Computational Thinking - Videos & Papers by Jeannette Wing

At Microsoft, we're proud to have one of the forefront researchers and authors/speakers of Computational Thinking, Jeannette Wing, as a member of Microsoft Research.

In this blog post, we'll dig into Jeannette's content. We'll go through it chronologically!

About Jeannette Wing:

• https://research.microsoft.com/en-us/press/jeannette-wing.aspx
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeannette_Wing
• https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~wing/
• https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jeannette_Wing

Books & Publications:

• https://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/w/Wing:Jeannette_M
• https://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/usr/wing/www/publications/
• https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7102329155
• Formal Methods '99: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F3-540-48119-2
• Languages & Tools for Formal Specification: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-1-4612-2704-5

Top Resources to Get Started:

• 2006: Original Paper (PDF): https://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/usr/wing/www/publications/Wing06.pdf
• 2012: Presentation (PDF): https://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/events/asiafacsum2012/day1/Jeannette_Wing.pdf
• 2014: Article - "Computational Thinking Benefits Society" (Online): https://socialissues.cs.toronto.edu/2014/01/computational-thinking/

CHRONOLOGY

Now let's get to the chronology! The chronology below focuses on Computational Thinking.

11/25/05 - Article

Computational thinking

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/220420371_Computational_thinking

03/06 - Article

Jeannette published this powerful whitepaper on Computational Thinking

https://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/usr/wing/www/publications/Wing06.pdf

07/01/06 - Article

Q&A with Jeannette Wing

https://spectrum.ieee.org/geek-life/profiles/qa-with-jeannette-wing

09/06 - Presentation

Jeannette M. Wing. Two Messages for the General Public

https://www.powershow.com/view1/df86b-ZDc1Z/Computational_Thinking_powerpoint_ppt_presentation

06/14/07 - Audio

Jon Udell's Interviews with Innovators - Dr. Jeannette Wing

https://web.archive.org/web/20130729204622id_/https://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail1844.html

2007 - Presentation

Computational Thinking

https://cs4hs.cs.washington.edu/content/Resources/SessionMaterials/bin-o-slides/Jeannette_Wing_CT.pdf

09/26/08 - Video

(Uploaded 04/19/12): Computational Thinking: Two and a Half Years Later:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZifyQp-E5Eg

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZifyQp-E5Eg[/embed]

04/06/09 - Article

Jeannette Wing: The Computational Thinker

https://theinstitute.ieee.org/people/profiles/jeannette-wing-the-computational-thinker277

06/09 - Video

(Uploaded 01/11/12): Telecom ParisTech - Computational Thinking

https://vimeo.com/34897844

[embed]https://vimeo.com/34897844[/embed]

06/30/09 - Article

Jeannette Wing on Computational Thinking

https://blogs.msdn.com/b/alfredth/archive/2009/06/30/jeannette-wing-on-computational-thinking.aspx

10/30/09 - Video

Jeannette M. Wing - Computational Thinking and Thinking About Computing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2Pq4N-iE4I

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2Pq4N-iE4I[/embed]

02/09/11 - Video

Jeannette Wing: Computational Thinking

https://video.mccormick.northwestern.edu/?vd=1094#cat-8

03/04/11 - Presentation

Computational Thinking

https://csta.acm.org/Curriculum/sub/CurrFiles/WingCTPrez.pdf

03/06/11 - Article

Computational Thinking - What and Why - by Jeannette Wing

https://www.cs.cmu.edu/link/research-notebook-computational-thinking-what-and-why

03/22/11 - Article

A Definition of Computational Thinking from Jeannette Wing

https://computinged.wordpress.com/2011/03/22/a-definition-of-computational-thinking-from-jeanette-wing/

12/28/11 - Video

TEDxPittsburgh – Jeannette Wing – Tiny/Humongous

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tzgl_Sxu-E

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tzgl_Sxu-E[/embed]

02/16/12 - Video

"A Day in the Life"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KadIMWF6fRQ

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KadIMWF6fRQ[/embed]

03/20/12 - Video

Jeannette Wing Lecture - "Computational Thinking"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMg8kTPw810

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMg8kTPw810[/embed]

04/16/12 - Video

Jeannette Wing Lecture – “Computational Thinking”

[Note: Need to find current video version.]

10/25/12 - Video

(Uploaded 02/14/13) Towards a Theory of Trust in Networks of Humans and Computers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PhXlNk38ao

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PhXlNk38ao[/embed]

10/26/12 - Video & Presentation

Microsoft Research Asia: Faculty Summit 2012 - Computational Thinking - Jeannette Wing

https://research.microsoft.com/apps/video/default.aspx?id=179285 https://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/events/asiafacsum2012/day1/Jeannette_Wing.pdf

02/15/13 - Video

Davos 2013 – An Insight, An Idea with Jeannette Wing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqqXmFsPkZw

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqqXmFsPkZw[/embed]

06/23/13 - Video

Prof. Jeannette Wing – Computational Thinking

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CU0hgPmWdY

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CU0hgPmWdY[/embed]

11/22/13 - Video

Luminaries: Jeannette Wing of Microsoft Research

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0out9WiM5c

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0out9WiM5c[/embed]

01/10/14 - Article

Computational Thinking Benefits Society - by Jeannette Wing

https://socialissues.cs.toronto.edu/2014/01/computational-thinking/

02/10/14 - Video

Computational Thinking with Jeanette Wing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U67utvZai8s

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U67utvZai8s[/embed]

06/10/14 - Article

Full Curriculum: Introduction to computational thinking

Note that this OpenLearn team made a full set of curriculum content based on Jeannette's presentations and papers!

https://www.open.edu/openlearn/science-maths-technology/computing-and-ict/introduction-computational-thinking/content-section-0

10/29/14 - Video

Microsoft Research Asia: Faculty Summit 2014 - Computational Thinking in the Sciences and Beyond

https://research.microsoft.com/apps/video/default.aspx?id=232450

01/23/15 - Video

TechVista: Microsoft Research India - Computational Thinking

https://research.microsoft.com/apps/video/default.aspx?id=239265

07/08/15 - Video & Image

Microsoft Research Faculty Summit - Advancements in AI

https://learning.acm.org/faculty_summit.cfm

12/16/15 - Article

Jeannette Wing promotes computational thinking at World Computer Congress

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/msr_er/2015/12/16/jeannette-wing-promotes-computational-thinking-at-world-computer-congress/

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Comments

• Anonymous
  January 29, 2016
  UPDATE: Finished a round by formatting the dates as section headers.

• Anonymous
  January 29, 2016
  UPDATE: I added in more online resources, for a total of 30 online resources!

• Anonymous
  January 11, 2017
  UPDATE: I added more images and a few more resources and links!