Posts Tagged by computer science

RIP Sir Maurice Wilkes

December 16, 2010 Posted by Karl Beecher under News
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Somehow I missed the news that Sir Maurice Wilkes died a couple of weeks ago. His achievements were many and went beyond computer science, but just within my own field he is probably best remembered for developing the EDSAC computer (the first computer with an internally stored program) and for co-founding the British Computer Society… read more

Should Educators Use More Visualisations?

September 13, 2010 Posted by Karl Beecher under Opinion
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Not so many years ago, I was one of the people in the education system, spending much of the working day being lectured to. Being a geek, most of my subjects involved mathematical, scientific or computing related material, which is often complex and requires (from me at least) intense objective mental effort to understand them,… read more