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Canonical's Open Documentation Academy aims to help newcomers participate in the open source community, offering mentorship and…
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NASA is soliciting ideas from U.S. industry for designs of a Mars orbiter for potential launch in the 2020s. The satellite would provide advanced communications...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM Careers | April 22, 2016
When Defense Secretary Ashton Carter landed in Iraq for a surprise visit this week, he came armed with this news: More than 200 additional U.S. troops are headed...NPR From ACM News | April 21, 2016
Last fall, the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Seattle, Washington, launched a challenge to Google Scholar, PubMed, and other online search engines... From ACM News | April 20, 2016
Brett Weber, drafted by the Yankees in the 14th round in 1998, never rose above Class A in the minor leagues. Now he watches their home games from a windowless...The New York Times From ACM Careers | April 20, 2016
U.S. lawmakers Tuesday once again brought Apple, the FBI, security experts and law enforcement officials to testify on the ongoing debate over encryption and the...NPR From ACM Careers | April 20, 2016
Communism, which lasted in Romania for 43 years until 1989, is hardly a time worth longing for, with its food shortages, political prisoners, and secret police....Motherboard From ACM Careers | April 19, 2016
As laptops become smaller and more ubiquitous, and with the advent of tablets, the idea of taking notes by hand just seems old-fashioned to many students today.NPR From ACM Careers | April 18, 2016
In 2011, developer and researcher Alexandra Elbakyan launched Sci-Hub, an online archive that shares research articles freely and openly without paywalls or restrictions...Wired From ACM Opinion | April 18, 2016
Real-world artificial-intelligence applications are popping up in unexpected places—and much sooner than you might think.Bloomberg From ACM Careers | April 18, 2016
Two University of Washington undergraduates have won a $10,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for gloves that can translate sign language into text or speech.UW Today From ACM Careers | April 13, 2016
The threat of hacking seems to lurk around every corner, but American universities may not be doing enough to prepare the next generation of cyberdefenders.The Washington Post From ACM Careers | April 11, 2016
None of the top 10 U.S. university computer science and engineering program degrees requires students take a cybersecurity course.Dark Reading From ACM Careers | April 8, 2016
Europe's major brain-research project has unveiled a set of prototype computing tools and called on the global neuroscience community to start using them.Nature From ACM Careers | April 4, 2016
More computer programmers are self-taught rather than graduates of coding "boot camps" or industry certification programs run by big tech companies, according to...The Washington Post From ACM Careers | March 30, 2016
MIT was named the world's best university for the study of Computer Science, according to the QS World University Rankings. Stanford University was second and the...Techday Educators From ACM Careers | March 30, 2016
A new study offers important clues as to how women scientists are perceived and how stereotypes might lead to prejudicial treatment.Wellesley College From ACM Careers | March 29, 2016
AffordableSchools.net has released its newest college rankings list of 20 Affordable Online Bachelor's Degrees in Computer Science/ IT. AffordableSchools.net From ACM Careers | March 29, 2016
The praise this week for Andy Grove, who died on Monday at age 79, has been wrapped up in praise for Silicon Valley, where he was a towering figure in the semiconductor...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | March 28, 2016
Silicon Valley is full of logical absolutists, people who will follow a line of argument wherever it goes, no matter what the human repercussions.Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM Opinion | March 24, 2016