Computers and society computing for good
Because computer scientists make decisions every day that have societal context and influence, an understanding of society and computing together should be integrated into computer science education. Showing what you can do with your computing degree, Computers and Society: Computing for Good uses c...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Boca Raton, FL
CRC Press
2011
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| Series: | Chapman & Hall/CRC textbooks in computing
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| Collection: | O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Because computer scientists make decisions every day that have societal context and influence, an understanding of society and computing together should be integrated into computer science education. Showing what you can do with your computing degree, Computers and Society: Computing for Good uses concrete examples and case studies to highlight the positive work of real computing professionals and organizations from around the world. Encouraging you to engage actively and critically with the material, the book offers a wealth of exercises and activities at the end of each chapter. Questions of varying difficulty ask you to apply the material to yourselves or your surroundings and to think critically about the material from the perspective of a future computing professional. The text also incorporates individual projects, team projects, short projects, and semester-long projects |
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| Item Description: | "A Chapman & Hall book." |
| Physical Description: | xxi, 276 pages illustrations |
| ISBN: | 1439810885 9781439810880 1466532858 9781439810897 1439810893 9781439885581 1439885583 9781466532854 0429132026 9781439885567 1138432903 9780429132025 1439885567 |