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Spaf on Security Education in 2011
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Spaf on Security Education in 2011

Purdue University professor Eugene Spafford says that both industry and government are focusing more on the need for students to receive training in information...

Professors ­se Twitter in Foreign Language Teaching
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Professors ­se Twitter in Foreign Language Teaching

Two professors at the University of South Carolina are using Twitter as a tool in teaching foreign languages.

From ACM News

In Class, Texting Is the New Doodling

Top classroom distraction surpasses doodling, daydreaming and note-passing.

A Matter of Privacy
From Communications of the ACM

A Matter of Privacy

Do consumers have enough control over their personal information or is more government regulation needed?

The New Face of War
From Communications of the ACM

The New Face of War

With the introduction of the sophisticated Stuxnet worm, the stakes of cyberwarfare have increased immeasurably.

CSEdWeek Expands Its Reach
From Communications of the ACM

CSEdWeek Expands Its Reach

The second Computer Science Education Week is showing students, parents, and educators why computer science is important.

The Eyes Have It
From Communications of the ACM

The Eyes Have It

Eye-tracking control for mobile phones might lead to a new era of context-aware user interfaces.

From ACM News

Effort Seeks to Diversify Cyber-Security Field

In an effort to increase the number of women and minorities in the field of cyber security, Missouri University of Science and Technology is working with the University...

Where Cinema and Biology Meet
From ACM News

Where Cinema and Biology Meet

When Robert A. Lue considers the "Star Wars" Death Star, his first thought is not of outer space, but inner space.

From ACM TechNews

In Search of More Than a Few Good Geeks

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's cybersecurity division has multiplied its employees by six in the past two years, but the agency is still understaffed...

Openstudy Aims to Create Worldwide Study Group
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Openstudy Aims to Create Worldwide Study Group

OpenStudy is a social media site that hooks up students from all across the globe, making the entire world a study group.

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Illinois Students Build 33-Teraflop Cluster From Gpus

Students at the University of Illinois have built a supercomputer out of GPUs as part of a hands-on class. They expect the cluster to be ranked on the Green500...

Twitter Can Increase Student Engagement, Boost Grades
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Twitter Can Increase Student Engagement, Boost Grades

Using a social networking platform such as Twitter as a tool in university courses can increase student engagement and boost grades. That's the conclusion of a...

From ACM News

­niversities May Be Failing to Sufficiently Teach Basic Research Skills

Colleges and universities may be failing to prepare students for today's information-driven workplace where research skills and collaborative learning are becoming...

From ACM TechNews

Wising ­p on STEM Completion

Arizona State University researchers recently unveiled CareerWISE, a website designed to increase the retention of women pursuing degrees and careers in science...

Taking Movies Beyond Avatar
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Taking Movies Beyond Avatar

University of Abertay Dundee researchers have developed a technique that builds on the virtual cameras used in the movie "Avatar" by using home computers and motion...

Video Game Design Program Boosts Interest in Science Careers
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Video Game Design Program Boosts Interest in Science Careers

Funded by a U.S. National Science Foundation grant, a George Mason University program is using video game design as a way to increase student interest in science...

From ACM TechNews

DARPA-Funded Project to Spark Computer Science Education

DARPA recently awarded TopCoder a contract to develop a virtual community featuring competitions and educational resources in order to boost computer science education...

From ACM News

Strengthening the Voice of ­ndergraduate Research

The Council on Undergraduate Research and the National Conferences on Undergraduate Research have joined forces to form a new organization to strengthen and promote...

Teaching Real-World Programming
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Teaching Real-World Programming

In an innovative software-engineering class, students meet for regular "code reviews" with senior programmers from Boston-area companies.
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