I have an empty space in the upcoming semester, my last as an undergrad (CS Major), and I am thinking about doing some sort of independant study/research, I just don't know what! I need ideas/inspiration! Help! [more inside]
posted by pwicks on Jan 4, 2009 - 3 answers

I want to get into an excellent CS grad school, but I have no idea what I'm supposed to do, or what they're looking for. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Aug 7, 2008 - 12 answers

Does it really matter where you get the Computer Science degree from? [more inside]
posted by JoeXIII007 on Jul 23, 2008 - 32 answers

I am switching from full-time college with a part-time job to part-time college with a full-time job to gain more experience. I'm in the Web software development industry. How do I keep motivated and not get discouraged? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jul 2, 2008 - 4 answers

Where should a computer science geek go to grad school to study urban planning? [more inside]
posted by zvs on May 14, 2008 - 9 answers

I want to teach myself computer science. I know that teaching myself is far from a university education on the subject, but I'd like to try. How can I teach myself? What are books/lectures/tools/websites/anything that I could use to do this? Covering everything from the programming languages themselves, to algorithms, software development, and the mathematics background necessary for this. [more inside]
posted by petah on Jan 12, 2008 - 22 answers

Okay, so I'm hoping to apply this winter for Ph.D. programs in computational linguistics. (Thanks for the encouraging advice, guys!) The question is, where? [more inside]
posted by nebulawindphone on Jul 18, 2006 - 10 answers