Aesthetics, Beauty, and Computer Science

Year: 1999 Authors: Paul S. LaFollette, Jr.

Core claim

Computer science is aesthetically rich, and teaching its beauty alongside its applications to other disciplines can improve undergraduate education.

Topics

computer science education, aesthetics, interdisciplinary connections, algorithmic beauty, visual representation

Domains

algorithm analysis, combinatorics, linear algebra, integral identities, computer graphics, visual art, software design, aesthetic theory

Methods

curriculum proposal, example-based teaching, equivalent problem formulations, colored matrix visualization

Media

matrices, cosine integrals, software examples, conference figures

Source status

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