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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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Not Just Tech Bros
Northwestern University's Sara Sood and Ian Horswill are working to make computer science more inclusive and appealing.
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Walmart Turns to VR to Pick Middle Managers
Virtual reality training is becoming more common in a range of industries.
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SoNIC Program Empowers Diverse CS Students
Cornell University's SoNIC workshop, now in its ninth year, has exposed hundreds of minority students from across the U.S. to computer science, and to the prerequisites...
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Parents Don't Know Enough About Cyber Careers
Parents don't know enough about cybersecurity to encourage their children to pursue careers in the field, a SANS Institute study found.
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MIT Develops a System to Give Robots More Human Senses
Researchers at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory have developed a system that could give robots the ability to link multiple senses....
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Computer 'Geek' Stereotype Puts Girls Off Subject
A U.K. study found stereotyping of computing as "a male-oriented domain consisting of anti-social 'nerds, geeks, or hackers,'" discourages female students from...
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From Brueghel to Warhol: AI Enters the Attribution Fray
Art historians are starting to utilize machine learning to provide empirical support for theories previously limited to the subjective eye of the beholders.
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Harvey Mudd President Maria Klawe Has a Message for CS grads—and the Tech Industry
Klawe made diversity her top priority when she took the helm at Harvey Mudd College 13 years ago.
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Africa Technology Hub Rises in Congested Lagos Neighborhood
The Yaba neighborhood in Lagos, Nigeria, is a growing technology hub hosting more than 60 startups, digital laboratories, and the Yaba College of Technology.
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Tech Skills Shortages are Increasing Every Year, and Large Corporates are Worst Affected
Every year, the IT skills shortage worsens, warns Harvey Nash CEO Albert Ellis, with the fields of big data, security and AI most acutely affected.
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Here Are the 40 Companies Computer Science Students Hope Will Hire Them
Employer branding specialist Universum has released its annual rankings of the most attractive employers in the U.S. for 2019.
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The Push Towards AI in Africa
Initiatives are underway to train African computer scientists in artificial intelligence, with major technology companies investing in the cultivation of new AI...
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Coding Curriculum in a Box
CodePath.org, a nonprofit boot camp, offers ready-made, industry-approved coding courses to colleges and trains students to teach them for credit.
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Ghanaian All-Girls Robotic Team Winner of the World Robofest Championship
Team Acrobot, an all-girls robotics team from Ghana, won the 20th edition of the World Robofest Championship at Lawrence Technological University in Southfield,...
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Robots Conduct Daily Health Inspections of Schoolchildren in China
More than 2,000 preschools in China are using a robot to check the health status of students each day before they enter the classroom.
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Businesses, niversities Team p on New Digital Technology Credential
George Mason and Virginia Commonwealth universities now offer a digital technology credential.
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MIT and .S. Air Force Sign Agreement to Launch AI Accelerator
MIT and the U.S. Air Force have signed an agreement to launch a new program designed to make fundamental advances in artificial intelligence that could improve...
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Ethics in Technology Jobs
Employees are increasingly challenging technology companies on their ethical choices.
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Factory Workers Become Coders as Companies Automate
Some U.S. manufacturers are offering employees programming and robotics training, as automation sweeps through the industry.
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