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Thinking Decomposition Pattern Recognition Abstraction Algorithms COMPUTATIONAL THINKING Computational Thinking refers to the processesapproaches which are used to formulate a problem in a manner s. http://. uoregon.edu/~moursund/dave/index.htm. “Computational . thinking is a fundamental skill for everybody, not just for computer scientists. To reading, writing, and arithmetic, we should add computational thinking to every child’s analytical ability. Enrico Pontelli. Department of Computer Science. New Mexico State University. The buzzword…. “Computational Thinking” . The thought processes involved in formulating problems and their solutions so that the solutions are represented in a form that can be effectively carried out by an information processing agent [Wing-. Abstraction. Abstraction. Goals. What is abstraction?. Is it teachable?. How to assess?. Abstraction has two facets. “Removing detail to simplify and focus attention” [p38]. “identifying the common core or essence” [p38]. Ovidiu P. â. rvu. , PhD student. Department of . Computer Science. Supervisors: Professors . David Gilbert. and . Nigel Saunders. Why?. 2. Predicted. behaviour. Simulations. Natural. biosystem. Computational. Jeannette M. Wing. Assistant Director. Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate. National Science Foundation. and. President’s Professor of Computer Science. Carnegie Mellon University. Longman Lancaster corpus: 30 million words. ____________________________ Reference corpora have a fixed size (e.g., the British National Corpus Monitor corpora are expandable (e.g., the Bank of Engli Class Overview. web site: www.cs.vt.edu/~kafura/CS6604. Origins. Term first used by Seymour . Papert. (1996) . [Snow 2012]. “. In . both . cases the computer used as a tool effectively . leads . to a solution, but in neither does the . Ovidiu P. â. rvu. , PhD student. Department of . Computer Science. Supervisors: Professors . David Gilbert. and . Nigel Saunders. Why?. 2. Predicted. behaviour. Simulations. Natural. biosystem. Computational. NRC Report on Nature/Scope of CT. web site: www.cs.vt.edu/~kafura/CS6604. NRC Report. Sponsored by National Research Council. First of two reports. Not intended to produce or reflect a consensus among participants. Allen Lee. Center for Behavior, Institutions, and the . Environment. https://. cbie.asu.edu. Computational Social Science. Wicked collective action problems. Innovation -> Problems -> . Innovation. web site: www.cs.vt.edu/~kafura/CS6604. Today’s Class. Meet faculty and researchers. From a variety of knowledge domains. With a variety of perspectives and experiences related to computational thinking. Zur. 2011A. Sunny Yellow . Flower. . Picture . by . Sharee . Basinger. , publicdomainpictures.net. About me.... 1988. 1991. 1996. 1996 . 2001 . 2003-2004. 2005 . Survey. Please answer the survey at:. Authors: Kyu . Han . Koh et. al.. Presented . by : . Ali Anwar. ABOUT ME. B.Sc. Electrical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology Lahore, Pakistan. M.Sc. Computer Engineering. , University of Engineering and Technology Lahore, . CS Principles – Big . I. deas. Computing is a creative human activity that engenders innovation and promotes exploration.. Abstraction reduces information and detail to focus on concepts relevant to understanding and solving problems..