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Study Reveals Patterns in STEM Grades of Girls Versus Boys
A study of trends in the grades of 1.6 million students found girls and boys perform very similarly in science, technology, engineering, and math classes.
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Inside Facebook's Massive Center Storing Your Personal Information
In a vast, dark room, the lights glow a steady green, blue, yellow. I'm not inside the Matrix, but it's not far off.
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China's Leaders Are Softening Their Stance on AI
China might be at loggerheads with the United States over trade, but it is calling for a friendlier approach to the development of artificial intelligence.
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60 Years of DARPA's Favorite Toys
This year, the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) turned 60. To celebrate, DARPA held a conference in Washington, D.C. One of the highlights...
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States Are Adopting More Computer Science Policies. Are High Schools Keeping p?
U.S. states are increasingly implementing computer science policies, but individual high schools are struggling with actual instruction, according to the nonprofit...
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The Dangers of Automating Social Programs
Is it possible to keep bias out of a social program driven by one or more algorithms?
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The S Push to Boost 'Quantum Computing'
A race by U.S. tech companies to build a new generation of powerful "quantum computers" could get a $1.3 billion boost from Congress, fueled in part by lawmakers' fear...
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Number of Women Studying Computer Skills in .K. Falls by a Third
Fewer female students in the U.K. take the General Certificate of Secondary Education exam in computing or information and communications technology.
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Putting Answers to the Test
A new algorithm creates plausible answers designed to distract students from the correct answer in multiple choice exams.
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One Big Reason Why Women Drop Out of Doctoral STEM Programs
Researchers have found that the fewer women who enter a doctoral program at the same time, the less likely any one of them will graduate within six years.
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Google Grants €530,000 to Boost Irish Computer Science Curriculum Buzz
Google.org, the charitable arm of Google, has provided a €530,000 (US$618,801) grant to Irish NGO Camara Education to double the number of TechSpaces in Irish youth...
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Making Computer Science Accessible
The CSforAll initiative introduced an accessibility pledge to encourage companies and schools to eliminate some of the obstacles to computer science that disabled...
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Summer Computational Modeling Workshop Enriches Minority Students' Education
Students from two historically black institutions spent two weeks this summer learning digital skills from U.S. Department of Energy National Laboratory scientists...
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Many Adults Want to Reskill for Cybersecurity Careers
Many Americans are willing to consider returning to college to pursue a cybersecurity education, according to a recent Champlain College Online survey.
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Role Models Tell Girls That STEM’s for Them in New Campaign
A public service as campaign called "She Can STEM" aims to encourage girls ages 11 to 15 to get involved in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).
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How AI Technology Can Tame the Scientific Literature
When computer scientist Christian Berger's team sought to get its project about self-driving vehicle algorithms on the road, it faced a daunting obstacle.
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Patent Mining Indicates Promising Routes for Research
Using big data tools such as data mining and network analysis, researchers at two entities affiliated with the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil devised a method...
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Team Tackles Computer Science Diversity, Retention
University of Hawaii at Manoa researchers are using a $300,000 grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation to evaluate a new approach to improving student retention...
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Code.Org, CSTA Get Extra Computer Science Courses Through New Partnership
Code.org and the Computer Science Teachers Association have partnered with Pluralsight to bring specially curated online course libraries to thousands of additional...
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