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Researcher Loses Job at Nsf After Government Questions Her Role as 1980s Activist
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Researcher Loses Job at Nsf After Government Questions Her Role as 1980s Activist

Federal investigators say Valerie Barr lied during a background check, which led the U.S. National Science Foundation to cancel her temporary assignment.

Expanding the Breadth and Impact of Cybersecurity and Privacy Research
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Expanding the Breadth and Impact of Cybersecurity and Privacy Research

The U.S. National Science Foundation has announced two awards that will support projects addressing grand challenges in cybersecurity and computer science. 

Careers in Statistics Evolve and Expand
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Careers in Statistics Evolve and Expand

Workers with statistics backgrounds have long been in healthy demand for academic, actuarial, pharmaceutical, or government jobs.

Will These Guys Kill The Computer Interface As We Know It?
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Will These Guys Kill The Computer Interface As We Know It?

David Holz took the main stage at this year's South by Southwest Interactive, the annual innovation conference in Austin, Texas, looking like a hobbit on casual...

Want to Be a Professor? Choose Math
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Want to Be a Professor? Choose Math

Are you an aspiring scientist with quantitative chops and a strong desire for a faculty career?

How Facebook 'contagion' Spreads
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How Facebook 'contagion' Spreads

To join Facebook or not to join Facebook? You might think the decision depends on how many of your friends are already on the social-networking site.

Information Flow Can Reveal Dirty Deeds
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Information Flow Can Reveal Dirty Deeds

Political thrillers that portray a "web of corruption" get it all wrong, at least according to an analysis of emails between Enron employees. The flow of the...

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Nsf Will Require Scientists Seeking Funding to Submit Data Management Plans

Beginning in October 2010, the National Science Foundation plans to require that all proposals for funding include a data management plan. The changes are designed...

Science and Engineering Employment Reached 5.8 Million in 2008
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Science and Engineering Employment Reached 5.8 Million in 2008

Employment in science and engineering occupations in the United States reached an estimated 5,781,000 by May 2008,  up 13.7 percent from May 2004, compared to...

Grant Ensures Sustainable Future For Software
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Grant Ensures Sustainable Future For Software

The Software Sustainability Institute has been launched in the United Kingdom to help research communities in various disciplines manage their software tools beyond...

Aerial Surveillance Technology Could Keep Soldiers Safer
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Aerial Surveillance Technology Could Keep Soldiers Safer

Cranfield University researchers have developed an autonomous computer framework that enables one operator to control multiple unmanned aerial vehicles  from a...

Egi.eu to Coordinate European Scientific Computing Grids
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Egi.eu to Coordinate European Scientific Computing Grids

A new organization named the European Grid Initiative (EGI.eu) will coordinate a European-wide grid computing infrastructure that will enable scientists to share...

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A Week to Focus on Computer Science Education

The U.S. House of Representatives has designated Dec. 6-12 Computer Science Education Week to help raise awareness of the dearth of computer science in grades K...

Conquering the Digital Data Overload
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Conquering the Digital Data Overload

University of Utah computer scientist Juliana Freire is working to find data that could be missed in the quagmire of technology available, and to manage and integrate...

Expeditions in Computing Continue to Break New Ground
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Expeditions in Computing Continue to Break New Ground

The U.S. National Science Foundation's directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering recently created three new Expeditions in Computing. Each...
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