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Computing : Artificial Intelligence

Genetic Programming Inc. - A lot of information on genetic programming
Machine Learning in Games - Dedicated to how computers can learn to get better at playing games

Computing : Books

Computing : Conferences

FIE Clearing House - Frontiers in Education
FIE 2012 - Frontiers in Education, Seattle, 3-6 Oct 2012
SIGCSE 20132 - ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education, Denver, 6-9 Mar 2013

Computing : Electronics and Embeddeded Systems

Accellera Systems Initiative - SystemC, etc.
All About Circuits - Online textbooks covering electricity and electronics.
ArchC - Open-source architecture description language from University of Campinas.
Balsa - Asynchronous circuit synthesis system
CBOLD - C++ framework for schematicless capture of board-level designs (GPL)
Coldfire Emulator - Just like it says
Computer Organization Course Notes - CMSC311, University of Maryland.
Datasheet Archive - Datasheets for electronic components.
Datasheet Catalog - Datasheets for electronic components.
DLSim 3 - Digital logic simulator.
EasySpice - Simple-to-use SPICE frontend, uses gschem and ngspice
Electric - Open-source EDA for circuit design from Static Free Software
Electronics Lab - Electronic circuit projects.
ePanorama - Hardware projects.
fpga4fun.com - Fun projects for FPGA's, e.g. Pong,
FreeHDL Project - A project to develop a free, open source, VHDL simulator for Linux (GPL)
Free Model Foundry - Open-source models of electronics components for system and IC design
FreePCB - Free, open-source PCB editor for Windows
gEDA - Electronic Design Automation Tools (GPL)
GnuCap - General purpose circuit simulator, true mixed-mode simulation
GTKWave - VCD Waveform viewer built using GTK+ toolkit
Hades - Hamburg Design System, a framework for interactive simulation.
Handy Board - 68HC11 microcontroller system for robotics, complete construction instructions
Hardware::Vhdl::Parser - Complete grammar for parsing VHDL code in Perl
Icarus Verilog - Open-source Verilog simulator
IDaSS - Interactively design and simulate very complex digital circuits
IVI - Graphical frontend for hardware simulators.
Jove - Java API and tools for Verilog design verification using Java
kban - Free, manual PCB editor for Windows
KJWaves - Java SPICE tool (GPL)
MiBench - Free, commercially representative embedded benchmark suite.
miniLA - Open source mini logic analyzer project.
Mouser Electronics - Electronic parts vendor.
MUCS - PCB - Manchester University Computer Science PCB design software
ngSpice - Mixed-level/mixed-signal circuit simulator
OpenCores - Open-source ASIC/FPGA cores
OpenEEG - Open-source DIY EEG plans and software
OpenSPARC - UltraSPARC T1 Verilog source code from Sun
Qucs - Quite Universal Circuit Simulator
Retro - Register-transfer level hardware design simulator, educational, Java applet or app
SRecord - Tools for manipulating EPROM load files
TechFest - The ultimate tech info source
TinyCAD - Open-source schematic capture program for Windows
TkGate - Digital circuit simulator with a Tcl/Tk-based graphical editor
EDA Freeware - V2000 Project
V2html - Verilog to HTML converter.
Verilator - Fast, free Verilog simulator, compiles to C++ or SystemC
VHDL to Verilog - Translates VHDL to Verilog, v2.0
VTracer - Verilog testbench development tools, works with Icarus Verilog
XCircuit - X11 program for drawing publishable-quality electrical circuit schematic diagrams

Computing : Education and Pedagogy

CITIDEL - Computer and IT Interactive Digital Education Library
Computer Science Education as an Academic Field - Maintained by Vicki Almstrum at Univ of Texas Austin.

Computing : History

The Computer Museum History Center
Doug Engelbart 1968 Demo
The Original Computer Bug - at the Naval Historical Center, Washington DC.

Computing : Linux

ASU Linux User's Group

Cygwin - Linux-like environment for Windows.
Cygwin User's Guide
Bash Guide - Guide to the Bash shell for beginners.
Bash Reference Manual
Debian - The best GNU/Linux distro.
Linux.com - Online news about Linux.
Linux Documentation Project - Voluminous documentation for Linux.
Linux From Scratch - Build a Linux system from scratch without using a distro.
Linux Today - Yet another online Linux news site.
Window Managers for X - Guide to window managers for X.
Wine - Wine is an implementation of the Windows API on Linux.

Computing : Miscellaneous

Intel 4004 - The 35th anniversary project.
The Jargon File - Essential reading for any hacker.

Computing : Networking

TCP/IP Guide - Good online documentation about TCP/IP.

Computing : Organizations

ACM - Association for Computing Machinery.
ACM SIGCSE - Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education.
CCSC - Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges.
Electronic Frontier Foundation - Nonprofit group working to protect your digital rights.
GNU Operating Sytem - Richard Stallman's Gnu is Not Unix (GNU) operating system (sometimes called Linux).
IEEE and the IEEE Computer Society

Computing : Programming and Programming Languages

Developer.com - News site for software developers.
Racket - Pedagogical IDE for Scheme.
Eclipse - Open development platform of extensible frameworks, tools, and runtimes.
Object Orientation at Cetus - Numerous links on object-orientation and components.
Object Orientation Tips - Free service devoted to object oriented technologies.
Scheme at MIT - Home page for Scheme at MIT.
Smalltalk.org - Smalltalk programming language resources.
Squeak.org - Open-source implementation of the Smalltalk programming language.
Thefreecountry.com - Free programming, webmasters', security, and utilities resources.

Computing : Programming and Programming Languages : C/C++

Programming in C - Unix System Calls and Subroutines using C
C++ FAQ Lite - Good information on the intracies of C++
C++ FQA Lite - Why C++ is such a sh***y Language

Computing : Programming and Programming Languages : Java

Dr. Java - IDE for students
Java SE 7 API
Jode - Java Decompiler and Optimizer.
Jikes - IBM open-source Java compiler for research.
Languages for the JVM - Programming languages targeting the JVM

Computing : Publications : Scholarly

ACM Transactions on Computing Education

Computing : Publications : Zines/Online News Sites

Computing : Software

DreamSpark - Microsoft products for ASU students

Gnuwin32 - Windows Ports of GNU Tools

Computing : World Wide Web, Internet

CSS - Cascading Style Sheets at W3C
Connected - An Internet Encyclopedia
W3C - World Wide Web Consortium
WHATWG - Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group

Education

AAUP - American Association of University Professors
AAUP - Chronicle Job Site
HigherEdJobs - Jobs in Higher Education

Media : Alternative, Independent

Media : Columns

Media : Comics

Media : Newspapers

Media : Television

Media : Television : The Simpsons - Worst. Show. Ever.

Media : News/Forums Sites

Miscellaneous

Anatomy Dissections - Extremely graphic, but essential viewing for the budding pathologist.
Digital Blasphemy - 3D Rendered Images
iLoveLanguages
Vocabulary.com - Very erudite.

Kevin R. Burger
School of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering
Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA, 85287-8809
Email: burgerk[@-sign]asu.edu, Phone: +1 480.965.1493, Fax: +1 480.965.2751
Last Updated: 3 Dec 2011 10:56pm