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Articles
Selected posts and articles (some originally published elsewhere):
- Teaching Entrepreneurially: Accounting Vibes (LinkedIn, 12/15/2025)
- Democratizing Data: Three Curriculum Ideas (11/27/2025)
- Teaching Machines To Teach Like Humans (LinkedIn, 11/18/2025)
- Learning the Language of Abstraction (LinkedIn, 11/11/2025)
- How Online Learning Shaped My Classroom (LinkedIn, 11/7/2025)
- Leaving the Bubble - AI in Higher Education (LinkedIn, 09/26/2025)
- Truth Matters: New paper on AI and Research (Digital, 09/15/2025)
- Ten Simple C++ Warmup Programs (09/01/2025)
(Additional articles will appear here as they are added.)
Selected Videos
For a list of all my videos, see my YouTube channel, @LiterateProgramming.
- Generative AI as Muse or Tool in the Research Process (06/27/2025)
- Teaching data science with literate programming tools (03/22/24)
- Creating BPMN models from pseudocode (03/31/2024)
- Your first literate C program with Emacs and Org-mode (01/20/2024)
About
I am an IT and data science leader and educator with more than 20 years of experience across industry, academia, and executive coaching. My career has ranged from directing global IT and knowledge management programs at Fortune 500 companies, to building a data science program in the U.S., to coaching senior executives in leadership and change. I hold a PhD in theoretical physics and serve as Associate Editor of the International Journal of Data Science and on the editorial boards of journals in big data and learning & change. Published 60+ works in journals, proceedings, and professional media. Invited speaker at 50+ international conferences and executive events on AI, data, and enterprise strategy.
Marcus Birkenkrahe
Associate Professor of Computer and Data Science
Lyon College, Batesville, AR