Learning to Think Like a Supervisor

From "Think Like a Vertex" to "Think Like a Graph"

To meet the challenge of processing rapidly growing graph and network data created by modern applications, a number of distributed graph processing systems have emerged, such as Pregel and GraphLab. All these systems divide input graphs into partitions, and employ a “think like a vertex” programming model to support iterative graph computation. This vertex-centric model is easy to program and h...

Learning to Think Like Scientists with the PET Curriculum

Instructional techniques based on research in cognitive science and physics education have been used in physics courses to enhance student learning. While dramatic increases in conceptual understanding have been observed, students enrolled in these courses tend to shift away from scientist-like views of the discipline (and views of learning within the discipline) and toward novice-like views. S...

Think Python - How to Think Like a Computer Scientist

Think Like a Rat

Since 1971 when the results of single electrode recordings of neurons with “place fields” were first documented, scientists have produced an enormous body of research in an attempt to understand these small but significant components of the rat brain. This research has confirmed that after a rat has gained familiarity with a simple test environment, a neuron will respond strongly and selectivel...

Learning to Think

For those who have never taken the trouble to consider ways and methods of thinking and who wish to know of a readable and interesting introduction to the subject this small book of Canon Dewar's can be confidently recommended. Its three sections cover a great deal of ground. The first is concerned with different types of thinking and with the rules of the syllogism. The second calls attention ...