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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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Wiring Rural America: Which Technology Is Best?
Reaching the most remote rural customers with high-speed Internet access can be prohibitively expensive. Consider the case of Hill Country Telephone Cooperative...
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A Portrait of STEM Majors
A new report from the U.S. Education Department delves into how young students fare when they pursue science and technology degrees in college. The report, "Students...
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Semantic Technologies Could Link p k Learning
The United Kingdom should use Semantic Web technologies to link up its education system, according to a new report from researchers at the University of Southampton's...
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Summer Program Opens High-Tech World to Deaf Students
The University of Washington's (UW's) Summer Academy for Advancing Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Computing, funded by the National Science Foundation, aims to diversity...
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Chicago Program Targets 12th Grade Science and Math For College Success
A $5 million National Science Foundation grant awarded to five Chicago area universities and the Chicago Public Schools will train high school teacher leaders on...
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Engineering Labs Going Online as Part of Remote Controlled Learning Program
Montana State University (MSU) computer engineering students will soon be able to control laboratory equipment through their home computers. A two-year, $148,000...
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Program Helps Faculty Members Develop Improved Security Assurance Programs
Carnegie Mellon University's CyLab and Information Networking Institute (INI) are hosting several faculty members for the annual Information Assurance Capacity...
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Mentornet Provides Success and Service
Michigan Technological University's (MTU's) MentorNet program matches students and new educators with mentors in either educational or professional positions to...
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A Contest to Train Cyber Combatants
A consortium that includes the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the SANS Institute, and the U.S. Department of Defense aims to cultivate a new generation...
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Government Is Falling Behind on Cybersecurity, Report Finds
A report released by the Partnership for Public Service and Booz Allen Hamilton has found that the U.S. federal government is falling behind in its efforts to protect...
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Mobile Computing Task Force: Making the Way For Mobile Learning
"I am helping to change the classroom." That's what Mike Dickson told his grandmother during a telephone conversation when she asked what he did for a living. Dickson...
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Asu Summer Research Internship Exposes Middle School Students to Robotics, Complex Data Collection
A discovery-based, three-day workshop at Arizona State University (ASU) for junior high school students aims to get young adults interested in science, technology...
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Seeking Advice on Women in Science
A hearing of the U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology's Subcommittee on Research and Science Education concluded that while the scientific and engineering...
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U.S. Unveils Cybersecurity Plan
'Intent and timing' may help the federal cyberspace initiative work better than previous blueprints.
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Learning Through Games
Electronic games can inspire players to explore new ideas and concepts. By gaining a better understanding of the dynamic between player and game, researchers hope...
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IT Drives Policy - and Vice Versa
Technologists discuss government policies affecting broadband, patent reform, privacy — and President Obama's effect on it all.
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The 'flat' World Is 'open': How Technology Is Changing Education
A new book by an Indiana University School of Education professor takes a comprehensive look at how Web technology is changing worldwide education. "The World is...
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Computer Games Stretch and Hone Older Brains
Seniors are sharpening their recall and other mental processes at The Brain Emporium, a community center program in Cleveland opened and run by Case Western Reserve...
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DAC Workshops Focus on Design Techniques, Careers, Emerging EDA Apps
ACM's 46th Design Automation Conference (DAC) will give industry professionals an opportunity to learn more about front- and back-end design issues and to participate...
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