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GPC
2009
Springer
13 years 5 months ago
Dynamic Provision of Computing Resources from Grid Infrastructures and Cloud Providers
Grid computing involves the ability to harness together the power of computing resources. In this paper we push forward this philosophy and show technologies enabling federation o...
Constantino Vázquez Blanco, Eduardo Huedo, ...
DESRIST
2009
Springer
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14 years 3 days ago
Building theory in the sciences of the artificial
This essay extends Simon’s arguments in the Sciences of the Artificial to a critical examination of how theorizing in Information Technology disciplines should occur. The essay ...
Shirley Gregor
ICSE
2005
IEEE-ACM
14 years 7 months ago
A B.S. degree in informatics: contextualizing software engineering education
Software engineering (SE) is very different in focus from traditional computer science: it is not just about computers and software, but as much about the context in which they ar...
André van der Hoek, David G. Kay, Debra J. ...
SIGCSE
2006
ACM
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14 years 1 months ago
Why students with an apparent aptitude for computer science don't choose to major in computer science
The statistics show that the number of Computer Science majors is dropping across the United States. Possible reasons include a reduced number of jobs in the field, an incorrect p...
Lori Carter
SIGCSE
2003
ACM
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14 years 22 days ago
Creating a computer science canon: a course of "classic" readings in computer science
Computer science has a reputation of being a discipline in a perpetual state of accelerated progress—a discipline in which our techniques, our hardware, our software systems, an...
Michael Eisenberg