Translational Computer Science for Science and Engineering

Computer Science : Craft , Science or Engineering ?

There has been a lot of philosophical and pragmatic debate on whether Computer Science is a craft, science or an engineering discipline. This article examines both Paul Graham’s claim that hackers and painters have a lot in common and Dr. Tolbert’s claim that Computer Science is a craft on its way to becoming an engineering discipline. We conclude that both claims have truth in them and argue t...

Mathematics, Computer Science, Software Engineering

This paper examines three ideas: First, the traditional relationship between a science, the mathematics it uses and the engineering based on it. Second, the nature of (software) computer science, which may not be a science at all, and its unusual use of mathematics. And finally, the nature of software engineering, its relationship with computer science, and its use of mathematics called ‘formal...

Learning Computer Science and Engineering in Context

The growing tendency away from transmissive pedagogy to a broadly constructivist pedagogy in higher education is characterised as a cultural change which lacks a strong theoretical foundation within the culture. In this paper, learning is considered from a phenomenographic perspective, which teachers can ground in their own experience of teaching and work with to gain insights into their studen...

Genetic Algorithms in Engineering and Computer Science

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

This thesis summarizes the current state of the art of methods for detection of event-related potential waveforms in brain-computer interface systems. The brain-computer interface helps disabled people to control applications which they are not able to control via a standard user interface due their handicap. The critical part of every brain-computer interface based on event-related potentials ...