Computer Science Education in 21 st Century
David A. Patterson · 2006
This article presents a letter from ACM president David A Biblioteca de Ciencias y Tecnología Normal Biblioteca de Ciencias y Tecnología 2 1 2006-06-12T20:34:00Z 2006-06-12T20:34:00Z 1 83 457 UCLA 3 1 539 11.6360 Clean Clean 21 6 pto 2 2 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Tabla normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} This article presents a letter from ACM president David A. Patterson. Patterson offers four concrete suggestions for how to draw students to computer science (CS). Patterson's goal is the creation of a CS curriculum that reflect current opportunities and challenges in information technology rather than those of the 1970s. Patterson expressed concern that although many professors use programming languages like Java, few have embraced modern programming environments like the Eclipse development platform and the JUnit testing framework.