Bill Roth's WebLogic Blog

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I recently have a talk at the University of Wisconsin Computer Science Department. It was part of a panel at theUniversity of Wisconsin Computer Science Department Database Group 30 year anniversary celebration. We were asked about what database schools should teach in the future.

In summary:

1. Leadership. The right kind of leadership can make people operate at a level above what they think they can achieve.

2. Ethics. We must be aware how our work can be used

3. Failure. Too much of the literature has a success bias. We need to teach students to fail, and learn from it.

4. Scaffolding and Ontologies. Describing things at a larger and larger scale.