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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Schools Clamored for Seesaw’s App. That Was Good News, and Bad News.
It wasn't simple to become a do-it-all education tool almost overnight.
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Faculty Expected to Return to Campus for Spring Semester per Updated Remote WorkPolicy
While Northeastern University faculty are expected to return, requests for remote work will still be accepted and addressed on a case-by-case basis.
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Robot Dolphin Could Replace Captive Animals at Theme Parks One Day
A U.S. engineering company has designed a robot dolphin in the hope that such animatronic machines eventually could substitute for captive animals at theme parks...
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Here Come the Swarmbots
Switzerland's EFPL has developed inexpensive prototype bots that can be used to form, and act as, swarms.
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Trump Moves to Tighten Visa Access for High-Skilled Foreign Workers
The Trump administration has announced stricter rules for the H-1B visa program, which U.S. tech companies have long valued.
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CMU Scientists Solve 90-Year-Old Geometry Problem
The math puzzle was resolved by translating it into satisfiability problem.
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Hacker Releases Information on Las Vegas-Area Students After Officials Don't Pay Ransom
A hacker who locked computer servers in Las Vegas' Clark County School District with ransomware released documents with stolen private data after officials refused...
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America's Innovation Edge Now in Peril, Report Says
A sweeping report from Baker Institute and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences urges significant policy and funding action to ensure the United States does...
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Parents Think Computer Science Education Is Important
A study by Google and Gallup found two-thirds of parents and guardians of U.S. students in grades seven through 12 consider computer science important or very important...
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Cyber Threat to Disrupt Start of U.K. University Term
The U.K.'s National Cyber Security Center is warning colleges and universities that increasing numbers of cyberattacks threaten to disrupt the start of the Fall...
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Fran Allen: 1932-2020
Frances E. Allen was the first woman recipient of the ACM A.M. Turing Award.
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IBM Establishes First Quantum Education, Research Initiative for Historically Black Colleges, Universities
IBM announced its first IBM Quantum education and research initiative for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), led by Howard University and 12 other...
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'We Have Emphasized Learning and Compassion'
Computer science instruction adjusts to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Amazon to Provide Computer Science Education for Over 550,000 K-12 Students Annually
Amazon Future Engineer also launched the Amazon Cyber Robotics Challenge, a coding competition that teaches the basics of computer science in the context of a real...
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ACM Study Gives Most Detailed Picture to Date of U.S. Bachelor's Programs in Computing
ACM's eighth annual Study of Non-Doctoral Granting Departments in Computing offers a sweeping assessment of undergraduate computing education.
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Minding the Gaps
Boosting diversity in the computer science field remains a challenge even after years of effort. A growing focus on universities may deliver results.
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Coding with Wonder Woman: Microsoft Project to Educate the Next Generation of Programmers
In partnership with NASA, Smithsonian Learning Labs, and others, the lessons use space exploration, museums, and popular movies to teach the principles of programming...
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