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Team Builds AI Tool to Help Predict Artic Sea Ice Loss
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Team Builds AI Tool to Help Predict Artic Sea Ice Loss

An artificial intelligence tool designed by an international team of researchers will enable scientists to more accurately forecast Arctic sea ice conditions months...

Spies for Hire: China's New Breed of Hackers
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Spies for Hire: China's New Breed of Hackers

China's state security ministry is recruiting from a vast pool of private-sector hackers who often have their own agendas and sometimes use their access for commercial...

Picking a Tech Career: It's 'Not Just the Money'
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Picking a Tech Career: It's 'Not Just the Money'

Even with both older brothers in the computer science field, Amelia Hernandez didn't initially consider a career in tech. "I just wanted to get into a career path...

White House Seeks to Plug Cybersecurity Job Hole
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White House Seeks to Plug Cybersecurity Job Hole

The White House held a cybersecurity summit with business leaders in the tech, finance, and energy sectors on Wednesday (August 25) in what was described as a "call...

IT Recruitment 'Twice as Hard' During Pandemic, CIO Says
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IT Recruitment 'Twice as Hard' During Pandemic, CIO Says

IT recruitment has been "twice as hard" during the pandemic, with some roles remaining open for over a year, says Steve Capper at SNC-Lavalin.

China Tops U.S. in Number of Highly Cited Scientific Papers
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China Tops U.S. in Number of Highly Cited Scientific Papers

China topped the United States for the first time in the number of highly cited scientific papers published between 2017 and 2019, according to Japan's National...

Award Recognizes Bowling Green's CS Mentorship Program for Girls
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Award Recognizes Bowling Green's CS Mentorship Program for Girls

A Bowling Green State University computer science mentorship program for girls has received the 2021 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity...

How Music and Programming Led Me to Build Digital Microworlds
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How Music and Programming Led Me to Build Digital Microworlds

The ability to discover and experience world building is a relatively unique privilege afforded to computer programmers.

International Students Remain A Primary Source Of U.S. Tech Talent
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International Students Remain A Primary Source Of U.S. Tech Talent

International students make up 72% of full-time graduate students in computer and information science at U.S. universities, though their enrollment numbers are...

10-Year-Old Girl in Kenya Completes Virtual Coding Class at UWM
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10-Year-Old Girl in Kenya Completes Virtual Coding Class at UWM

A 10-year-old girl in Kenya took coding classes at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee last fall and spring by connecting with the school's Girls Who Code program...

Why Do Chief Data Officers Have Such Short Tenures?
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Why Do Chief Data Officers Have Such Short Tenures?

Chief Data Officers may have the most unstable job in the C-suite. Tenures are short, turnover is high, and many companies don't seem to know exactly what they...

International Research Project to Investigate Covert Online Influence
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International Research Project to Investigate Covert Online Influence

An international research cohort that has received about $2.35 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Defense to investigate the use of social cyber forensics...

A Bunch of MIT Students Got $100 of Free Bitcoin in 2014 – Some Wasted It on Sushi
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A Bunch of MIT Students Got $100 of Free Bitcoin in 2014 – Some Wasted It on Sushi

In 2014, MIT computer science student Jeremy Rubin offered all undergraduate students on campus $100 worth of bitcoin. Some got rich. Some spent it at a sushi restaurant...

Twitter's Bug Bounty Competition Aims to Find Biased Algorithms
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Twitter's Bug Bounty Competition Aims to Find Biased Algorithms

Twitter has enrolled external researchers in a algorithm bias bounty competition to find hidden biases in its own algorithms.

Google Employees Working From Home Could See Pay Cut
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Google Employees Working From Home Could See Pay Cut

Google employees based in the same office before the pandemic could see different changes in pay if they switch to working from home permanently, according to a...

Tech Has An Image Problem With Young People
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Tech Has An Image Problem With Young People

Young people are increasingly shunning tech jobs and IT-related subjects at school. The responsibility of getting young people interested in tech ultimately falls...

Duke Professors Awarded $10M NSF Grant to Increase Diversity in Computing
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Duke Professors Awarded $10M NSF Grant to Increase Diversity in Computing

The U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded Duke University professors Alicia Nicki Washington and Shaundra Daily a nearly $10 million grant over the next...

DOE to Spend $15.1M for Computational, Data Infrastructure for Science Research
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DOE to Spend $15.1M for Computational, Data Infrastructure for Science Research

The U.S. Department of Energy announced $15.1 million for three collaborative research projects at five universities to integrate AI into flexible data and computer...

Young People Get Their Tech Career Info From TV, Not School
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Young People Get Their Tech Career Info From TV, Not School

An Accenture survey found that movies, TV, and social media are more likely than schools or teachers to be the main source of information about careers in technology...

U.S. Universities Fall Further Behind China In Production Of STEM Ph.D.s
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U.S. Universities Fall Further Behind China In Production Of STEM Ph.D.s

Chinese universities have consistently produced more STEM doctorates than U.S. universities since the early 2000s, and the gap will likely grow wider in the next...
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