Introduction - The Emerging Interaction Society

2005 ◽  
pp. 1-25
Author(s):  
Mikael Wiberg
Keyword(s):  
Computer Science ◽  
Time Management ◽  
Information Society ◽  
Information Storage ◽  
Session Management ◽  
Mutual Awareness ◽  
Fluid Networks ◽  
User Tasks ◽  
Interaction Management

Recently it has been argued that there is a need for computer science, and related fields of research, to shift its focus from user tasks, their requirements, applications or computing, to issues concerning interaction, mutual awareness, and ubiquity (e.g., Dourish, 2001). Overall, it is a shift from the Information Society, with its focus on information, storage and processing of data and transactions, to the Interaction Society, with related issues including, e.g., work as ongoing and fluid networks of connections (Sproull & Keisler, 1998) interaction overload (Ljungberg & Sørensen, 2000), interaction management (Whittaker et al., 1997), contact management (Whittaker et al., 2002), session management (Edwards, 1994), time management, etc. This general shift has also highlighted the need to acknowledge issues such as attention management in relation to the fluidity of work (e.g., Hudson et al., 2002; Davenport & Beck, 2001).

Gender Inclusion in the Information Society

2011 ◽  
pp. 636-642 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy Faulkner ◽  
Merete Lie
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Gender Gap ◽  
Information Society ◽  
European Study ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
Science And Engineering ◽  
New Information ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
Gender Inclusion

Strategies of Inclusion Gender and the Information Society (SIGIS) was a European study exploring initiatives to include more women in the information society.1 This article summarises its main conclusions. The work started from the premise that overall more women than men are excluded from the information society, both as users and as designers of new information and communications technologies (ICTs). Our literature review (Sørensen & Stewart, 2002) confirmed that there is still a gender gap in terms of ownership of some ICT products and, to a lesser extent, in terms of access and use. Gender cuts across other dynamics in the digital divide—income, occupation and age being generally more significant than gender—with other factors (e.g., ethnic minorities, lone parent families) also intervening. Although the trend with respect to the use of ICT products is one of a closing gender gap, it is clear that diffusion alone is not sufficient to close the gap all together; inclusion efforts are still warranted in this area. By contrast, the literature review revealed a persistent and sizeable gender gap within computer specialisms and professions designing ICTs. The proportion of women entering computer science and engineering courses in most countries is static or in decline, in spite of sustained inclusion efforts. So, the overall picture across Europe is a contradictory one: optimistic with respect to what we call women and ICT (users), and pessimistic with respect to women in ICT (professionals).

scholarly journals IL CONTRIBUTO DEL POLITECNICO ALLO SVILUPPO DELL’INFORMATICA

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlo Ghezzi
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Information Society ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Second World War ◽  
World War ◽  
Science And Engineering ◽  
The Usa ◽  
History Of ◽  
Second World

The history of Computer Science and Engineering (Informatics) began internationally after the Second World War. In the last decade of the twentieth century it bacame one of the disciplines with highest impact on economy, industry, and society. The development of Informatics at Politecnico started when the first computer was brought to Italy from the USA by Prof. Luigi Dadda and the first experiments and investigations were launched. Since then Informatics has been continuously growing until today it became the engine of modern society, often called the Information Society. This paper reports on the main developments of Informatics at Politecnico and the main contributions achieved nationally and internationally in education and research.

The Graph Traversal Pattern

2011 ◽  
pp. 29-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marko A. Rodriguez ◽  
Peter Neubauer
Keyword(s):  
Computer Science ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
Relational Database ◽  
Relational Databases ◽  
Information Storage And Retrieval ◽  
Information Storage ◽  
Late 19Th Century ◽  
Data Management Systems ◽  
Storage And Retrieval ◽  
Graph Traversal

A graph is a structure composed of a set of vertices (i.e. nodes, dots) connected to one another by a set of edges (i.e. links, lines). The concept of a graph has been around since the late 19th century, however, only in recent decades has there been a strong resurgence in both theoretical and applied graph research in mathematics, physics, and computer science. In applied computing, since the late 1960s, the interlinked table structure of the relational database has been the predominant information storage and retrieval model. With the growth of graph/network-based data and the need to efficiently process such data, new data management systems have been developed. In contrast to the index-intensive, set-theoretic operations of relational databases, graph databases make use of index-free, local traversals. This chapter discusses the graph traversal pattern and its use in computing. (Angles & Guiterrez, 2008)

РОЗВИТОК SOFT SKILLS НА УРОКАХ ІНФОРМАТИКИ В ОСНОВНІЙ ШКОЛІ

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-122
Author(s):  
O. S. HRYTSIUK ◽  
◽  
V. P. CHERNENKO ◽  
V. P. LYASHENKO ◽  
N. G. KYRYLAKHA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Time Management ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Project Work ◽  
Science Lesson ◽  
Press Conference ◽  
School Students ◽  
Project Method

The paper describes the complex of computer science lessons for secondary school students, aimed at forming soft skills, among which are communication skills (in particular, the ability to dialogue and discussion), teamwork (cooperation), leadership, logical thinking, creativity, time management. The relevance of the study is due to the need to understand the possibilities of computer science lessons in terms of development of modern schoolchildren soft skills, which are the key to successful further study and future professional realization. The research methodology contains general theoretical and special methods. The aim of the study is to describe and characterize the author's set of non-standard computer science lessons for secondary school students, which promotes the development of soft skills. The complex consists of three consecutive lessons and involves students working on their own projects in microgroups, a competition for these projects and a press conference of the jury, during which the results of the competition are discussed. The project method stimulates creativity, elements of competition contribute to the formation of teamwork and leadership skills. Independent elaboration of the topic with the subsequent acquaintance with several variants of its presentation consolidates knowledge. An additional factor in strengthening knowledge is the visualization of educational material, implemented in presentations. The paper examines the correlation between the type of lesson and the development of specific soft skills. The main educational tasks that should be used in computer science lessons for the development of soft skills include problem (identify the most interesting topics) and creative (create your own project-presentation) ones. Involvement of the element of competition (project competition) contributes to the intensification of learning, helps to form teamwork, and increases student motivation. Prospects for further research are seen in the implementation of the proposed complex into the teaching of computer science in Kremenchuk secondary schools in order to prove its effectiveness. Key words: primary school, computer science lesson, soft skills, non-standard lesson, project work, lesson-competition, lesson-press conference.

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