Computing as a discipline: preliminary report of the ACM task force on the core of computer science

Denning, Peter J.; Comer, Douglas E.; Gries, David; Mulder, Michael C.; Tucker, Allen B.; Turner, A. Joe; Young, Paul R.

doi:10.1145/52964.52975

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“…IT is important, but not at the forefront, as it is in computing (Denning et al, 1989, p. 1) and computer-based management information systems (Ives, Hamilton, & Davis, 1980, p. 1), or evident in current MIS textbooks.…”

Section: What Does Informing Need To Become a Separate Academic Discimentioning

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“…• informing contrasted with its precursor, the widely used management information systems (MIS) approach (Ives et al, 1980) • informing within a framework used for computing (Denning et al, 1989) • the paradigms of informing…”

Section: What Does Informing Need To Become a Separate Academic Discimentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The author is particularly indebted to the final report of the Task Force on the Core of Computer Science, authored by Denning et al (1989) with many of its fine examples adopted here for informing.…”

Section: What Does Informing Need To Become a Separate Academic Discimentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This paper uses an analogous approach to informing as Denning et al (1989) did in "Computing as a Discipline". The fundamental question underlying all of computing is "What can be automated?"…”

Section: Paradigms Of Informingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Informing as a Discipline: An Initial Proposal

Gackowski

2010

InformingSciJ

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This paper presents a structured view of informing as a separate field of scientific inquiry and practical endeavors and possibly an emerging academic discipline. It is already a field with its framework, model, a fundamental research question, a point of reference, observation points, and ways of measuring results. It entails basic distinctions, fundamental concepts, and a universal taxonomy and ordering of information use requirements and priorities for their examination for research and applications. It still lacks a clear division into sub-areas. To attain the status of a separate academic discipline, it needs further elaboration of sub-areas and a curriculum model that specifies competencies, an introductory course, prerequisite courses, and laboratories. This position paper is written mainly from the operations management and decision sciences viewpoint, structured similarly as computing, and discussed from the perspective of various taxonomies of academic disciplines. Its purpose is to elicit challenge, critique, discussion, and suggestions to develop a mutual consensus among researchers in informing.

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Section: What Does Informing Need To Become a Separate Academic Discimentioning

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Section: What Does Informing Need To Become a Separate Academic Discimentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: What Does Informing Need To Become a Separate Academic Discimentioning

confidence: 99%

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Informing as a Discipline: An Initial Proposal

Gackowski

2010

InformingSciJ

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“…Generally, HCI refers to a study of communication between human and computer which draws from supporting knowledge on both human and machine. Denning in a report for the ACM [5,6] defined human computer interaction as the systematic study of algorithmic processes that describe and transform information: their theory, analysis, design efficiency, implementation and application and the efficient coordination of action and transfer of information between humans and machines via various human-like sensors and motors and with information structures that reflect human conceptualizations [6] . While there are a variety of approaches in human computer interaction, we are particularly interested in usability.…”

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Explorations on Web Usability

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Ong²,

Lim³

et al. 2009

American J. of Applied Sciences

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Abstract:The area of web usability has long intrigued researchers. It has been widely accepted that for a website to be successful, the level of usability has to be high. The reason is because of poorly designed website. While many web designers largely fall on their prior experience to tell if a web site design is good or bad, there is a need to be able to provide clear methodology to do so [2,3] . An article by Goldsborough which quoted Nielson, reported that while many web designers think their websites are important, generally it is users who will determine the relevance of these websites. In this paper, we discuss the methodology of usability and the survey conducted for the webpage that we have done.

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