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E-book
Author Kaczmarczyk, Lisa C.

Title Computers and society : computing for good / Lisa C. Kaczmarczyk
Published Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, [2011]
©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 276 pages) : illustrations
Series Chapman & Hall/CRC textbooks in computing
Chapman & Hall/CRC textbooks in computing.
Contents Poverty alleviation in the remote Peruvian Andes -- Improving patient care with digital image management -- Internet voting for overseas citizens -- Social networking and computer modeling aid sea turtles -- Best practice recommendations in children's medical care -- Protecting lives using the results of earthquake modeling -- When following your passion means forming your own business
Summary Because computer scientists make decisions every day that have societal context and influence, an understanding of society and computing together should be integrated into computer science education. Showing what you can do with your computing degree, Computers and Society: Computing for Good uses concrete examples and case studies to highlight the positive work of real computing professionals and organizations from around the world. Encouraging you to engage actively and critically with the material, the book offers a wealth of exercises and activities at the end of each chapter. Questions of varying difficulty ask you to apply the material to yourselves or your surroundings and to think critically about the material from the perspective of a future computing professional. The text also incorporates individual projects, team projects, short projects, and semester-long projects
Notes "A Chapman & Hall book."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from title page (Safari, viewed January 15, 2015)
Subject Computers -- Social aspects
Computers and civilization.
Computers and civilization
Computers -- Social aspects
Form Electronic book
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