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For eager, talented software developers, free/open source software offers considerably more richness of opportunity than anything else. It is everywhere, from...ITworld From ACM Careers | October 19, 2011
If you haven't seen the excellent post on Mountain Beltway—Words matter—you should head over there and take a look. The post brought up some interesting ideas about...Southern Fried Science From ACM Opinion | October 19, 2011
A new study suggests that pairing a seasoned pro with a promising prospect in an informal mentorship was significantly more potent in developing strong leaders...University of Nebraska-Lincoln From ACM Careers | October 19, 2011
A research team from Georgia Tech has discovered how to program a smartphone to sense nearby keyboard vibrations and decipher complete sentences with up to 80 percent...Georgia Institute of Technology From ACM Careers | October 19, 2011
In late 2006, 22-year-old Adam D'Angelo confronted a serious problem. Facebook, then a small Silicon Valley startup, had picked him to be its chief technology...Businessweek From ACM Careers | October 18, 2011
Using a five-year, $5.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education, researchers with "Project ALL" are developing a computer simulator that evaluates...Virginia Commonwealth niversity From ACM Careers | October 18, 2011
The U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded a $3 million grant to a team lead by University of Virginia computer scientist David Evans for a project to develop...niversity of Virginia From ACM Careers | October 18, 2011
Initiating a job search by social networking represents a significant change in the way IT jobseekers look for work today. Job hunters and career experts both say...CIO From ACM CareerNews | September 26, 2011
During 2011's deadly onslaught of earthquakes, floods and tornadoes, countless buildings had to be evacuated while workers checked to make sure they were stable...Scientific American From ACM News | October 17, 2011
Three Harvard researchers studying cooperation and competition in the workplace found that women's and men's workplace performance may be strongly linked to the...Harvard Business School From ACM CareerNews | September 21, 2011
A team of scientists has taken a major step toward developing robot biologists. They have shown that their system, the Automated Biology Explorer, can solve a complicated...Vanderbilt niversity From ACM Careers | October 14, 2011
A coalition of regional partners in upstate New York has received $9.8 million from the U.S. National Science Foundation to expand a promising, teacher-focused...University at Buffalo From ACM Careers | October 14, 2011
Modern computer technology has vastly expanded our ability to discover new mathematical results.American Mathematical Society From ACM Careers | October 13, 2011
Greg Taffet is scouting for talent. Taffet, the CIO of U.S. Gas & Electric Inc. in North Miami Beach, Fla., brought on four new staffers in the past six months...Computerworld From ACM Careers | October 13, 2011
The discovery of a large field of dinosaur tracks in Arkansas has researchers busy using cutting-edge technology and traditional techniques to learn all that they...niversity of Arkansas, Fayetteville From ACM Careers | October 13, 2011
By 2018 the United States faces a shortage of 140,000 to 190,000 people with deep analytical skills as well as 1.5 million managers and analysts to analyze big...Web Worker Daily From ACM CareerNews | September 22, 2011
U.S. manufacturers are failing to fill thousands of vacant jobs, surprising when 14 million people are searching for work. Companies report difficulty finding...Reuters From ACM Careers | October 13, 2011
Plans to develop the "smart" grid cannot succeed without the creation of new "thinking machines" that can learn and adapt to new situations, says Ganesh Kumar Venayagamoorthy...Missouri niversity of Science and Technology From ACM Careers | October 12, 2011
Using computerized text analysis, Cornell University Computing and Information Science Professor Jeff Hancock found that psychopathic murderers make identifiable...Cornell niversity From ACM Careers | October 12, 2011
With a cutting-edge solar car, an advanced strategy and an intrepid 16-student race crew, the University of Michigan's national champion solar car team is ready...niversity of Michigan From ACM Careers | October 12, 2011