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Google Encourages Developers to Create Art ­sing Code
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Google Encourages Developers to Create Art ­sing Code

Google is helping to promote a global competition to find an up-and-coming software developer artist who pushes the boundaries of art using code. 

Groups Step Up Efforts to Develop More Female It Workers
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Groups Step Up Efforts to Develop More Female It Workers

The National Center for Women in Technology has partnered with the Million Women Mentors to boost female participation in the technology industry. 

Yahoo Expands Research Labs in Search of Personalized, Mobile Experiences
From ACM Careers

Yahoo Expands Research Labs in Search of Personalized, Mobile Experiences

There are many conflicting opinions about what troubled Web giant Yahoo must do to turn itself around, but critics and company leaders at least agree on one thing...

2013 Visualization Challenge
From ACM News

2013 Visualization Challenge

With a Ph.D. in neuroscience and a love of Asian art, it may have been inevitable that Greg Dunn would combine them to create sparse, striking illustrations of...

The Robots That Saved Pittsburgh
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The Robots That Saved Pittsburgh

It's hard to pinpoint the moment Pittsburgh began its three-decade climb back from the dead, but Red Whittaker marks the comeback from the instant he heard the...

'alan Turing: His Work and Impact' Named 2013 Prose Award Winner
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'alan Turing: His Work and Impact' Named 2013 Prose Award Winner

The PROSE Awards, one of the most prestigious competitions in professional and scholarly publishing, praised the work as a fitting tribute to the life of the legendary...

California Threatens Code Boot Camps With the Boot
From ACM TechNews

California Threatens Code Boot Camps With the Boot

California educational regulators reportedly are pressuring several coding boot camps for operating as unlicensed postsecondary educational institutions. 

Scientists Reading Fewer Papers For First Time in 35 Years
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Scientists Reading Fewer Papers For First Time in 35 Years

A 35-year trend of researchers reading ever more scholarly papers seems to have halted.

­a, Google Creating Digital Maps to Help Preserve Cultural Heritage of Russian Community
From ACM TechNews

­a, Google Creating Digital Maps to Help Preserve Cultural Heritage of Russian Community

Researchers are developing digital maps of locations that hold cultural and historic significance to indigenous communities from Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula. 

Conversation App Helps Parents Boost Child's Language
From ACM TechNews

Conversation App Helps Parents Boost Child's Language

Parents with children who struggle to develop their language skills could soon turn to an app designed to provide real-time feedback on parent-child conversations...

Tech's Diversity Problem Is Apparent as Early as High School
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Tech's Diversity Problem Is Apparent as Early as High School

In three states, not a single girl took the Advanced Placement exam in computer science last year. In eight states, no Hispanic students took it. And in 11 states...

Augmented Reality Lifts Awareness of Nature Preservation
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Augmented Reality Lifts Awareness of Nature Preservation

University of Colorado Denver digital design students have created an augmented reality app for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service .

Is Google Cornering the Market on Deep Learning?
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Is Google Cornering the Market on Deep Learning?

How much are a dozen deep-learning researchers worth?

Internet2 Extends Reach to Smaller Colleges and ­niversities
From ACM TechNews

Internet2 Extends Reach to Smaller Colleges and ­niversities

Internet2 recently announced that it is expanding to smaller colleges and universities that have "notable research projects and cyberinfrastructure needs." 

The Holodeck Begins to Take Shape
From ACM TechNews

The Holodeck Begins to Take Shape

Holodecks similar to the simulated-reality rooms seen on "Star Trek" could be available by 2024, according to some scientists and researchers. 

Some Consider Msr India Mecca of Theoretical Computer Science: Jeannette Wing
From ACM TechNews

Some Consider Msr India Mecca of Theoretical Computer Science: Jeannette Wing

In an interview, Microsoft Research's Jeannette M. Wing discusses innovation in India, women in software research, and this year's research trends.

Tacc Addresses Need For ­ser-Friendly, Inexpensive Science Gateways
From ACM TechNews

Tacc Addresses Need For ­ser-Friendly, Inexpensive Science Gateways

The Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) has released version 2.0 of the Agave application programming interface, and Gateway DNA. 

The Race to Buy the Human Brains Behind Deep Learning Machines
From ACM Careers

The Race to Buy the Human Brains Behind Deep Learning Machines

Any aspiring science fiction writer looking for a good protagonist could do worse than ripping off the Wikipedia page for Demis Hassabis.

­dacity Founder: Moocs Can Help the Economy, Even If They Can't Replace College
From ACM Opinion

­dacity Founder: Moocs Can Help the Economy, Even If They Can't Replace College

Sebastian Thrun was instrumental in building Google's self-driving car and Glass projects, and helped launch the company's Google X wing to spearhead "moonshot"...

Netflix-Like Algorithm Drives New College-Finding Tool
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Netflix-Like Algorithm Drives New College-Finding Tool

A computer science doctoral student has developed a recommendation algorithm to help guide high school students in their choice of colleges. 
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