While teaching Introduction to Programming in the Computer Science programs for many semesters, it was noticed that the students were not necessarily able to see the big picture of what they were learning and where it could be applied. It was also ...

Project Based Learning involves students working on projects that reflect realistic problems [2]. The standard ACM curriculum contains a number of references to projects and group work [1]. In project based courses, students are typically either assigned ...

Over the past decade, there has been an increase in enrollment in computer science-related programs at colleges and universities. This surge can be attributed to the expansion of the technology industry during this period and the need for a ...

Our program simulates a chain (a case of line network) of asynchronous processing elements (PEs), each communicating only with its neighbors. The chain can store a list of integers, one integer per PE. This provides an environment for 40 exercises on ...

This past summer, I worked with a PhD scholar (Krupa Patel, Bhagwan Mahavir University, India) on a research project that investigates a novel approach for specifying unambiguous Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs). NFRs are usually written in common ...

In this tutorial, instructors will be able to learn how to work with various tools on setting up a Continuous Integration Pipeline (CI pipeline), to automatically verify their programming assignments are valid. This tutorial assumes some programming ...

The GitKit facilitates teaching Git and GitHub workflow in the context of an authentic Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) project. It is appropriate for use in software development courses ranging from high school through college. The GitKit is a ...

This paper presents an assignment that when paired with a discussion or other follow-up can be used to increase and diversify computer science knowledge unit coverage. The knowledge units are taken from the CS2013 and related documents from ACM/IEEE. ...

A traditional course in Operating Systems includes the topic of CPU scheduling with a discussion of several different scheduling policies. Historically, we have used a paper-based worksheet to help students understand how different scheduling policies ...

This paper describes the manner in which the adoption of aspects of an Agile approach has been effective in managing student team projects of significant complexity in the context of a software engineering two-course sequence. Besides exposing students ...

ChatGPT, from OpenAI (AI - artificial intelligence), and the many similar Large Language Models (LLM) appear to have taken the world by storm with some for it, some against it. In simple terms, these products are a great tool for the experienced domain ...

There are three things that motivate this tutorial:

1. I spent the last 2 decades of my time at IBM providing services and remedial training on the non-programming aspects of IT solutions

2. I became aware of Dr Peter Denning's work, which lays out ...

Many studies have shown that introductory programming courses are challenging and tend to have a low passing rate. In this project, the authors investigated the effectiveness of using peer-recorded game development videos in helping students learn ...

Jupyter notebooks are currently one of the most popular environments for Python development, especially in domains such as data science. Existing studies have shown that notebooks may promote bad coding habits, leading to poor code quality and ...

A typical course in data structures covers arrays, linked lists, stacks, queues, and efficiency of operations over those structures. In this paper, we consider the card game Guillotine as inspiration and motivation for a cohesive software project that ...

Software Engineering education continues to describe classical methods without fully embracing modern practices. DevOps combines Software Engineering practices with the production and operations of the software itself. This study describes a graduate ...

As research and education advance, so does their need for advanced computational resources. While some universities are fortunate to be able to provide these resources in abundance, many do not have free availability to such cyberinfrastructure for ...

For computer educators, there is increasing concern about the dark side of information technology. Useful innovations, such as social media and artificial intelligence, often have a dark side to them. Computer games also have this dual nature. Useful as ...

Our research focuses on the use of a commercial bug bounty program as part of a senior capstone project for Computer Science and Cyber Science majors. We look at the use of such programs as fulfillment of the accreditation requirement for a major ...

Many introductory computer science courses - including ours - focus on the science and art of programming. In such classes - including ours - the predominant activity is editing: editing one's electronic documents and editing one's conceptual models of ...