Assistant Professor of Computer Science (CS) - University of Rhode Island - Kingston, RI
Kingston, RI, United States
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The Joys of rban Tech
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A Peace Corps For Civic-Minded Geeks
The nonprofit Code for America, a kind of Peace Corps for geeks, has led the way in bringing online efficiency to offline government systems, picking a team of...
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Wanted: Temp Attorneys With Foreign-Language Skills
Unemployed lawyers looking for work in a lousy job market might want to brush up on their Korean or Chinese.
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Pentagon Digs In on Cyberwar Front
The U.S. military is accelerating its cyberwarfare training programs in an aggressive expansion of its preparations for conflict on an emerging battlefield.
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The Woman in the Facebook Frat House
At 11 a.m. on my first day at Facebook, the young, plain-looking guys in T-shirts, gazing at their screens, seemed startled—if not displeased—to see a strange new...
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Nbc, Google, Stage 'war Games' To Prepare For Olympic Disruptions
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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...
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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...
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In the Afghan War, a Little Robot Can Be a Soldier's Best Friend
The 310 SUGV is a distant cousin of the Roomba, the robotic vacuum cleaner currently being promoted as a Father's Day gift. In Afghanistan, the Marines call him...
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Revenge of the Nerds: Tech Firms Scour College Campuses for Talent
On college campuses these days, the top nerds are getting a taste of what it's like to be star jocks.
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Software Screening Raises Bar for Hiring
In an essay in this newspaper last fall, Peter Cappelli, a professor of management and human resources at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, challenged...
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A Dive Into the Digital Deep
When next winter's storms subside, a specialized ship will begin a slow crossing, lowering a skinny cable into its wake along a precisely prescribed path: the shortest...
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Higher Education's Online Revolution
The substitution of technology (which is cheap) for labor (which is expensive) can vastly increase access to an elite-caliber education.
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