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Researchers at the Max Planck Florida Institute are reporting that they have created the first realistic three-dimensional diagram of a thalamocortical column...Max Planck Florida Institute From ACM Careers | December 9, 2011
New research suggests it may be possible to learn high-performance tasks with little or no conscious effort through visual perceptual learning.National Science Foundation From ACM Careers | December 9, 2011
Players of a video game designed by McGill University researchers are contributing to the analysis of DNA sequences.McGill niversity From ACM Careers | December 8, 2011
Iowa State University's METaL virtual reality facility is designed to be a versatile, everyday research tool. It will be used to study and develop 3-D visual display...Iowa State niversity From ACM Careers | December 8, 2011
The Pentagon has long had a love-hate relationship with computer hackers: On the outside, they can infiltrate vulnerable defense networks. On the inside, they...Politico From ACM News | December 8, 2011
By day, Google researcher Maya Gupta tries to solve the puzzle of how to teach computers to recognize the contents of digital images.San Jose Mercury News From ACM Careers | December 8, 2011
Computer scientists at UC San Diego, who set out to simulate all rainbows found in nature, wound up answering questions about the physics of rainbows as well.University of California, San Diego From ACM Careers | December 7, 2011
For the past 21 years thousands of astronomers around the world in over 35 countries have been engaged in Hubble Space Telescope research, and the 10,000th Hubble...Space Telescope Science Institute From ACM Careers | December 7, 2011
If we don't change the way ICT is thought about and taught, we're shutting the door on our children's futures.The Guardian From ACM Opinion | December 7, 2011
World leaders are often measured by what they do in their first 100 days in office. But what about business leaders? As of last Friday, it has been 100 days since...CNN From ACM Careers | December 7, 2011
Men are still dominant when it comes to top IT positions in higher education, and women face in the field face numerous challenges. Dominican University CIO Jill...Campus Technology From ACM TechNews | December 6, 2011
Lee Redden, 26, a Ph.D. student in engineering at Stanford, recently decided to shelve his education and help found a start-up company.The New York Times From ACM Careers | December 6, 2011
Johns Hopkins University engineers are applying their expertise with medical robotics to show NASA how to fix valuable satellites that are breaking down or running...Johns Hopkins niversity From ACM Careers | December 6, 2011
A flexible workplace initiative improved employees' health behavior and well-being, including a rise in the amount and quality of sleep and better health management...American Sociological Association From ACM Careers | December 6, 2011
"Yes! We have elegance!" says a student from the University of Waterloo. Then he pauses, and his shoulders slump.Wired From ACM Careers | December 5, 2011
For a decade, Target outsourced its website operations to Amazon.com. The Minneapolis retail giant began preparing two years ago to take control of the site when...Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM Careers | December 5, 2011
A new report from Georgetown University defines why science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) literacy is important both inside and outside STEM fields,...Diverse: Issues In Higher Education From ACM TechNews | December 3, 2011
Although mainframes remain a key component of enterprises, many mainframe personnel are getting ready to retire and there are not enough students interested in...InfoWorld From ACM TechNews | December 3, 2011
Government intelligence service targets "self-taught" hackers with cryptic Web site that features no obvious branding.The Guardian From ACM Careers | December 5, 2011
Businesses keep vast troves of data about things like online shopping behavior, or millions of changes in weather patterns, or trillions of financial transactions—information...National Public Radio From ACM News | December 2, 2011