Heads up, ACM members!
As fans of functional programming, you can provide input on the future
of the CS curriculum guidance provided by ACM. In particular, you
could support the SIGPLAN alternate proposal for the programming
language part (wiki.acm.org/cs2001/index.php?title=SIGPLAN_Proposal).
The more active, positive support through comments and feedback this
proposal receives, the better the chance that functional programming
will receive a more prominent role in the CS education (at least in
the US, Europe seems to be ahead in this regard).
--
Martin
Begin forwarded message:
From: David Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: June 9, 2008 2:23:28 PM PDT
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: CS2001 Interim Review is open for public consultation
Reply-To: David Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Dear ACM member,
After several months of work, the Computer Science Curriculum Review
Taskforce has nearly completed the interim review of the CS2001
[undergraduate] volume. While many changes have been made, it was
felt that other [more comprehensive] changes should wait for the
next more extensive review which will begin shortly after this
review is complete. As a result, new areas of the Body of Knowledge
were not added. Where new topics (i.e., security and concurrency)
have arisen, they were developed and dispersed back to the
appropriate areas within the Body of Knowledge.
The taskforce is seeking feedback from ACM members in the field of
education on changes and improvements to the review volume. The
period for this public consultation will start June 9thand end July
1st; the taskforce will then meet to go over the comments. The
taskforce will then determine what comments can be acted upon now,
and those that should be saved for the more extensive review.
The review can be accessed within a wiki at http://wiki.acm.org/cs2001/index.php
and includes a feedback mechanism on the bottom of each page. You
must use your ACM username and password to access the feedback
mechanism.
Again thank you for your participation and we look forward to your
feedback.
Best regards,
Andrew
McGettrick
Renee McCauley
Co-chairs of the CS2001 Review Taskforce
David Schneider
Education Manager
The Association for Computing Machinery
2 Penn Plaza, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10021-0701
Ph: 212-626-0515
Em: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
W: http://www.acm.org
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