Resource Type: Conference Paper
A Christian Appraisal of Stephen Wolfram’s *A New Kind of Science* [Book Review]
Wolfram (2002) presents some ideas about informatics/computer science that relate to Christian beliefs. For Wolfram, everything is software; all processes…
AI and Writing: Do We Speak the Words of Stochastic Parrots?
Generative Artificial Intelligence systems have become increasingly comparable to the capabilities of humans in some domains, such as text and…
A Career Preparation Course for Students in Mathematics and Computer Science
Describes course designed to help mathematics and computer science students learn about their strengths and values, and to find careers…
Artificial Service vs. Artificial Servants
Many AI efforts aim at helping individuals solve problems, but not all are helpful. This paper focuses on the problem…
Artificial Intelligence? A Christian Appraisal
Christians are responsible to pursue opportunities for doing good provided by developments in science and technology. Though the accomplishments of…
Artificial Intelligence: Can We Create Machines in Our Own Image?
Ever since the fall people have wanted to be like God, and the pretension that humans can create a conscious…
Computer Science in Liberal Arts Colleges
Looks at the strengths and weaknesses of computer science curricula and how (Christian) liberal arts colleges can best teach the…
Asserting CS != Can’t Socialize: Building Community in a Computer Science Program
Christians believe that humans are meant to live in community; hence building community is part of God’s calling for computer…
Functions and Vectors for Data Science
Describes teaching an undergraduate course, Mathematics of Data Science, that immediately follows courses for Linear Algebra and Multivariable Calculus, aiming…
Exploiting Our Limits: Finitude in Information Security
It is easy to interpret human limits in a negative light, but viewing them instead as a gift from God…
In Our Own Image
Discusses the issue of an expanding universe (physics) and the issue of artificial intelligence (computer science). Regarding the latter, muses…
Leading a Successful Missions Trip in Your Discipline
Describes the authors' experience leading discipline-specific mission trips as a means to encourage students to reframe their thinking about personal…
Llull as Computer Scientist or Why Llull Was One of Us
Crucial notions on which Computer Science is based originated in Ramon Llull, an often misunderstood marginal 13th-century philosopher. This paper…
Open Source Software: What Is It, and Why Should We Care?
This paper examines the distinctions in talking about computer software that have implications for both mathematics and moral thought. Open-source…