DocumentCode
2794435
Title
Perspectives on professionalism in computing
Author
Impagliazzo, John ; Bowyer, Kevin ; Engel, Gerald L. ; Gotterbarn, Don ; Greening, Tony ; Lee, John A N
Author_Institution
Hofstra Univ., Hempstead, NY, USA
Volume
2
fYear
2000
fDate
2000
Abstract
Many computing people call themselves professionals without the necessary validation or credentials that other professional groups possess. Perhaps computing needs greater maturity to develop standards of best practices. Even defining the meaning of a computing profession may be difficult. The article explores perspectives on these and related issues
Keywords
DP industry; computer science education; personnel; professional aspects; software engineering; best practice standards; computing people; computing profession; credentials; professionalism; validation; Best practices; Cities and towns; Computer science; Ethics; Information systems; Insurance; Licenses; Software engineering; Standards development; Systems engineering and theory;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Frontiers in Education Conference, 2000. FIE 2000. 30th Annual
Conference_Location
Kansas City, MO
ISSN
0190-5848
Print_ISBN
0-7803-6424-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/FIE.2000.896670
Filename
896670
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