In paraphrasing Jeannette M. Wing’s definition of computational thinking, it deals with providing solutions to complex problems, creating effective systems, and having a good understanding of how ...

Computational thinking is increasingly recognised as a fundamental approach to problem solving that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries. It involves organising complex challenges into ...

Like many kids of my generation growing up in India, I was an avid reader of Enid Blyton’s novels. Many of her books were written as a series (“The Famous Five,” “The Secret Seven” and “Five ...

Abstraction close abstractionThe process of extracting or withdrawing something. is the process of filtering out - essentially ignoring - the characteristics of problems that are not needed in order ...

14 April 2011 DOHA, QATAR - "Thinking like a computer scientist means more than being able to program a computer," said Jeannette M. Wing, Ph.D., the President's Professor of Computer Science and Head ...

Version 1: Given the following statement: "There are six times as many students as professors at this university." Write an equation that represents the above statement. Use S for the number of ...

Today we’re obsessed with data. Experts in every industry are finding ingenious ways to measure and depict millions of data points every day. But data is virtually worthless unless someone can look at ...

GIS map overlaid with U.S. population density in 1930 for a project at Lehigh University. Purple dots indicate correspondence issued by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Computational thinking is one of the ...

Our era is defined by a constant flow of information. Data from smartphones, wearables and environmental sensors, connected to sharing and analysis platforms, accompany us daily, creating a digital ...

Decomposition close decompositionBreaking down a complex problem into smaller, more manageable sub-problems. involves breaking down a complex problem or system into smaller parts that are more ...