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Educators, Innovators Call For Earlier Introduction to Computer Science
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Educators, Innovators Call For Earlier Introduction to Computer Science

Producing computer scientists and engineers to fill the demand from domestic companies should be a national priority, says Jeannette Wing, head of the computer...

Six Key Skills New IT Grads Are Lacking
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Six Key Skills New IT Grads Are Lacking

Recruiters are increasingly making the point that undergraduate and graduate schools aren't able to keep up with the IT hiring needs of companies, which could...

Tech Transfer Talent Network Aims to Bring More Inventions to Market
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Tech Transfer Talent Network Aims to Bring More Inventions to Market

The Tech Transfer Talent Network aims to help Michigan entrepreneurs and innovators turn their inventions into marketable products.

Government Support Key to Keeping Materials Engineering Competitive, Group Says
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Government Support Key to Keeping Materials Engineering Competitive, Group Says

Industry, universities, and government should collaborate to provide the current and future computational materials engineering labor pool with the skills needed...

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Bill Campbell Makes Future of Journalism His Next Crusade

Buried way down in a recent news release announcing a media innovation institute to be shared by Stanford and Columbia universities was an intriguing tidbit: The...

Google's Mind the Gap! Program Interests Women in CS
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Google's Mind the Gap! Program Interests Women in CS

Two-hour sessions with female Google software engineers are convincing many female high-school students in Israel to change their majors to computer science and...

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Defense Spending on Cyber, Special Operations Stays Steady as ­.S. Seeks Savings in Tough Year

Spending on two of the Pentagon’s top priorities, cybersecurity and special operations forces, would largely remain flat or dip slightly in 2013 under the Defense...

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U.s. Manufacturing Sees Shortage of Skilled Factory Workers

This stretch of the Rust Belt might seem like an easy place to find factory workers.

Share of Workers in Scientific Fields Shrinks
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Share of Workers in Scientific Fields Shrinks

The number of U.S. workers in science and engineering professions fell in the past decade, ending a steady upward trend in the proportion of workers in fields associated...

Hkust Launches First Social Media Lab in Asia
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Hkust Launches First Social Media Lab in Asia

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has launched Asia's first social media lab specializing in the study of social media related culture...

Big Data Spawns New Breed of 'data Scientist'
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Big Data Spawns New Breed of 'data Scientist'

A new breed of data scientists is in demand as a result of the rise of big data. Government, universities, and industry are looking for people with a rare mix...

Video Games Lead to New Paths to Treat Cancer, Other Diseases
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Video Games Lead to New Paths to Treat Cancer, Other Diseases

Researchers at Wake Forest University are using graphics processing units, the technology that makes video game images so realistic, to simulate the inner workings...

Why Nasa's Really Into Making Video Games
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Why Nasa's Really Into Making Video Games

Most people think of NASA as an organization full of rocket scientists. But while the U.S. space agency has spent decades launching spaceships and working on other...

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The Age of Big Data

Good with numbers? Fascinated by data? The sound you hear is opportunity knocking.

Linux Job Openings on the Rise: Dice Report
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Linux Job Openings on the Rise: Dice Report

Dice reports that although Linux skills are in demand, finding talent is difficult for many organizations, which has boosted salaries and bonuses for Linux professionals...

Mitx Prototype Course Opens For Enrollment
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Mitx Prototype Course Opens For Enrollment

In December, MIT announced the launch of an online learning initiative called "MITx." Starting this week, interested learners can now enroll for free in the initiative’s...

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Google's Very First Employee, Craig Silverstein

Google's very first employee, Craig Silverstein, is leaving the company to join the high-profile online learning phenom, Khan Academy.

How One Kitchen Table in Brooklyn Became a School for Coders
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How One Kitchen Table in Brooklyn Became a School for Coders

Every week at a kitchen table in Brooklyn, coders Amit Pitaru and David Nolen host a salon/workshop called Kitchen Table Coders, bringing together a small group...

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'cyberspace Requires a World-Class Cyber Warrior'

With growing worries about the threat of "cyber warfare," militaries around the world are racing to recruit the computer specialists they believe may be central...

Google Awards $340,000 in STEM Grants
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Google Awards $340,000 in STEM Grants

Google recently awarded $340,000 to 26 organizations that provide science, technology, engineering, and math enrichment programs to students in K-12 and higher...
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