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Engineers, Computer Scientists Team ­p to Improve Particle Simulations For Aerospace, More
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Engineers, Computer Scientists Team ­p to Improve Particle Simulations For Aerospace, More

Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder are using a $3-million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to use advanced supercomputing to improve particle...

Apple vs. Fbi One Year Later: Still Stuck in Limbo
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Apple vs. Fbi One Year Later: Still Stuck in Limbo

It's been a year since Apple fought the FBI over data privacy, and we've barely heard a peep from either side on the issue.

Nae's Newest Members Include 17 Computer Scientists
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Nae's Newest Members Include 17 Computer Scientists

Seventeen computer scientists were among the 84 new members and 22 new foreign members recently announced by The National Academy of Engineering. 

Being Black in Tech Can Cost You $10k a Year
From ACM TechNews

Being Black in Tech Can Cost You $10k a Year

African-American technology workers receive an average $10,000 less annually than whites in New York and San Francisco, according to a survey from the Hired online...

Stanford's Women in Data Science Conference Reaches Worldwide Audience
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Stanford's Women in Data Science Conference Reaches Worldwide Audience

The second annual Women in Data Science conference, held last week at Stanford University in California by the Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering...

Kingston ­niversity to Explore How Drones, Smart Wristbands, and Cameras Could Transform Future of Concert Security
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Kingston ­niversity to Explore How Drones, Smart Wristbands, and Cameras Could Transform Future of Concert Security

Researchers will investigate how networked drones, smart wristbands, and body-mounted video cameras could enhance concert security.

Stanford Research Shows That Anyone Can Become an Internet Troll
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Stanford Research Shows That Anyone Can Become an Internet Troll

Researchers have investigated whether Internet trolls are innately sociopathic or combative individuals, or if situational factors can influence ordinary people...

Turbocharging Science
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Turbocharging Science

The National Center for Atmospheric Research has commenced operations of the new Cheyenne supercomputer, one of the world's most powerful and energy-efficient systems...

Su Professors Receive Air Force Grant to Research Complex Datasets
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Su Professors Receive Air Force Grant to Research Complex Datasets

Syracuse University researchers have received a grant from the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research to build a distributed graphics processing unit-accelerated...

Tech vs. Trump War Over Immigration Intensifies
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Tech vs. Trump War Over Immigration Intensifies

Shortly after his election victory, Donald Trump assembled executives from tech giants including Amazon, Apple and Google for a meeting at Trump Tower meant to...

Army, Industry Computer Scientists Gather For 'hackathon'
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Army, Industry Computer Scientists Gather For 'hackathon'

Researchers at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory's Network Science Collaborative Technology Alliance (NSCTA) recently held the first hackathon at the Adelphi Laboratory...

NCSES Publishes Latest Women, Minorities, and Persons With Disabilities in Science and Engineering Report
From ACM TechNews

NCSES Publishes Latest Women, Minorities, and Persons With Disabilities in Science and Engineering Report

The U.S. National Science Foundation's National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics has published a report quantifying the underrepresentation of women...

CS­ Professor Starts Club to Combat Stereotypes Against Women in Computer Sciences
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CS­ Professor Starts Club to Combat Stereotypes Against Women in Computer Sciences

The computer science program at Colorado State University is making a concentrated effort to attract female students and create a more diverse and welcoming environment...

­nhappy Developers Lead to Bad Code and Bad Processes
From ACM TechNews

­nhappy Developers Lead to Bad Code and Bad Processes

Researchers at the University of Stuttgart in Germany have found unhappy developers adversely affect the development process and software products.

Tech Scrambles After Trump Issues Immigration Order
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Tech Scrambles After Trump Issues Immigration Order

President Donald Trump's broad executive order to restrict visas and refugees particularly from Muslim countries left tech giants like Apple, Facebook, Google and...

It's Not the Algorithm, It's the Data
From Communications of the ACM

It's Not the Algorithm, It's the Data

In risk assessment and predictive policing, biased data can yield biased results.

What Better Way For the Marines to Prepare For Future Wars Than With Sci-Fi?
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What Better Way For the Marines to Prepare For Future Wars Than With Sci-Fi?

Lance Cpl. Steven West steps into a remote enemy hideout clad in a 350-pound exoskeleton, sensors piercing the darkness and displaying digital info on his helmet...

In 2017, China Is Doubling Down on AI
From ACM News

In 2017, China Is Doubling Down on AI

This year, China looks set to make larger waves than ever in artificial intelligence and augmented reality.

Rice Has Role in New $250m Robotics Manufacturing Institute
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Rice Has Role in New $250m Robotics Manufacturing Institute

Rice University will be among 40 academic partners working to create, deploy robotic technology.

Research Led By Clemson ­niversity Could Help Revolutionize Transportation
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Research Led By Clemson ­niversity Could Help Revolutionize Transportation

Researchers at Clemson University's new Center for Connected Multimodal Mobility aim to improve the mobility of people and goods and explore how the emerging Internet...
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