In my last column, I discussed how University of Calgary Professor John Aycock has been including a bit of virus writing in his course, “Computer Viruses and Malware.” I have been involved with the ...

In Part 2 of our Digital Electronics Course, we will get a better understanding of the importance of digital electronics compared to analog electronics. Systems are made much simpler at both the ...

Once we’ve built a computer, the next step is to develop an assembly language and then an assembler that can assemble our programs. In my previous column, we introduced the concept of the big-endian ...

Lured by the prospect of high-salary, high-status jobs, college students are rushing in record numbers to study computer science. Now, if only they could get a seat in class. On campuses across the ...

As automatic decision-making systems are integrated into the judicial system and workplace, people could potentially be sent to prison or fired, in part, by automated forces. Without people in the ...