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A Master's-Level Computer Science Degree, Delivered Via Moocs
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A Master's-Level Computer Science Degree, Delivered Via Moocs

The Georgia Institute of Technology, College of Computing, plans to offer the first online Master of Science degree in computer science that can be earned via a...

Mooc Provider Edx More Than Doubles Its University Partners
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Mooc Provider Edx More Than Doubles Its University Partners

EdX announced that 15 additional universities have agreed to offer free massive open online courses, bringing the total membership to 27 institutions.

Open Access Research Journal to Launch Next Year
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Open Access Research Journal to Launch Next Year

The American Educational Research Association announced that it will launch AERA Open, an online, peer-reviewed journal that will be freely available to all readers...

Computer Brain Escapes Google's X Lab to Supercharge Search
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Computer Brain Escapes Google's X Lab to Supercharge Search

Two years ago Stanford professor Andrew Ng joined Google's X Lab, the research group that's given us Google Glass and the company's driverless cars. His mission...

Making Quantum Encryption Practical
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Making Quantum Encryption Practical

One of the many promising applications of quantum mechanics in the information sciences is quantum key distribution (QKD) in which the counterintuitive behavior...

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40 Years Ago, Ethernet's Fathers Were the Startup Kids

Bob Metcalfe, Dave Boggs, and the rest of the scientists at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center in 1973 were a lot like young developers at a Silicon Valley startup...

Intel Ceo Shakes Up Units, Creates 'new Devices' Group
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Intel Ceo Shakes Up Units, Creates 'new Devices' Group

Intel Corp's new chief executive, Brian Krzanich, has launched a sweeping company reorganization and created a unit aimed at growing its market share in mobile...

The Audacious Plan to End Hunger with 3D Printed Food
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The Audacious Plan to End Hunger with 3D Printed Food

Anjan Contractor's 3D food printer might evoke visions of the "replicator" popularized in Star Trek, from which Captain Picard was constantly interrupting himself...

How to Best Manage Workaholics
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How to Best Manage Workaholics

Workaholics tend to live in extremes, with great job satisfaction on the one hand and high levels of frustration and exhaustion on the other. A new Florida State...

Iowa VP for Research Addresses Next-Generation Supercomputers at Congressional Hearing
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Iowa VP for Research Addresses Next-Generation Supercomputers at Congressional Hearing

Daniel Reed, the University of Iowa's vice president for research and economic development, will urge congressional lawmakers to support exascale computing at a...

Before Tumblr, Founder Made Mom Proud. He Quit School.
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Before Tumblr, Founder Made Mom Proud. He Quit School.

When David Karp was 14, he was clearly a bright teenager.

Big Data Could Generate Millions of New Jobs
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Big Data Could Generate Millions of New Jobs

With data analytics now one of the fastest growing fields in IT, it stands to reason that data scientists are in demand. That's great for people with the requisite...

Princeton ­niversity Celebrates the Art of Science
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Princeton ­niversity Celebrates the Art of Science

Sometimes the connection between art and science is clear.

Researchers Find New Channels to Trigger Mobile Malware
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Researchers Find New Channels to Trigger Mobile Malware

Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have uncovered new hard-to-detect methods that criminals may use to trigger mobile device malware. Such attacks...

Ants Provide Clues on Locomotion of Future Robots Working ­nderground
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Ants Provide Clues on Locomotion of Future Robots Working ­nderground

Future subterranean search and rescue robots may owe their success to the lowly fire ant, a much-despised insect that moves rapidly and with stability through networks...

If Your Shrink Is a Bot, How Do You Respond?
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If Your Shrink Is a Bot, How Do You Respond?

Her hair is brown and tied back into a professional-looking ponytail.

Helper Robots Are Steered, Tentatively, to Care For the Aging
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Helper Robots Are Steered, Tentatively, to Care For the Aging

In the opening scene of the movie "Robot & Frank," which takes place in the near future, Frank, an elderly man who lives alone, is arguing with his son about going...

Un Award Recognizes Role For Ict in Road Safety
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Un Award Recognizes Role For Ict in Road Safety

The United Nations recognized the President of Switzerland, the chairman of Robert Bosch GmbH, and the President of the International Automobile Federation for...

The Rise of the Graduate Entrepreneur
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The Rise of the Graduate Entrepreneur

With the market for traditional corporate jobsis shrinking and a new market for entrepreneurial startups growing, more and more graduates are reassessing their...

Why Google and the Pentagon Want 'quantum Computers'
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Why Google and the Pentagon Want 'quantum Computers'

Imagine a computer that can teach your mobile phone to recognize any object it sees, or one that can instantly find optimal travel routes for thousands of planes...
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