Communications of the ACM
A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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10 Unique Projects For Csedweek 2011
Last year, CSEdWeek featured more than 300 events and projects engaging students, parents, and teachers. This year, we are highlighting 10 CSEdWeek activities that...
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Gchq Aims to Recruit Computer Hackers with Code-Cracking Web Site
Government intelligence service targets "self-taught" hackers with cryptic Web site that features no obvious branding.
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Picture This: Better Decisions Through Data Visualization
Can you visualize data? That’s the question raised by the Data Visualization Student Challenge, a U.S. Department of Transportation competition that invited college...
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Community Colleges Boost CS & STEM Research
Statistics and anecdotal evidence confirm that efforts to increase computer science and STEM research opportunities at community colleges are making headway.
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How to Get Your Kid Into an Elite Computer Science Program
Robotics competitions, programming skills tip the scales for college applicants; being a girl helps.
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Dennis Ritchie, 1941-2011
Colleagues recall the creator of C and codeveloper Unix, an unassuming but brilliant man who enjoyed playing practical jokes on his coworkers.
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CSEdWeek Takes Hold
Groups in more than 130 countries will participate in Computer Science Education Week this year.
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Activism Vs. Slacktivism
Today's activists are highly plugged into social media, mobile apps, and other digital tools. But does this make a difference where it matters most?
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Brave NUI World
Natural user interface developments, such as Microsoft's Kinect, may indicate the beginning of the end for the mouse.
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Panoramic Tool Lets sers Observe Dynamic Imagery
New imagery available through Carnegie Mellon's GigaPan Time Machine lets users move in space and time to explore the sun, a beehive, or the chlorophyll content...
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Mapping a World of Human Activity
With the world networked on an unprecedented scale, and the global population hitting 7 billion only weeks ago, we are living in a uniquely interconnected era,...
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Foreign Firms Troll For Tech Grads
Foreign technology companies, many of which are led by foreign-born tech workers who left the U.S. due to visa issues, increasingly are recruiting some of the U...
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NIST Signs Agreement to Enhance Cybersecurity Education Programs
Formal cybersecurity education will be the focus of a new public-private partnership developed by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Department...
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Nsf Renews Grant For Scientists Who Study How the Brain Acquires Visual Expertise
Researchers studying how the brain acquires visual expertise will receive an additional $4 million in funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation.
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Closing the Girl Gap in Science
Southern Illinois University is one of the few U.S. schools where males outnumber female students, as women make up just 44 percent of undergraduates.
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Gamers Create Scientific 'recipes'
Researchers say that players of a protein-folding game called Foldit are coming up with molecular "recipes" that rival their own complex algorithms. One of the...
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Generation Jobless: Students Pick Easier Majors Despite Less Pay
Although the number of college graduates increased about 29 percent from 2001 to 2009, the number graduating with engineering degrees increased just 19 percent...
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University Adopts Predictive Technology
Edith Cowan University is using an IBM-developed predictive model to identify students at risk of leaving a course before they complete it, says National ICT Australia...
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The Making of Arduino
How five friends engineered a small circuit board that’s taking the DIY world by storm.
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