. Thacker was project leader of the MAXC timesharing system, was responsible for the Alto, the first personal workstation, was co-inventor of the Ethernet local area network and conducted research in computer architecture and networking.
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- 1998
20. ACM Fellows.
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COMPUTERS ,SCHOLARSHIPS ,COMPUTER science ,INFORMATION technology - Abstract
The ACM Fellows Program was established by the ACM Council in 1993 to recognize and honor outstanding ACM members for their achievements in computer science and information technology and for their significant contributions to the mission of ACM. The ACM Fellows served as distinguished colleagues to whom the ACM and its members look for guidance and leadership as the world of information technology evolves. The ACM Council endorsed the establishment of a Fellows Program and provided guidance to the ACM Fellows Committee, taking the view that the program represents a concrete benefit to which any ACM member might aspire, and provides an important source of role models for existing and prospective ACM Members. The program is managed by an ACM Fellows Committee as part of the general ACM Awards program administered by Gwen Bell. The 41 men and women honored as ACM Fellows have made critical contributions towards and continue to exhibit extraordinary leadership in the development of the information age and will be inducted at the ACM Awards Banquet on March 2, 1997, during ACM97 in San Jose.
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- 1997
21. Computer Society Awards Honor Top Achievers.
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AWARDS ,COMPUTER science - Abstract
This article presents several awards that recognize outstanding achievements in computer science and engineering developed by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. Computer Society at a gathering in Long Beach, California. Murali Varanasi, a professor at the University of North Texas, is recognized for his contributions to education and to the society. The society also recognizes Krishan Sabnani in his strides in developing communication network protocols. The board of governors chose database pioneer Wesley Chu to receive the Society's 2003 Technical Achievement Award. INSETS: Software Developers Earn Professional Certification.;IEEE Computer Society Announces New Standards Committee.;IEEE Educational Activities Board Honors Computer Society..
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- 2005
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22. A UCLA Professor and Net Pioneer Paves the Way for the Next Big Thing.
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Olsen, Florence
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INTERNET ,COMPUTER science ,EDUCATION ,UNIVERSITY faculty - Abstract
Profiles professor of computer-science at University of California at Los Angeles, Leonard Kleinrock. Love for teaching and inventing, especially anything having to do with the Internet; Reasons he loves being a professor; First to describe queuing principles used in designing every type of computer network.
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- 2000
23. The Supercomputer Solution.
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Kutler, Jeffrey
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FINANCIAL crises ,TECHNOLOGICAL innovations ,FINANCIAL markets ,COMPUTER scientists ,COMPUTER science - Abstract
Five years after the financial crisis, regulators are still struggling to keep pace with market structure changes and technological advances. The answer could reside with a group of computer scientists and mathematicians at a laboratory in Northern California. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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