CSP Materials
(Resource book)
29 Oct 2013 - 00:40
Youtube: Video Description: A vision of the future recorded in 1987.
(Resource book)
29 Oct 2013 - 00:33
O'Reilly Programming: Reading Description: A explanation of Dr. George Church's paper, "Next Generation Information Storage in DNA" Image: Harvard
(Resource book)
29 Oct 2013 - 00:23
Data: Reading Description: A poem about the Halting problem by Geoffrey K. Pullum of UC Santa Cruz. xkcd
Tags: CSP LO 7.4.1 - Connect computing within economic, social, and cultural contexts Impact Student reading
(Resource book)
29 Oct 2013 - 00:17
BBC News: Reading Description: A discussion of the top 20 predictions for life 100 years from now submitted by readers of BBC News as well as commentary by two futurologists.
Tags: CSP LO 7.4.1 - Connect computing within economic, social, and cultural contexts Impact Student reading
(Resource book)
29 Oct 2013 - 00:12
CNN Money: Reading Description: This article from CNN summarizes various viewpoints on how quantum computing will revolutionize our lives in the not too distant future. University of Virginia physicist Stuart Wolf
Tags: CSP LO 7.4.1 - Connect computing within economic, social, and cultural contexts Impact Student reading
(Resource book)
29 Oct 2013 - 00:07
Wired: Reading Description: A look at Alan Turing's life and contributions to Computer Science.
Tags: CSP LO 7.4.1 - Connect computing within economic, social, and cultural contexts Impact Student reading
(Resource book)
29 Oct 2013 - 00:03
Scientific American: Reading Description: Hans Robinson, assistant professor of physics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, explains how quantum computing works. The Bloch sphere is a representation of a qubit...
Tags: CSP LO 7.4.1 - Connect computing within economic, social, and cultural contexts BYOB/SNAP! Impact Student reading
(Resource book)
28 Oct 2013 - 23:52
NY Times: Reading Description: This op-ed article from the New York Times discusses the future and limits of artificial intelligence, and some of the potential pitfalls of ever advancing artificial intelligence. ...
Tags: CSP LO 7.4.1 - Connect computing within economic, social, and cultural contexts BYOB/SNAP! Impact Student reading
(Resource book)
28 Oct 2013 - 23:48
Brian Harvey's Notes: Reading Description: This text from UC Berkeley Professor Brian Harvey discusses the development and current state of the field of artificial intelligence. It notes two main approaches to AI: top down, using symbolic...
Tags: CSP LO 7.4.1 - Connect computing within economic, social, and cultural contexts BYOB/SNAP! Impact Student reading
(Resource book)
28 Oct 2013 - 23:45
Computers Solve Checkers: Reading Description: This article from Scientific American documents Jonathan Schaeffer's decades long quest to solve the game of checkers. Image: © ISTOCKPHOTO/CHRISTOPHER O DRISCOLL
Tags: CSP LO 7.4.1 - Connect computing within economic, social, and cultural contexts BYOB/SNAP! Impact Student reading