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Pamela McCorduck, Historian of AI, Dies at 80
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Pamela McCorduck, Historian of AI, Dies at 80

Pamela McCorduck, who authored a history of the first two decades of artificial intelligence (AI), has died at 80.

Giving Robots Social Skills
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Giving Robots Social Skills

MIT researchers have incorporated social interactions into a framework for robotics, enabling machines to estimate whether their actions will help or hinder another...

Visa Ban Hurts Innovation Edge, U.S. Universities Say
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Visa Ban Hurts Innovation Edge, U.S. Universities Say

Toughened visa requirements for Chinese graduate students and postgraduate researchers are squeezing the flow of talent to U.S. universities.

Privacy Policy Yanks Popular Software from Chicago Classrooms
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Privacy Policy Yanks Popular Software from Chicago Classrooms

Teachers in Chicago Public Schools are prohibited from using Scratch, Code.org, and Adobe software in classrooms due to the district's interpretation of a new student...

Report Sees Post-Pandemic Hiring Rebound for College Grads
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Report Sees Post-Pandemic Hiring Rebound for College Grads

Employers who had slowed recruiting during the pandemic have accelerated efforts to fill pressing needs, with strong hiring growth is expected in computer services...

Undergraduate Fellowship Eyes Inclusive Quantum Workforce
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Undergraduate Fellowship Eyes Inclusive Quantum Workforce

The Open Quantum Initiative has launched an undergraduate fellowship as part of its effort to advocate for and contribute to the development of a diverse and inclusive...

14-Year-Old Finds a Way to Accelerate Calculations Using 'Antiprime' Numbers
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14-Year-Old Finds a Way to Accelerate Calculations Using 'Antiprime' Numbers

Akilan Sankaran, 14, was awarded the $25,000 Samueli Foundation Prize for a computer program he wrote that can calculate "highly divisible numbers," sometimes called...

Microsoft to Work with Community Colleges to Fill 250,000 Cyber Jobs
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Microsoft to Work with Community Colleges to Fill 250,000 Cyber Jobs

Microsoft plans to work with community colleges across the United States to fill 250,000 cybersecurity jobs over the next four years.

Computational Scientist to Standardize Biological Data, Make It Searchable
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Computational Scientist to Standardize Biological Data, Make It Searchable

Michigan State University computational scientist Arjun Krishnan is working to standardize data from more than two million biological experiments and make it searchable...

How to Expand and Improve CS Education Around the World
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How to Expand and Improve CS Education Around the World

Six recommendations to take CS education to scale at primary and secondary school levels

China In Midst of AI Talent Boom, Turing Award Recipient Says
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China In Midst of AI Talent Boom, Turing Award Recipient Says

The number of people involved in artificial intelligence in China has increased enormously thanks to the government's commitment to developing the booming sector...

Grace Hopper, Minicomputers, and Megabytes
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Grace Hopper, Minicomputers, and Megabytes: It's a Fun Career

In 1963, the British government decided to make the world's most powerful computer. The manufacturer, Ferranti, asked would-be buyers to send their best programmers...

Collaborators Launch AI-Robotics Initiative to Aid Older Adults in Daily Care
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Collaborators Launch AI-Robotics Initiative to Aid Older Adults in Daily Care

University of Massachusetts Lowell researchers are among the scientists behind a new initiative to develop robotics and artificial-intelligence systems designed...

Researchers Look to Put Living Cells on Transistor Chip
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Researchers Look to Put Living Cells on Transistor Chip

Researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are developing a transistor chip that harnesses the biological responses of living organisms to drive current...

Study Compares Coding Bootcamps With Universities
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Study Compares Coding Bootcamps With Universities

Data research company Optimal examined coding bootcamps' job placement data and found that many programs and their trainees are flourishing while institutes of...

Computer Scientist Wins $1 Million Artificial Intelligence Prize
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Computer Scientist Wins $1 Million Artificial Intelligence Prize

Duke University computer scientist and engineer Cynthia Rudin's work applying machine learning to predict which Con Edison manhole covers were at risk of exploding...

As STEM Interest Declines, Mentors' Importance Rises
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As STEM Interest Declines, Mentors' Importance Rises

STEM majors in underrepresented groups need mentors who look like them.

How College Students Can Use IT Skills for U.S. Foreign Service
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How College Students Can Use IT Skills for U.S. Foreign Service

The Foreign Affairs Information Technology Fellowship program provides students pursuing an IT-related bachelor's or master's degree the opportunity to practice...

Low-Performing CS Students Struggle With More Than the Material
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Low-Performing CS Students Struggle With More Than the Material

Researchers at the University of California San Diego found that lower performing computer science students report higher stress levels on multiple fronts — including...

Peter Norvig Is Leaving Google to Join Stanford HAI
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Peter Norvig Is Leaving Google to Join Stanford HAI

AI expert Peter Norvig, former director of research at Google, will be joining the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI this fall as a Distinguished Education...
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