Culture Assignment 1: Famous Computer Scientist
Assignment
Many researchers have made a great impact in our field. In this assignment, please research an important figure in computer science, explaining their life and their impact in computer science. The computer scientist you choose must have made an impact in algorithms, theory, or data structures. So, in addition to their biography please explain their speicifc impact thoroughly enough for a reader to understand at a high level. A list of famous computer scientists (one's who got Turing Awards) can be found here.
Required Format
Please use the following format for your culture assignment.
- Papers should be no shorter than one full page and no longer than three full pages. Papers should use single spacing (not double spacing!). Use 12pt Times New Roman font or something of reasonably similar size (e.g., Calibri 11pt).
- Margins should be 1" on all sides.
- All title and author information is not included in the length. This information should be centered.
- Use technical writing style, i.e., concise and to-the-point sentences, bulleted lists, etc are encouraged to be used.
- For citations please use APA style (or plain in BibTex). Be sure to reference citations in text. Reference list does not count in paper content length.
- Remember to turn in the assignment with a signed coverpage
- For an extra challenge: Use LaTeX typesetting for your papers.
Grading Rubric
Culture assignments will generally be graded based upon the following:
- Maximum points for a culture assignment will be 5.
- One point is earned for following appropriate format.
- Two points are earned for proper English (i.e., grammar and spelling). Note if there are a few (~2) grammar mistakes only one point will be earned. If there are too many grammar issues, no points will be earned.
- Two points can be earned for content. A well thought out essay will earn full credit, while a poorly constructed essay will earn one or no points.
If there are any discrepencies in grades please see Jory Denny during his office hours.
