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A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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European niversities Catch the Online Wave
Europe is beginning to embrace massive open online courses, which have steadily gained popularity in the United States over the past several years.
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Gold in the Data, but a Shortage of Miners
As the government and private industry increasingly strive to mine huge quantities of data for valuable information, a shortage of big data experts is likely to...
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Ipad App Teaches Students Key Skill For Success in Math, Science, Engineering
Researchers have developed an iPad app designed to help students learn spatial visualization, which is needed to do well in science, math, and engineering.
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Academics Launch Fake Social Network to Get an Inside Look at Chinese Censorship
Harvard University professor Gary King this year launched a social media site to gain firsthand experience of online censorship in China.
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Cryptographers Have an Ethics Problem
Last week, I visited the MIT computer science department looking for a very famous cryptographer.
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Girls-Only Coding Class Looks to Increase Female Tech Startup Presence
Female students at six of Britain's top universities will be able to take a free coding course this academic year.
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Taiwan Chip Industry Powers the Tech World, but Struggles For Status
Tien Wu, chief operating officer of Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, has a problem: the brightest young people in Taiwan do not want to work in the island’s...
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The Boy Genius of lan Bator
Days before I was to meet Battushig Myanganbayar at his home in Mongolia, he sent me an e-mail with a modest request: Would I bring him a pair of tiny XBee wireless...
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Helping Students Crack Computer Science Code
Massachusetts' Beaver Country Day School wants to integrate software programming into all of its subjects.
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Nsa Expands Academic Cyber Initiative
The U.S. National Security Agency has added several universities to its National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations program.
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National Movement Targets Lack of Women, Minorities in Computing
A nationwide movement is under way in the U.S. to encourage women and minorities to enter the field of computer science.
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Proposals Sought to Foster Best Practices for Supporting Postdocs
The Computing Research Association's Computing Community Consortium seeks proposals for ways to develop best practices in support of postdoctoral scholars.
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The Nsa Sponsors 'cyber Operations' Training at niversities. Here's What Students Learn.
Last week, Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh became one of the latest—and most prestigious—schools to partner with the National Security Agency on a program...
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Artificial-Intelligence Research Revives Its Old Ambitions
The birth of artificial-intelligence research as an autonomous discipline is generally thought to have been the monthlong Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial...
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Grassroots Groups Work to Inspire Women To Code
New organizations aim to introduce women to computing at the local level.
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The New Era of Toy Robotics
In olden times, the most an ambitious young tinkerer could hope for in a toy was to be able to stick one funny-shaped piece onto another. Kids built airplanes with...
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Terramechanics Research Aims to Keep Mars Rovers Rolling
In May 2009, the Mars rover Spirit cracked through a crusty layer of Martian topsoil, sinking into softer underlying sand.
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The Smoke Alarm in Your Pocket and Other Winning Apps
One of the winners of Australia's Apps4Broadband competition is a Web-based app that enables tutors to teach students remotely.
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