Computational Thinking A Perspective on Computer Science

Computational Thinking  A Perspective on Computer Science
Author: Zhiwei Xu,Jialin Zhang
Publsiher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2022-01-01
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9789811638480

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This textbook is intended as a textbook for one-semester, introductory computer science courses aimed at undergraduate students from all disciplines. Self-contained and with no prerequisites, it focuses on elementary knowledge and thinking models. The content has been tested in university classrooms for over six years, and has been used in summer schools to train university and high-school teachers on teaching introductory computer science courses using computational thinking. This book introduces computer science from a computational thinking perspective. In computer science the way of thinking is characterized by three external and eight internal features, including automatic execution, bit-accuracy and abstraction. The book is divided into chapters on logic thinking, algorithmic thinking, systems thinking, and network thinking. It also covers societal impact and responsible computing material – from ICT industry to digital economy, from the wonder of exponentiation to wonder of cyberspace, and from code of conduct to best practices for independent work. The book’s structure encourages active, hands-on learning using the pedagogic tool Bloom's taxonomy to create computational solutions to over 200 problems of varying difficulty. Students solve problems using a combination of thought experiment, programming, and written methods. Only 300 lines of code in total are required to solve most programming problems in this book.

Digital Theology

Digital Theology
Author: Erkki Sutinen,Anthony-Paul Cooper
Publsiher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2021-07-27
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9781839825347

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Digital theology is an emerging and evolving field of research in academia. It is gaining traction with scholars across a variety of subjects including; Computer Science, Theology, Sociology of Religion and the wider Humanities.

Research Directions in Computer Science

Research Directions in Computer Science
Author: Albert R. Meyer,John V. Guttag,Ronald L. Rivest,Peter Szolovits
Publsiher: Mit Press
Total Pages: 490
Release: 1991
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0262132575

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Research Directions in Computer Science celebrates the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of MIT's Project MAC. It covers the full range of ongoing computer science research at the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science and the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, both of which grew out of the original Project MAC. Leading researchers from the faculties and staffs of the laboratories highlight current research and future activities in multiprocessors and parallel computer architectures, in languages and systems for distributed computing, in intelligent systems (AI) and robotics, in complexity and learning theory, in software methodology, in programming language theory, in software for engineering research and education, and in the relation between computers and economic productivity. ContributorsAbelson, Arvind, Rodney Brooks, David Clark, Fernando Corbato, William Daily, Michael Dertouzos, John Guttag, Berthold K. P. Horn, Barbara Liskov, Albert Meyer, Nicholas Negroponte, Marc Raibert, Ronald Rivest, Michael Sipser, Gerald Sussman, Peter Szolovits, and John Updike

Algorithms and Applications

Algorithms and Applications
Author: Tapio Elomaa,Esko Ukkonen,Heikki Mannila,Pekka Orponen
Publsiher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2010-04-20
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9783642124754

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This Festschrift volume, published to honor Esko Ukkonen on his 60th birthday, includes papers that present research on computational pattern matching and string algorithms, two areas that have benefited significantly from the work of Ukonen.

Web Technologies

Web Technologies
Author: Jeffrey C. Jackson
Publsiher: Prentice Hall
Total Pages: 593
Release: 2007
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9780131856035

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"Web Technologies illuminates the fundamental principles and technologies of the World Wide Web, helping students master contemporary Web development and understand emerging Web innovations."--BOOK JACKET.

The Development of Computer Science A Sociocultural Perspective

The Development of Computer Science  A Sociocultural Perspective
Author: Matti Tedre
Publsiher: Matti Tedre
Total Pages: 502
Release: 2006
Genre: Electronic Book
ISBN: 9789524588676

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Computability and Complexity

Computability and Complexity
Author: Neil D. Jones
Publsiher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 494
Release: 1997
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0262100649

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Computability and complexity theory should be of central concern to practitioners as well as theorists. Unfortunately, however, the field is known for its impenetrability. Neil Jones's goal as an educator and author is to build a bridge between computability and complexity theory and other areas of computer science, especially programming. In a shift away from the Turing machine- and G�del number-oriented classical approaches, Jones uses concepts familiar from programming languages to make computability and complexity more accessible to computer scientists and more applicable to practical programming problems. According to Jones, the fields of computability and complexity theory, as well as programming languages and semantics, have a great deal to offer each other. Computability and complexity theory have a breadth, depth, and generality not often seen in programming languages. The programming language community, meanwhile, has a firm grasp of algorithm design, presentation, and implementation. In addition, programming languages sometimes provide computational models that are more realistic in certain crucial aspects than traditional models. New results in the book include a proof that constant time factors do matter for its programming-oriented model of computation. (In contrast, Turing machines have a counterintuitive "constant speedup" property: that almost any program can be made to run faster, by any amount. Its proof involves techniques irrelevant to practice.) Further results include simple characterizations in programming terms of the central complexity classes PTIME and LOGSPACE, and a new approach to complete problems for NLOGSPACE, PTIME, NPTIME, and PSPACE, uniformly based on Boolean programs. Foundations of Computing series

Digital Signal Processing

Digital Signal Processing
Author: Jonathan Y. Stein
Publsiher: Wiley-Interscience
Total Pages: 904
Release: 2000-10-09
Genre: Computers
ISBN: UOM:39076002096373

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Get a working knowledge of digital signal processing for computer science applications The field of digital signal processing (DSP) is rapidly exploding, yet most books on the subject do not reflect the real world of algorithm development, coding for applications, and software engineering. This important new work fills the gap in the field, providing computer professionals with a comprehensive introduction to those aspects of DSP essential for working on today's cutting-edge applications in speech compression and recognition and modem design. The author walks readers through a variety of advanced topics, clearly demonstrating how even such areas as spectral analysis, adaptive and nonlinear filtering, or communications and speech signal processing can be made readily accessible through clear presentations and a practical hands-on approach. In a light, reader-friendly style, Digital Signal Processing: A Computer Science Perspective provides: * A unified treatment of the theory and practice of DSP at a level sufficient for exploring the contemporary professional literature * Thorough coverage of the fundamental algorithms and structures needed for designing and coding DSP applications in a high level language * Detailed explanations of the principles of digital signal processors that will allow readers to investigate assembly languages of specific processors * A review of special algorithms used in several important areas of DSP, including speech compression/recognition and digital communications * More than 200 illustrations as well as an appendix containing the essential mathematical background