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Brilliant Computer Scientist Deborah Estrin Hired to Work at New York City's New Genius School at Cornellnyc Tech
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Brilliant Computer Scientist Deborah Estrin Hired to Work at New York City's New Genius School at Cornellnyc Tech

Computer scientist whose cutting-edge work links technology and health care is the first professor hired to work at the city’s new genius school.

'Girls Who Code' Looks to Close the Tech Gender Gap
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'Girls Who Code' Looks to Close the Tech Gender Gap

A slight media kerfuffle broke out this week after The Daily Beast released its Digital Power Index, a list of the 100 most influential people in the tech world...

Data Citation Index Connects Researchers to Data Repositories
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Data Citation Index Connects Researchers to Data Repositories

Thomson Reuters recently previewed the Data Citation Index, an upcoming research resource within its Web of Knowledge research platform to facilitate the discovery...

Musical Robot Companion Enhances Listener Experience
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Musical Robot Companion Enhances Listener Experience

Wedding DJs everywhere should be worried about job security now that Shimi, a musical companion robot developed by Georgia Tech’s Center for Music Technology, is...

Hendler Named Head of Computer Science Department at Rensselaer
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Hendler Named Head of Computer Science Department at Rensselaer

Professor Jim Hendler has been named the new head of the Department of Computer Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute "Dr. Hendler is a strong researcher...

Battery Manufacturing R&d Facility Opens at Ornl
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Battery Manufacturing R&d Facility Opens at Ornl

Future automotive batteries could cost less and pack more power because of a new manufacturing research and development facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory...

Bomb Threat? An App For That, Too
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Bomb Threat? An App For That, Too

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's new smartphone application helps first responders and technicians respond to bomb threats.

Immigrants Are Crucial to Innovation, Study Says
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Immigrants Are Crucial to Innovation, Study Says

Arguing against immigration policies that force foreign-born innovators to leave the United States, a new study to be released on Tuesday shows that immigrants...

How Is Computing Changing the Architect's Job?
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How Is Computing Changing the Architect's Job?

In a new book, an MIT researcher looks at the influence of high-tech simulations on the profession of architecture.

Nokia Late to the Silicon Valley Party
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Nokia Late to the Silicon Valley Party

Nokia Corp. is hitting the reset button on its U.S. operations from a place some would argue the struggling Finnish handset maker should have been years ago: Silicon...

For Minority College Students, STEM Degrees Pay Big
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For Minority College Students, STEM Degrees Pay Big

Degrees in science, technology, engineering, and math are associated with 25 to 50 percent higher earnings for minority college students, with Latino grads the...

Computer Science Students Develop Smartphone Apps to Aid Visually Impaired
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Computer Science Students Develop Smartphone Apps to Aid Visually Impaired

A group of computer science students at Drexel University worked with students from the Overbrook School for the Blind to develop a set of smartphone apps. The...

How Garmin Failed to See the Iphone Threat
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How Garmin Failed to See the Iphone Threat

About nine years ago, I had a question for Min Kao, the CEO of the GPS concern Garmin. His answer was determined, and I thought of it as I watched the news from...

Four Elite CIOs Share Lessons
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Four Elite CIOs Share Lessons

A recent panel at the annual meeting of ACM's Special Interest Group on Management Information Systems included four chief information officers, who shared real...

College Faculty Have Reservations About Online Learning, Survey Shows
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College Faculty Have Reservations About Online Learning, Survey Shows

College and university faculty members are more pessimistic than optimistic about online education and remain far more skeptical about learning outcomes in online...

­.S. Computer Graphics Scientist Wins Kyoto Prize
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­.S. Computer Graphics Scientist Wins Kyoto Prize

American computer scientist Ivan Sutherland, of Portland State University, has won Japan's annual Kyoto Prize for his contributions to computer graphics technology...

Rensselaer's Francine Berman Will Assist Global Efforts on Data-Driven Innovation
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Rensselaer's Francine Berman Will Assist Global Efforts on Data-Driven Innovation

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Vice President for Research Francine Berman will transition from her current position to expand her efforts within the research...

Meet the Intel Man Who's Out to Beat Arm in Smartphones
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Meet the Intel Man Who's Out to Beat Arm in Smartphones

It's not often you meet someone in the tech industry for whom the only way is up, but Intel's Michael A. Bell is one of those people.

An Inside Job: More Firms Opt to Recruit From Within
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An Inside Job: More Firms Opt to Recruit From Within

Many firms are ramping up internal hiring efforts to boost intra-organization mobility, cut recruiting costs, and retain high performers. These initiatives reflect...

Youths Love Tech, But Not Necessarily Tech Career
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Youths Love Tech, But Not Necessarily Tech Career

Although 97 percent of teenagers and young adults say they like using technology, only 18 percent of them have indicated a definite interest in an information technology...
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