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University vs. The Real World

This past week I had a very interesting discussion with a couple of colleagues on Facebook, of all places! Seeing you shrug in my mind’s eye, thinking “interesting discussion on Facebook… pleaease…“,...

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Preparing for the next term

It is the end of the Fall term. My final exam is tomorrow at 9 and after I have gone through the mad rush of marking them before Christmas and assigning grades, vacations will be here, which means one...

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God is in the Detail

I have had two interesting (and rather intense) professional experiences recently, which made me say to myself a few times “the Devil is in the Details”. And I wanted to reflect (i.e., think aloud)...

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On the importance of UCOSP

This past weekend I hosted the UCOSP code sprint at the University of Alberta. About 40 students and 7 project mentors came here for an intensive weekend-long session of software development. UCOSP –...

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Where a “great success” gets tainted…

I did not want to post this entry, for many reasons. I am embarrassed to admit that I am not a good teacher. I am terribly disappointed to be confronted with this failure, just after the “high” of the...

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My interview with the Anita Borg Institute

I was interviewed as a “Senior Technical Woman” by the Anita Borg Institute and the content of this profile can be found at...

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Domain-Specific Languages and Web Services

This past week, in my graduate class we discussed “system integration and agreement at the semantics level”. My class is about “web services”, a subject which I have been covering in a variety of ways...

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Hacking Health Hackathon – Demo Day

The third day of the Hackathon was frantic! The morning started by us (actually, the extremely capable Dan) running around to see where the teams were, physically (since they were all looking for more...

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