Webinar: Thinking like a Computer: The Fundamentals of Programming
- Event Name
- Webinar: Thinking like a Computer: The Fundamentals of Programming
- Date
- 24 November 2020
- Time
- 12:30 pm - 01:30 pm
- Location
- Online
Address (Room): Zoom
- Description
This webinar discusses the different ways that humans and computers approach and solve problems, and teaches in a very basic way the foundational concepts found in every programming language.
Human brains are extremely good at evaluating a small amount of information simultaneously, ignoring anomalies and coming up with an answer to a problem without much in the way of conscious thought. Computers on the other hand are extremely good at performing individual calculations, one at a time, and can keep the results in a large bank of short-term memory for quick recall. These two approaches are fundamentally different.
Humans can only reasonably retain seven plus or minus two pieces of information in short-term memory, and new items push older items out, whereas a computer is hopeless when given multiple pieces of information simultaneously.
Understanding this fact is key to being able to write instructions for computers – also known as programs – in a way that takes advantage of their strengths, and overcomes their drawbacks.
Suitable for the programming novice, this webinar is good preparation for researchers wanting to learn how to program.
Speakers: Intersect Trainers
Web page: https://intersect.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wck8xQqNSamd2F3af_Xd2g
- Contact
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Name: Jeff Wang
Jeff.Wang@westernsydney.edu.au
Phone: 0456 269 623
School / Department: Research Services
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