(Originally published July 10, 2019) Rav Yisroel Meir Kagan is known popularly as “The Chofetz Chaim”, after his famous work by the same name. In klal 10:1-2 of Sefer Chofetz Chaim, he codifies the rules regarding when one is allowed to share negative or damaging facts about another Jew in order to achieve a […]
From the Professors’ Desk
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(Originally published June 5, 2019) Periodically someone asks me if Software Engineers (SE) spend their days sitting in front of their computers, or if they interact with other people. There are two assumptions, both wrong, that go into the question, and it’s important to address both assumptions so that students […]
(Originally written May 31, 2019) We have seen time and again that public figures, no matter how hard they try, can’t hide past mistakes. When you take on a public role, eventually the truth will come out. As the chair of the Department of Computer Science, I am no longer […]