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A Degree Where Techie Meets Business Smarts
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A Degree Where Techie Meets Business Smarts

Science and technology graduates increasingly are pursuing a hybrid professional science master's degree to broaden their career opportunities. 

ACM Turing Award Goes to Pioneer Who Advanced Reliability and Consistency of Computing Systems
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ACM Turing Award Goes to Pioneer Who Advanced Reliability and Consistency of Computing Systems

Microsoft's Lamport Contributed to Theory and Practice of Building Distributed Computing Systems that Work

IBM Nurtures Mainframe Workforce With World Championship
From ACM TechNews

IBM Nurtures Mainframe Workforce With World Championship

IBM recently announced its first-ever "Master the Mainframe" world championship.

Careers in Statistics Evolve and Expand
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Careers in Statistics Evolve and Expand

Workers with statistics backgrounds have long been in healthy demand for academic, actuarial, pharmaceutical, or government jobs.

All Hacking Eyes on the Prize Money at Cansecwest
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All Hacking Eyes on the Prize Money at Cansecwest

When it comes to hacking, it turns out that greed really is good.

Researchers Exchange Mooc Results in Learning@scale Conference
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Researchers Exchange Mooc Results in Learning@scale Conference

Nearly 200 attendees from both computer science and learning science met to exchange research on MOOCs at the first annual ACM Learning@Scale Conference in Atlanta...

Women of Color Nurture Minority Girls' Interest in STEM
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Women of Color Nurture Minority Girls' Interest in STEM

Women represent a small fraction of those in science, technology, engineering, and math, and minority women even less, a National Science Foundation study finds...

Stanford Students Show Phone Record Surveillance Can Yield Vast Amounts of Information
From ACM News

Stanford Students Show Phone Record Surveillance Can Yield Vast Amounts of Information

The National Security Agency's mass surveillance of telephone metadata could yield detailed information about the private lives of individuals far beyond what the...

Soft Robotic Fish Moves Like the Real Thing
From ACM News

Soft Robotic Fish Moves Like the Real Thing

Soft robots—which don’t just have soft exteriors but are also powered by fluid flowing through flexible channels—have become a sufficiently popular research topic...

Women in It: The Next Generation
From ACM TechNews

Women in It: The Next Generation

The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory is working to improve the image of computer science by training the next generation of STEM workers.

Oscar-Winning Visual Effects Mastermind Behind Gravity, Talks Physics Lessons, Nasa Imagery, and Defining the Art of Cg 'weightlessness' in Space
From ACM Opinion

Oscar-Winning Visual Effects Mastermind Behind Gravity, Talks Physics Lessons, Nasa Imagery, and Defining the Art of Cg 'weightlessness' in Space

Tim Webber is a visual effects supervisor who has worked on an array of critically acclaimed blockbusters.

It's Cool to Be a Geek, Eu Tells Women
From ACM TechNews

It's Cool to Be a Geek, Eu Tells Women

The European Commission has created a new campaign to attract women to the information and communications technology sector. 

Linux Foundation to Offer Introductory Linux Mooc on Edx
From ACM TechNews

Linux Foundation to Offer Introductory Linux Mooc on Edx

The Linux Foundation plans to offer a Linux development course on edX, the massive open online course platform developed by MIT and Harvard University.  

Successful Silicon Valley Women Star in Stanford Video Series Urging Young Women to Get Into Computing
From ACM TechNews

Successful Silicon Valley Women Star in Stanford Video Series Urging Young Women to Get Into Computing

A volunteer group of female undergraduates at Stanford University has created a series of motivational videos to encourage young women to enter computer science...

The Quantified Computer Scientist: Larry Smarr on the Future of Medicine
From ACM News

The Quantified Computer Scientist: Larry Smarr on the Future of Medicine

A conversation with computer scientist Larry Smarr

The First Woman to Get a Ph.d. in Computer Science From MIT
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The First Woman to Get a Ph.d. in Computer Science From MIT

Irene Greif talks to The Atlantic about her life and legacy.

Digital Ears in the Rainforest: Estimating Dynamics of Animal Populations By Using Sound Recordings and Computing
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Digital Ears in the Rainforest: Estimating Dynamics of Animal Populations By Using Sound Recordings and Computing

A team of researchers is developing a system to estimate the dynamics of animal populations by using sound recordings, statistics, and scientific computing. 

Interviewing the Algorithm
From ACM News

Interviewing the Algorithm

Often, when there's talk about algorithms and journalism, the focus is on how to use algorithms to help publishers share content better and make more money.

Women Talk Tech and Careers in Computer Science
From ACM TechNews

Women Talk Tech and Careers in Computer Science

Women from 32 countries attended the womENcourage conference Saturday at Manchester University to encourage women in the field of computer science. 

New Report Presents Recommendations and Initiatives to Address CS Education Challenges
From ACM TechNews

New Report Presents Recommendations and Initiatives to Address CS Education Challenges

A new ACM report urges states to provide more opportunities for students to gain the skills and knowledge needed to compete for high-wage computing positions. 
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