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Navigate the Booming Computer Science Market
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Navigate the Booming Computer Science Market

Computer science students with bachelor's or master's degrees are in demand now and are expected to be for the next decade. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor...

Five Surprising It Skills That Hiring Managers Want Now
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Five Surprising It Skills That Hiring Managers Want Now

Based on employer searches of careers site Dice.com's resume database, the top five up-and-coming IT skills sought by hiring managersare iRise,  COTS (commercial...

Virtual and Artificial, but 58,000 Want Course
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Virtual and Artificial, but 58,000 Want Course

A free online course at Stanford University on artificial intelligence, to be taught this fall by two leading experts from Silicon Valley, has attracted more...

Grad Students' Work Is Better When Teaching and Research Are Part of Mix
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Grad Students' Work Is Better When Teaching and Research Are Part of Mix

Graduate students in the STEM fields who both teach and conduct research demonstrate greater ability to generate testable hypotheses and design experiments than...

Researchers Assist IBM in Cognitive Computer Chip Design
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Researchers Assist IBM in Cognitive Computer Chip Design

New experimental computer chips modeled on nervous systems are aimed at creating computers that can learn through experience, find correlations, create hypotheses...

Milestone For MIT Press's Bestseller
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Milestone For MIT Press's Bestseller

On Thursday, Aug. 4, the MIT Press held a party in MIT's Stata Center to celebrate the sale of the 500,000th copy of the textbook Introduction to Algorithms....

Hackers' Low-Tech Tool: A Phone Call
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Hackers' Low-Tech Tool: A Phone Call

The conference for the best hackers in the free world is held every year in Las Vegas. It's called DefCon. The entrance fee is $150, cash only. (And it's a bad...

Office Aftershock: Consequences of Co-Worker Rudeness Are Far-Reaching
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Office Aftershock: Consequences of Co-Worker Rudeness Are Far-Reaching

A co-worker's rudeness can have a great impact on relationships far beyond the workplace, according to a Baylor University study published online in the Journal...

Researchers to Demo and Deploy Disaster Communications System
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Researchers to Demo and Deploy Disaster Communications System

Communication systems can be overwhelmed by a disaster, leaving people without phones and Internet connectivity when they need them most. Now Georgia Tech researchers...

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It Jobs Thriving Despite Lackluster Economy

Even in a tough labor market, IT is where the jobs are. The unemployment rate for technology jobs was 3.3% in June, compared with a 9.2% unemployment rate overall...

Women's Quest for Romance Conflicts with Scientific Pursuits
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Women's Quest for Romance Conflicts with Scientific Pursuits

Four new studies by researchers at the University at Buffalo have found that when a woman's goal is to be romantically desirable, she distances herself from academic...

Wearable Electronics Demonstrate Promise of Brain-Machine Interfaces
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Wearable Electronics Demonstrate Promise of Brain-Machine Interfaces

Researchers have demonstrated that a thin flexible, skin-like device, mounted with tiny electronic components, is capable of acquiring electrical signals from the...

New Data Reveal University Licensing, Startup Formation Remain Strong
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New Data Reveal University Licensing, Startup Formation Remain Strong

Despite a chilly economic climate, university and research institute licensing and startup activity remained strong in fiscal year 2010, according to survey data...

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Apple Most Popular Employer with Fresh Graduates in Singapore

Consumer electronics giant Apple was chosen as the most popular employer among fresh graduates in Singapore this year again, a latest survey showed.  The survey...

Researchers Face Budget Bind
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Researchers Face Budget Bind

Federally funded researchers are facing months of uncertainty due to the budget-cutting battle that's unfolding in Washington. But policy experts say one outcome...

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Education Needs a Digital-Age ­pgrade

If you have a child entering grade school this fall, file away just one number with all those back-to-school forms: 65 percent. Chances are just that good that...

It Jobs Are Growing, But Can It Last?
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It Jobs Are Growing, But Can It Last?

During the second quarter, total U.S. IT employment exceeded 4 million jobs, marking a return to the employment levels of 2008. But will it last? IT employment...

Linkedin Launches Button That Lets You Apply For Jobs
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Linkedin Launches Button That Lets You Apply For Jobs

With the launch of its new "Apply With LinkedIn" button, LinkedIn is making it easier for candidates to apply for jobs online. The social network's goal is to...

You Can Count on This: Math Ability Is Inborn
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You Can Count on This: Math Ability Is Inborn

Do some people arrive in the world with better math skills than others? A study by a team of psychologists at Johns Hopkins University suggests they do.

Dealing with the Cyberworld's Dark Side
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Dealing with the Cyberworld's Dark Side

People who are cyberstalked or harassed online experience higher levels of stress and trauma than people who are stalked or harassed in person, according to a...
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