Updating Computer Science Education

In the June 2005 issue of "Communications of the ACM," Jacques Cohen, professor at Brandeis University gives his viewpoint for updating CS education.

• "I urge CS educators to help prepare their students to manipulate huge amounts of data and make sure they gain experience in using, modifying, and combining complex programs available on the web."
• "CS educators should thus consider the following recommendations: scripting capabilities, data volume, complexity of algorithms, and probability and statistics."
• "The general tendency toward outsourcing has a significant effect on how CS educators should prepare their students."

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