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    women in computing is a great resource. Hence maybe why google is starting their initiative. The article I read was titled “The Trouble with ‘women in computing’: a critical examination of the deployment of research on the gender gap in computer science”. As the title describes that article establishes a known issue but doesn’t offer a solution or remedy to the problem we face. Instead it just present facts, such as trends about women in computing. One trend they established is that if the decline of women continues, than there will be now women studying or earning a degree in any form of computing by 2032. Looking at that statistic kind of scared me personally if I were to have a daughter I would want her to be in the computing field and be more than literate in it than the average consumer. Understanding how technology is being used and how it grows into the future, it will shape and control our lives to a major degree. Even today you can’t do almost any job without interacting with some form of technology. Today there is even a bill in congress that main point is to establish internet as a basic…

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    Ex Machina Movie Analysis

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    Ex machina is a film set in the isolated mountain home of the CEO of a massive internet search engine “bluebook” ,a young programmer named Caleb is brought in to test if the newly made A.I Ava would work in human society by using the turing test . Before everything there is the main conflict which should be man versus machine but that is not always the case ,when Caleb meets Nathan for the first time there conversation acts more like a psycho-analysis test then a normal conversation . It…

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    for him to follow all principles of the ACM code if he wanted to protect the U.S. nation from hackers. Therefore, he has broken some principles by adhering others. In the Table 1.1 Adhered and broken ACM principles, adhered and broken principles of the ACM code by Carpenter can be seen. Adhered Principles of ACM Broken principles of ACM 2.1 Strive to achieve the highest quality, effectiveness and dignity in both the process and products of professional work 2.3 Know and respect existing law…

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    those skill. Studying and get involve in associations like math club that is part of the computer science field. According to the United State Bureau of Labor Statistics “Employment of software developers is projected to grow twenty-two percent from 2012 to 2022” Beyond this job the career growth of a computer science has high expectations. Due to the big demand of computer software. In an article written by Alison DeNisco, title “More states start to require computer science for…

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    Cybercriminal Crimes

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    and only strikes at night. In modern times this is no longer the case. Many of today’s criminals cannot be picked out of a crowd. They are cyber criminals that can anonymously attack anyone from behind a computer (Vigoroso). These criminals can do anything from stealing some quick cash to stealing someone’s very identity. These types of crimes are on the rise worldwide and can leave victims financially crippled. Cybercrime is defined as “any illegal activity that uses a computer as its primary…

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    We-Video Analysis

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    I had used Windows Movie Maker in the past and the Timeline looked similar. I chose a couple of the training videos to show each day and only chose ones that I thought we would use. Limiting the bells and whistles allowed for me to emphasis what I wanted the content to be. Here is an example of what one group of my students did (Habits of Mind – Metacognition), the Rubric I used (Rubric – Kathy Schrock) and I created a Cheat Sheet for students where I copied a bunch of links so they could find…

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    Letter To Houser

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    Daashawn R. Scott (202)-427-4081 daashawnscott3@gmail.com 7506 Devries Drive Lorton, VA. 22079 Greetings Brothers of Annapolis (MD) Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Inc., I am pleased to write this letter of recommendation on behalf of Mr. Clarence Houser, Jr. I met Mr. Houser in March at the annual Krimson and Kream Ball. Since this time, he has maintained communication and consistently expressed interest in becoming a member of our noble clan. Clarence has proven to be a very dedicated young…

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    For example, before the passage of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 in the United States, government officials did not require a search warrant to collect personal information transmitted over computer communication networks. Nevertheless, even in the absence of a privacy law before 1986, computing professionals should have been aware of the obligation to protect the privacy of personal information.” https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/bitstream/handle/2142/12247/ecse909.pdf This…

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    adopted their first formal Canons of Ethics. 2Professional engineers today, then, are expected to both learn about and live up to ethical standards as a condition of their membership in the profession.2 1.2 What are the professional codes of software engineering ethics? How do they actually help us to be ethical in our working lives? Answer Each professional society of engineers adopts and enforces its own codes of practice, including codes for ethical practice; in Appendix A and B below we…

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    John Mauchly Essay

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    John Mauchly pioneered the field of computer science and built the foundation for all modern computing with the creation of the world 's first fully functional digital computer, the ENIAC. The ENIAC, completed in 1946 at the University of Pennsylvania, occupied 1800 square feet, weighed 30 tons, had 18000 vacuum tubes, and cost about $5,000,000 in modern dollars (ENIAC Definition from PC Magazine Encyclopedia). John Mauchly originally conceived the ENIAC as a tool for statistical weather…

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