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Scientific computing — lessons learned the hard way


The Bitter Lesson - Rich Sutton

The biggest lesson that can be read from 70 years of AI research is that general methods that leverage computation are ultimately the most ...

Good enough practices in scientific computing - PLOS

Computers are now essential in all branches of science, but most researchers are never taught the equivalent of basic lab skills for ...

Lessons Learned from My Journey as a Self-Taught Developer

It wasn't until I accidentally got into a Computer Science class that I realized that I should focus more on actually trying to learn software ...

Lessons I've Learned From My Career in Technology

Things have certainly changed over the years (computers have gotten a LOT smaller, for one thing) -- and this past year alone has been full of ...

Lessons Learned while Working on Large-Scale Server Software

... of distributed computing. But really, just ... way to make your systems go bad. ... Hard-earned lessons about making systems stay alive, operating ...

Reproducibility in Scientific Computing - ACM Digital Library

However, a number of serious concerns have been raised recently, questioning whether today's computational work is adequately reproducible. In principle, it ...

Scientific Computing (SCI) - UC Berkeley EECS

The faculty, students, visitors, and affiliated researchers of Berkeley's Scientific Computing and Numerical Methods group have produced some of the most ...

25 Things You Have To Learn The Hard Way | Cracked.com

Hollywood likes to paint learning life lessons as beautiful epiphanies or poignant moments experienced by the main characters of a story. But ...

Best Practices for Scientific Computing - PMC - PubMed Central

Scientists spend an increasing amount of time building and using software. However, most scientists are never taught how to do this efficiently.

soft question - Why go to theoretical computer science/research?

One of the founders of the theory of computation, Alan Turing, tried to pin down the meaning of “computing a function” for a human being ...

A First Course in Scientific Computing - Oregon State University

Computational scientists solve tomorrow's problems with yesterday's computers; computer scientists seem to do it the other way around. —anonymous. The goal of ...

Cloud Computing

Despite having 50 years of science fiction examples, we are still a long way off from realizing that goal of a truly intelligent interface.

Lessons learned from a two-year experience in science data literacy ...

In spring 2008 and 2009, we offered a course “Scientific Data Management” to undergraduate and graduate students from science and technology ...

The hard way is the best way - Sharp Sight

application; feedback. Let's discuss each of these in turn. To rapidly master syntax, you need to drill syntax. To rapidly master data science ...

7 Important Life Lessons Everyone Learns the Hard Way | Inc.com

But if you can take in a life lesson without putting yourself through difficulty--if you can benefit from someone else's experience instead of ...

Lessons From the Analog World - American Federation of Teachers

... scientific experiments that are best conducted in the simulated worlds of computers. ... way to teach. Sometimes, it makes sense to do an ... difficult to make ...

Lessons Learned: a teacher's shift to software engineering - TripleTen

Learning coding languages, however, was a total shift in mindset. First, I had to set aside any misconceptions — this was going to be hard. It ...

Learn Code the Hard Way

Learn Code The Hard Way courses are the most effective system for learning the basics of computer programming, designed specifically for complete beginners.

Reflections—and Lessons Learned—From Remote Learning

... hard to stop and let everything sink in. ... There are 701,692 educators who want to change the world and the way kids learn. ... learn computational thinking ...

Advice for starting a career in scientific computation? - Physics Forums

No, scientific computation is a versatile skillset that can be applied to a wide range of industries and fields. It is important to have a ...