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Nasa Asks Scientific Community to Think on Possible Europa Lander Instruments
NASA is asking scientists to consider what would be the best instruments to include on a mission to land on Jupiter's icy moon, Europa.
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Artificial Intelligence Course Creates AI Teaching Assistant
A team of researchers has developed a virtual teacher's assistant, called Jill Watson, using technologies from IBM's Watson platform.
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How Nasa Visualizes Stunning Worlds Without Really Seeing Them
Everyone likes a good space photo.
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A Robot Revolution, This Time in China
Even a decade ago, car manufacturing in China was still a fairly low-tech, labor-intensive endeavor.
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ci Calteach and Ics Partner With Google to Train Computer Science Teachers
A new partnership aims to address the shortage of computer science teachers by developing a training program for pre-service math and science educators.
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Jennifer Rexford Announced As 2017 Ncwit Harrold and Notkin Award Recipient
The award recognizes faculty members from non-profit institutions who distinguish themselves with outstanding research and excellent graduate mentoring, as well...
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In Memoriam Harry D. Huskey 1916-2017
Huskey's work included building innovative hardware and novel software, and educating computer scientists worldwide.
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Planetariums, Not Just For Kids
Most researchers think of planetariums, if they think of them at all, as a place to take schoolchildren for whizzy trips through the stars, with nothing to offer...
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How to Prepare For an Automated Future
We don't know how quickly machines will displace people's jobs, or how many they'll take, but we know it's happening—not just to factory workers but also to ...
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Computer Scientists Have Created the Most Accurate Digital Model of a Human Face
Imperial College London researchers have automated the generation of three-dimensional morphable models used to represent human faces.
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Hubert L. Dreyfus, Philosopher of the Limits of Computers, Dies at 87
A philosopher who believed humans will always be smarter.
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Meet the People Who Train the Robots (to Do Their Own Jobs)
What if part of your job became teaching a computer everything you know about doing someone's job—perhaps your own?
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Rice's Lydia Kavraki Wins ACM Athena Lecturer Award
Rice University professor and ACM Fellow Lydia Kavraki will receive this year's ACM Athena Lecturer Award.
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Cuny Tutor Program Highlights Math, CS Careers to Nyc Students
A City University of New York program helps public school students learn science and math, and provides them with role models.
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Artificial Intelligence Expert Shares His Vision of the Future of Education
University of Idaho professor Joseph Qualls says he envisions education being transformed by artificial intelligence.
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Geeks V Government: The Battle Over Public Key Cryptography
Two graduate students stood silently beside a lectern, listening as their professor presented their work to a conference.
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Scientific Discovery Game Significantly Speeds p Neuroscience Research Process
Mozak is a new scientific discovery game enabling citizen scientists to generate three-dimensional reconstructions of neurons in different regions of human and...
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Can Facebook Fix Its Own Worst Bug?
In early January, I went to see Mark Zuckerberg at MPK20, a concrete-and-steel building on the campus of Facebook's headquarters, which sits across a desolate highway...
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