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Code in Place: Learning Python during a pandemic

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Kristy von Moos
Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation
Aug 5, 2020
When the global COVID-19 pandemic struck, two Stanford University Computer Science professors decided to engage in a unique experiment; offer 10,000 students from all over the world the opportunity to learn to code using Python — online, for free.
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Why do we call computer glitches “bugs”?

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Sonia Mendes
Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation
Dec 12, 2018
The term “bug” is another way of saying something is wrong with our computer or software, but where did the term come from? While many attribute the reference to computer scientist Grace Hopper, this article from Curiosity explains that it dates back to Thomas Edison’s private journals.
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Researching the untold story of Canada’s keypunch girls

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Sonia Mendes
Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation
Oct 18, 2018
Last summer, the Canada Science and Technology Museum offered up access to its collection so that researcher Jennifer Thivierge could study “keypunch girls” — the women who punched holes in data cards and fed them into machines or tabulators, starting in the 1950s. The University of Ottawa’s Gazette writes about her findings, and what they say about gender discrimination within the field of computer science.
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NASA has issued a challenge to the community

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Jesse Rogerson, PhD
Canada Aviation and Space Museum
Aug 28, 2017
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has issued a challenge to its public: increase the efficiency of one of its high-level research software and win $55,000 USD. Many of us forget that NASA also works in aeronautics, not just space. In order to develop cutting edge air planes and other flight tech, NASA begins with simulating airflow using a Fortran code called FUN3D. However, FUN3D isn't able to keep up with some of the simulations its been given. As a result, NASA has
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Microsoft AI Masters "Ms. Pac-Man"

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Jesse Rogerson, PhD
Canada Aviation and Space Museum
Aug 23, 2017
Have you ever played Ms. Pac-Man? If so... have you played over 3000 rounds of it? Because that's how long it took for a Microsoft Artificially Intelligent program called Maluuba to learn how to get the highest possible score in the game, 999999. Check out how it did it... and don't worry, there's no worry of this AI taking over the world.

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