Unanswered Questions
51 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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Growth of Early CS Students
At SigCSE this year a session participant said, roughly, "research shows that there is no correlation between 'early skill' is CS and a student's ultimate success in the field." ...
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Error free solution manual for "Introduction to Algorithms" by Cormen et al. for self study or alternative method to tackle them single handed
I am a CS undergraduate student, strictly speaking I am fond of studying theoretical CS subjects, the corresponding books just attract me. Now in theoretical CS we probably have algorithm design and ...
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Small to medium scale exercises about Haskell's higher abstractions
Short version: Where can I find highly varying, small or medium-sized exercises and examples on the use, identification and instance declaration of Haskell's abstractions such as applicatives, monads, ...
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Using zyBooks and labs
Has anyone used zyBooks in their classes? I've seen some good comments on the SIGCSE list about them. I would primarily use this in our CS I class (Java) with their lab feature as a way to provide ...
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Divide and conquer for subset sum problem
I want my students (equivalent first-year college students) to work on algorithmic paradigms during a 2 hours practical programming session in OCaml.
I chose the subset sum problem since it can ...
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Is there any detailed video lecture series which uses “Compilers: Principles, Techniques and Tools” by Aho et al as the text book as a bible?
I am interested in learning Compiler Design , and from many resources I came to know that "The Dragon Book" is a good textbook. (Below are the two editions of the said textbook. [Red Dragon ...
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Curriculum choice for AP Computer Science A
We are currently researching what curriculum to use/adapt for the 2019-2020 school year. It will be our first year offering AP CSA. The students taking the class will have had 3-7 years of computers ...
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Any recent textbooks for an "Introduction to Databases" course?
Are you aware of any recently published textbooks (2018-2022) suitable for an introductory course in databases? I've been using the classical textbooks so far, i.e. "Database Systems Complete ...
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From where to study Query processing, Query optimization and Multiple Granularity protocol
I am wondering about from where do I need to consult the upper said topics in a good depth in order to solve the questions intuitively. Please help me out in this regard. Please provide some video ...
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Open Source Mentoring Programmes for Formal Education
I'm exploring options for students to work on open source projects for academic credit. The Apache Software Foundation run a Mentoring Programme, and also facilitate participating in the Mentoring ...
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Data Engineering, ETL, SQL Server Integration Services(SSIS) resources form beginner to pro level
I am a fresh Ph.D. student in information science. I know some python, C, Cobol, etc.
I know some sites to learn SQL for data science interviews.
Can anybody tell me any resource available for data ...
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introduction materials to the actor model?
I am looking for some introductions to the actor model. I don't mind books in specific programming languages, as long as they don't distract away or restrict the presentation of the model
Is this a ...
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Alternative to Piazza for online Q&A
Piazza recently started serving ads. Are there any reasonable alternatives to Piazza that are effective for CS courses, for handling questions from students online? I would find it useful to be able ...
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Is there a good book for combinatorics for programmers?
The book should be easy to read, or at least average. The level for reading such a book is the MATH and CS school curriculum. It should also be expanded on topics related to CS, and also be narrated ...
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Hardware (cameras, headsets) for TEALS supported classrooms
We have TEALS (a NGO which supports CS education in US with programs that team industry professionals with CS classrooms - both in person and remotely) distance learning support for our CS classes - ...