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How can I explain to my parents that I study programming languages?
I am currently finishing my MSc in computer science. I am interested in programming languages, especially in type systems. I got interested in research in this field and next semester I will start a PhD on the subject.
Now here is the real question:…
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Computer science fields that deal with peer-to-peer systems
I'm an undergraduate and am looking forward to becoming an academic; do the whole PhD stuff and start doing research. I'm interested in a variety of computer science related things but lately P2P technologies have really caught my interest. I have…
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Acquiring the necessary background for research
I'm starting my mater's thesis in computer science. I'm interested in computational Origami (algorithms mainly); I've read a little about the subject and I'm worried because I lack some of the knowledge that I think is necessary to do research in…
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In computer science how is using passive voice regarded?
A soft question, when I was in high school and in University I took scientific writing classes and people told me I should use passive voice as much as possible to sound objective, but when I entered grad school people told me I should not use…
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Does a publication similar to the American Mathematical Monthly exist in Theoretical Computer Science?
I'm a math major who's been reading up on computational theory and automata theory and I think that I would love to learn more about these and other sub-fields in Theoretical CS.
I'm pretty sure the journal is well known, but in math, there's this…
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Is classical algorithms a dead research field?
I'm starting my masters in CS soon, and I have to decide on a general research topic.
In my undergraduate studies, I've enjoyed courses regarding data structures and algorithms the most. I'm also an avid competitor in competitive programming events,…
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Where can I find a short and 'easy' peer reviewed paper on something from computability, decidability or complexity?
It's a homework assignment, we were asked to read, understand, and present to our colleagues a short paper/article (suggested 4-6 pages) for our Computability, Decidability or Complexity class.
The articles I was able to find in the past couple days…
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Where can I read CS papers?
I am a self taught programmer, with no formal degree in CS. I have read couple of papers which were recommended on some or other blog and found them interesting. Where can I read papers on computer science ? Are these papers available for free?
If…
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"Programing in goals" as an alternative to defining APIs (from B. Victor's talk The Future of Programming )
In his talk The Future of Programming, in the third section of the talk about "programming using goals", Bret Victor says this:
https://vimeo.com/71278954 [15:20]
What won't work, what would be a total disaster, is---I'm gonna make up a term…
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What areas in EE overlap closely with CS
I am doing bachelors in Electronics & Communication Engg.. But most of my work happened to be in Web development.. I am thinking to do my bachelor thesis which very closely overlaps with my recent work.
Are there any specific areas in CS, EE (may be…
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What are some advanced background topics I'll need for distributed systems and networks research?
I am a new graduate student in Computer Science who would like to be able to read and understand modern and new distributed systems research papers. My current background / courses and understanding is in the level of undergraduate and beginner…
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Did Date and Darwen's "Third Manifesto" have a lasting impact?
In 1995, two DB theory researchers, C.J. Date and H. Darwen, published a text with the rather impressive-sounding name "The Third Manifesto" with their ideas regarding future DBMSes, which would better harmonize a relational model with…
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Is Chinese Checkers a solved game
Is there a machine or algorithm available to solve the board game "Chinese checkers"? If there is please let me know about relevant material. I have already searched over internet unfortunately i am unable to have relevant details about it.
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What problems are believed to have an efficient algorithm?
Just out of curiosity,
What problems are believed to have an efficient algorithm, yet haven't been found such an algorithm for them?
This question came up to my mind after reading about PRIMES problem.
I hope this question is appropriate for this…
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Stroke Width Transform: Gradient Direction and Rays
I've been trying to implement this paper from Boris Epshtein, Eyal Ofek, and Yonatan Wexler, the pioneers of Stroke Width Transform .
Having a simple image with random texts, that underwent gray scaling. Then I have produced two edge maps using two…
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