Software engineering in developing communities

Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-4

  Blake, Edwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

action research; computer science; developing world; ethics; software engineering; ubuntu

Indexed keywords

ACTION RESEARCH; DEVELOPING COMMUNITIES; DEVELOPING WORLD; ETHICS; IN-BUILDINGS; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; IT APPLICATIONS; UBUNTU;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; RESEARCH; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 77955778932     PISSN: 02705257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1833310.1833311     Document Type: Conference Paper

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