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The Computing Profession Its Nature Neville Holmes IEEE CS Brisbane 2007 April 26 The Computing Profession historical present reality what computing is the profession getting there Historical


  1. The Computing Profession Its Nature Neville Holmes IEEE CS Brisbane 2007 April 26

  2. The Computing Profession • historical • present reality • what computing is • the profession • getting there

  3. Historical • office workers • programmers, analysts • office politicians • users

  4. Present Reality • pervasion o society o employment • professional o education o societies

  5. What Is Computing ? • designing computers ? • making computers ? • repairing computers ? • writing programs ? • using programs ? • networks ?

  6. Professional Computing • the distinction o expertise o opinion • the field o data o information • the clients o other professions o the public

  7. The Secondary Profession • data o used by all o expertise • information o needed by all o expertise • expertise o “mathematics” o cognitive science

  8. Getting there • professional societies o separation ? partnerships ? o • tertiary education o organisation ? o degrees ? research ? o • employment o acceptance ?

  9. Further discussion or questions ?

  10. The Computing Profession Its Nature Neville Holmes IEEE CS Brisbane 2007 April 26

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