> Programming assignments need to be brought back! CS students like hands-on learning: an algorithm becomes real only once they see it run on real data. Also, computer scientists today —whether in industry or academia—rely on subroutine libraries and scripting languages. > A few lines in Matlab and Scipy can be written in minutes and run on datasets of millions or billions of numbers. No JAVA or C++ needed! Algorithms education should weave in such powerful tools. It is beneficial even for theory students play with them.
In connection with the moderator elections, we will be holding a Q&A with the candidates. This will be an opportunity for members of the community to pose questions to the candidates on the topic of moderation. Participation is completely voluntary.
Here's how it'll work:
During the nominati...
The 2015 Community Moderator Election is now underway!
Community moderator elections have three phases:
Nomination phase
Primary phase
Election phase
Most elections take between two and three weeks, but this depends on how many candidates there are.
Please visit the official election page a...