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Communication systems can be overwhelmed by a disaster, leaving people without phones and Internet connectivity when they need them most. Now Georgia Tech researchers...Georgia Institute of Technology From ACM Careers | August 16, 2011
If you have a child entering grade school this fall, file away just one number with all those back-to-school forms: 65 percent. Chances are just that good that...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | August 11, 2011
People who are cyberstalked or harassed online experience higher levels of stress and trauma than people who are stalked or harassed in person, according to a...American Psychological Association From ACM Careers | August 10, 2011
DefCon, the conference where hackers and the people who monitor them get together to trade the latest in hacking and tracking data, had some new attendees: children...The Washington Post From ACM News | August 9, 2011
China was probably the world's earliest technological superpower, inventing the plow, the compass, gunpowder, and block printing. Then, science in the Middle...National Public Radio From ACM News | August 4, 2011
Scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have found that when just 10 percent of the population holds an unshakable belief, their belief will always be adopted...Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute From ACM Careers | July 26, 2011
Companies have long used criminal background checks, credit reports and even searches on Google and LinkedIn to probe the previous lives of prospective employees...The New York Times From ACM News | July 25, 2011
With interconnectivity at the heart of the social Web, forward-looking technology companies are now embracing the idea of hiring more social science graduates to...Forbes From ACM CareerNews | June 22, 2011
Leadership is a core competency of the officers, warrant officers, and non-commissioned officers across the military services. A principle tenant of leadership...Small Wars Journal From ACM Opinion | July 20, 2011
While most people in the IT industry predict that enterprise cloud computing usage will accelerate in the next two years, they are just as confident that IT professionals...CIO.com From ACM CareerNews | June 21, 2011
The creative use of Twitter and other technology to teach and promote French has earned University of South Carolina Professor Lara Lomicka Anderson knighthood...niversity of South Carolina From ACM Careers | July 8, 2011
With an eye on preventing wildfires, the U.S. National Science Foundation is supporting the SDFireSight project's development of a technical framework and computer...niversity of California, San Diego From ACM Careers | June 21, 2011
As the nation's electrical power grid becomes more interconnected through the Internet the chances of cyber attacks increase as well. Errin Fulp, a professor...Wake Forest niversity From ACM Careers | May 31, 2011
Writing a professional blog on a topic related to your future career path can lead to internship and job opportunities. If a recruiter checks out your blog, he...Lindsey Pollak From ACM CareerNews | May 12, 2011
A study of 9,483 scientists and more than 50,000 published papers shows that scientists' location influences how widely their work is read and used for innovations...MIT News Office From ACM Careers | May 24, 2011
The world of electronic conveniences has reached the cow pasture. In the not-so-distant future, landscapes may be dotted only with virtual fences and cattle will...Allen Press Publishing Services From ACM Careers | May 23, 2011
Facebook pages can provide personality profiles for prospective employees, according to researchers at the University of Maryland, who surveyed the public profiles...ABC News From ACM TechNews | May 18, 2011
A research project sponsored by the U.S. Army Research Laboratory is developing technologies for autonomous robots that will work together to explore and map the...Georgia Institute of Technology, Research Communications From ACM Careers | May 16, 2011
The University of North Dakota is producing the first U.S. graduates with degrees in the operation of unmanned aircraft systems, a field in which job opportunities...niversity of North Dakota From ACM Careers | May 13, 2011
As organizations move more of their applications to the cloud, they might find themselves needing skills different from what their system administrators now possess...Computerworld From ACM Careers | May 11, 2011