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	Computer Science, A Science? Still debated… August 29, 2008 Jason Ernst 2 Comments As an update to my previous post on this subject "Computer Science, A Science?" more debate has taken place on the CompSci.ca forums and blog as a result of a blog post by Tony entitled "The most important programming language". Many good points...
	Categories: Computer Science, Miscellaneous Tags: Computer, Debate, Engineering, Mathematics, Science
	Ubiquitous Computing vs Virtual Reality July 9, 2008 Jason Ernst 4 Comments Early this week, during a lecture at Guelph by Dr. Denko, I was introduced to the idea of ubiquitous computing. The idea was coined in the 1980's by Mark Weiser at the Xerox Parc Lab. An extremely simplified definition of ubiquitous computing on...
	Categories: Computer Science, Miscellaneous, Research Tags: Computer, Computing, Pervasive, Reality, Science, Ubiquitous, Virtual
	Weasel Words in Computer Science April 18, 2008 Jason Ernst 1 Comment This week I had the opportunity to sit in on an M.Sc Thesis Defense at Guelph. In most of my courses so far at Guelph the profs have stressed that we should avoid weasel words at all costs in our Thesis and our defense. The definition of a...
	Categories: Computer Science, Miscellaneous, Research Tags: Computer, Science, Weasel, Words
	Computer Science: A Science? April 3, 2008 Jason Ernst 4 Comments Computer Science is a broad term used to describe many areas in the field of computing. Wikipedia defines Computer Science as the “study of the theoretical foundations of information computing and their implementation and application in computer...
	Categories: Computer Science, Miscellaneous Tags: Computer, Debate, Science