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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Soft Robotic Fish Moves Like the Real Thing
Soft robots—which don’t just have soft exteriors but are also powered by fluid flowing through flexible channels—have become a sufficiently popular research topic...
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Women in It: The Next Generation
The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory is working to improve the image of computer science by training the next generation of STEM workers.
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Oscar-Winning Visual Effects Mastermind Behind Gravity, Talks Physics Lessons, Nasa Imagery, and Defining the Art of Cg 'weightlessness' in Space
Tim Webber is a visual effects supervisor who has worked on an array of critically acclaimed blockbusters.
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It's Cool to Be a Geek, Eu Tells Women
The European Commission has created a new campaign to attract women to the information and communications technology sector.
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Linux Foundation to Offer Introductory Linux Mooc on Edx
The Linux Foundation plans to offer a Linux development course on edX, the massive open online course platform developed by MIT and Harvard University.
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Successful Silicon Valley Women Star in Stanford Video Series Urging Young Women to Get Into Computing
A volunteer group of female undergraduates at Stanford University has created a series of motivational videos to encourage young women to enter computer science...
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The Quantified Computer Scientist: Larry Smarr on the Future of Medicine
A conversation with computer scientist Larry Smarr
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The First Woman to Get a Ph.d. in Computer Science From MIT
Irene Greif talks to The Atlantic about her life and legacy.
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Digital Ears in the Rainforest: Estimating Dynamics of Animal Populations By Using Sound Recordings and Computing
A team of researchers is developing a system to estimate the dynamics of animal populations by using sound recordings, statistics, and scientific computing.
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Interviewing the Algorithm
Often, when there's talk about algorithms and journalism, the focus is on how to use algorithms to help publishers share content better and make more money.
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Women Talk Tech and Careers in Computer Science
Women from 32 countries attended the womENcourage conference Saturday at Manchester University to encourage women in the field of computer science.
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New Report Presents Recommendations and Initiatives to Address CS Education Challenges
A new ACM report urges states to provide more opportunities for students to gain the skills and knowledge needed to compete for high-wage computing positions.
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Remembering Mit, When There Were Just 50 Women in a Class of 1,000
When Radia Perlman attended MIT in the late '60s and '70s, she was one of just a few dozen women (about 50) out of a class of 1,000.
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University of Leicester Student Helps Develop Innovative Food Safety Management System
Researchers working with the European Safety Bureau have developed the Navitas online food safety management system.
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Computer Models Help nravel Mystery of Puebloans' Disappearance
Remember playing "The Oregon Trail" computer game in middle school?
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Hp Launching New Scholarship Program For Women in Information Security
Women interested in the theory and practice of cybersecurity can now turn to a new scholarship program launched by Hewlett-Packard to support their studies.
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Publishers Withdraw More Than 120 Gibberish Papers
The publishers Springer and IEEE are removing more than 120 papers from their subscription services after a French researcher discovered that the works were computer...
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Self-Completing Programs
The Sketch programming language enables programmers to leave out some coding details, with Sketch filling in the blanks.
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Consortium Aims to Boost Minority Faculty in STEM Fields
The California Alliance for Graduate Education and Professoriate is trying to solve the problem of having too few minority Ph.D. students in STEM fields.
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