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    What is a ridge in hill climbing search? It is very confusing. Computer Science

    What is a ridge in hill climbing search? It is very confusing.

    Posted: 04 Feb 2022 12:32 AM PST

    Computer Science Specialists' opinions wanted, research survey by UK PGCE (Teacher training) Secondary Computer Science student

    Posted: 03 Feb 2022 01:37 AM PST

    Hello everyone, I'm currently doing a teacher training course, as part of one of my modules I'm conducting a survey on Computer Science specialists' opinions on the UK secondary (11-16) curriculum, it doesn't matter if you're based in the UK, are coming from industry or academia, or if you have a formal education in CS or not, as long as you're a CS specialist I want your opinions. So if you can spare the time to fill in the survey I'd really appreciate it, thank you.

    Link to the survey: https://forms.office.com/r/pjfFz9dCtp

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    What's with the Computer Science Student's obsession with Frameworks.

    Posted: 24 Jan 2022 11:32 AM PST

    Okay, I may be trampling on some toes here, so if you're easily set off about the title, I guess refrain from going further. I should also preface that this opinion is coming from a fourth year computer science undergraduate.

    I am utterly baffled at the general animus of my school's computer science program. Our school's program is top rated in our region, however; I still cannot help but feel what I am receiving, or have received, has utterly missed the point (and yes, I see the irony here) of computer science. The general ethos of most students is highly competitive, materialistic and focused on status. You can see this exemplified in most students desire to work at top companies, corporations, etc. I mean hey, more power to them, but I find the general atmosphere undeniable, most students want to be high earning software engineers. The general love of the discipline is derived from the perception that what we are doing is high-status and "valuable". However, it has been my experience that most student do not care for those topics that, in my opinion, are what make computer science... well... a science.

    For example, all the senior projects and thesises are either showcases of some cloud-based service built on top of a patchwork of high-value name frameworks (your Azures, Lambdas, Spark etc etc.) or some rehash of an AI paper. I get it, these guys want to get employed and the enjoy what they are doing. Yet still, we have a software engineering program at my school, and I can't help feel that their efforts would be better allocated there. Furthermore, like I said previously, there is this toxic ethos that if you're not chasing the "bag" by using the biggest, baddest, freshest technology then your a lazy, head-in-the-clouds, not-as-smart-as-me loser. I could also say the same about the AI guys, but I find them generally more tolerable, but some of them are for sure just as bad.

    Maybe I should show my cards and explain that I begin my academic journey as a philosophy major, so I have my experience with arrogant, chair-sniffing jerks. Still, I only changed majors after reading the book "Godel, Escher, Bach". The theory and beauty that I found in the depths of theoretical computer science compelled me to switch majors, however I can't help but feel that this is lost on most of my peers. Hell, despite having a great program our school doesn't even teach topics related to theory of computation et al.

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    so tldr;

    CS programs in university have a toxic ethos that is materialistic, lacking in depth, and disheartening.

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    Really just wondering if anyone can throw thoughts relevant my way? Maybe, I am seeing this so wrong, and maybe I am missing something. Just wondering what others might think?

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