Computing Education Research Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

My argument is that computer science was originally invented to be taught to everyone, but not for economic advantage. I see the LSA effort and our Teaspoon languages connected to the original goals for computer science. In 1961, the MIT Sloan School held a symposium on “Computers and the World of the Future.”

Computer Science 140

Computer Science Computer Science Sciences 140

Futurum

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

However, upon closer inspection, the university admissions team can see that the second candidate worked part-time after school to financially support themself, so had less time to dedicate to their studies, and they lived in a poorer neighbourhood and attended a lower-achieving school.

Economics 111

Economics Government Mathematics Publication 111

Stephen Wolfram

MARCH 5, 2024

of what’s now Wolfram Language —we were trying to develop algorithms to compute hundreds of mathematical special functions over very broad ranges of arguments. In the past, people had painstakingly computed series approximations for specific cases. Back in 1987—as part of building Version 1.0 So might AI change that?

Science 122

Science Sciences Computer Mathematics 122

Stephen Wolfram

AUGUST 22, 2023

Ed was never officially a “test pilot”, but he told me stories about figuring out how to take his plane higher than anyone else—and achieving weightlessness by flying his plane in a perfect free-fall trajectory by maintaining an eraser floating in midair in front of him. Nowadays we’d call it the trie (or prefix tree) data structure.

Computer 68

Computer Physics Science Sciences 68