The Internet of Things (IoT) are objects used in everyday lives that use software and sensors to independently connect and exchange data with other devices, such as your mobile phone, via the internet. How is the IoT made possible? The IoT can connect to cloud platforms and use machine learning and analytics. With widespread wireless…
What is a programming language? A programming language is “…a computer language programmers use to develop software programs, scripts, or other sets of instructions for computers to execute.” Each programme has its own syntax, which refers to words and spelling of key terms the programmer inputs into the specific programming language to carry out the…
What is metadata? Meta, in most usages, means an underlying description, summarising basic information about data. Metadata can be described as an electronic “fingerprint” that allows the information it describes to be identified and sorted.1 These descriptions can include the creator of the file, the name and date of when the file was modified and…
How is Computer Science Helping to Protect the Environment? In 2009, two hundred computer and environmental scientists gathered for the First International Conference on Computational Sustainability at Cornell University. The goal of the conference was to establish a research community around the field of computational sustainability, aiming to develop “…computational and mathematical models and methods…