Articles Tagged: Computing and business
Articles & Features
SECTION: Features
Forests, trees, and false dichotomies
As the gap between research and productization continues to narrow, traditional labels may no longer apply.
By Stephen Miller, June 2017
On entrepreneurship
Joi Ito, director of the MIT Media Lab, shares his ideas about entrepreneurship learning, finding the right people, and navigating failure with grace.
By Jie Qi, June 2017
Being an open entrepreneur
What does it mean to be an entrepreneur making open source hardware? An open entrepreneur has parallels to being an entrepreneur of any company, but there are also advantages that are often overlooked.
By Alicia Gibb, Nathan Seidle, June 2017
Building a business based on the life you want to lead
Running a business and living the lifestyle you want can be seen as mutually exclusive. Maintaining the right balance, while meeting the changing goals of both, can be seen as a talent. But shifting focus away from the bottom line can lead to a better outcome, professionally and personally. Two entrepreneurs share their ongoing journey toward mastering this art.
By Chris "Akiba" Wang, Jacinta Plucinski, June 2017
I, entrepreneur
Five, diverse entrepreneurs from around the world share a common ambition of social good. Here they detail how they entered the world of startups.
By Numair Khan, Alexandru Penu, Thomas Dickerson, Linda Liukas, Cesar Jung-Harada, Sam Bhattacharya, June 2017
SECTION: Profile
Manuel Grenacher
Cautiously tapping into collaborative economics
By Adrian Scoică, December 2016
Sanny Gaddafi
Living at the forefront of Indonesia's tech emancipation
By Adrian Scoică, June 2016
SECTION: Features
Pattern recognition
Most people like to believe they judge others on their merits, and not by their gender or ethnicity. Neuroscience has shown this isn't always the case, so what can we do about it?
By Freada Kapor Klein, Ana Díaz-Hernández, June 2014
Making tech more inclusive
Exposing the driving causes behind the lack of diversity in our communities, and how to use your privilege for good.
By Erin Carson, June 2014
All hands on deck!
Ten action items for attracting and retaining more women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields of study.
By Grace Woo, June 2014
DEPARTMENT: Labz
CyLab Usable Privacy and Security Laboratory (Pittsburgh, PA)
CUPS, a research lab at Carnegie Mellon University, is dedicated to addressing the broad array of challenges collectively called "usable privacy and security."
By Rich Shay, September 2013
SECTION: Features
A social scientist sits among ICTD workers
Reflections on the place of qualitative methods in ICTD work.
By Sumitra Nair, December 2012
DEPARTMENT: Hello world
Finding yourself using geolocation and the Google Maps API
By Colin J. Ihrig, September 2012
SECTION: Features
On education in entrepreneurship
Jessica Mah started her first company, internshipIN.com, at the age of 13, shortly after she began her studies in computer science at the University of California, Berkeley. Currently Product Architect and CEO of inDinero.com, which she co-founded during her undergraduate studies, she discusses the value of her computer science education and how it affected her entrepreneurial path.
By Christina Pop, June 2012
DEPARTMENT: Hello world
Using sentiment analysis to improve business operations
By Marinka Zitnik, June 2012
SECTION: Features
Mathematics for the masses
Can human computation bring together people from diverse backgrounds to solve age-old math problems?
By Jason Dyer, December 2010
Introduction
By Justin Solomon, June 2009
LibraryThing
By Anna Ritchie, June 2009
A computer scientist's introductory guide to business process management (BPM)
Computers play an integral part in designing, modelling, optimising and managing business processes within and across companies. While Business Process Management (BPM), Workflow Management (WfM) and Business Process Reengineering (BPR) have been IT-related disciplines with a history of about three decades, there is still a lack of publications clarifying definitions and scope of basic BPM terminologies like business process, BPM versus WfM, workflow, BPR, etc. Such a myriad of similar-sounding terminologies can be overwhelming for computer scientists and computer science students who may wish to venture into this area of research. This guide aims to address this gap by providing a high level overview of the key concepts, rationale, features and the developments of BPM.
By Ryan K. L. Ko, June 2009
Introduction
By Neel Vadoothker, December 2007
Second life and education
By Rachel Gollub, December 2007
Modding
By Caio Camargo, December 2006
Computing in the former Soviet Union and eastern Europe
By Shane Hart, March 1999
Everything's coming up virtual
By Susan E. Yager, October 1997
Opinion: why are people afraid of computers?
By Scott Ramsey MacDonald, November 1995