Communications of the ACM
A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Google Think Tank Helps Build Virtual Museum For World Constitutions
The Comparative Constitutions Project has built a new website that offers a collection of constitutions from nations around the world.
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Back to the Future of Computer Science
The first Heidelberg Laureate Forum brought together the brightest minds of the past, the present, and the future in math and computer science.
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Watch Out, Wall Street: Report Says Tech Is Now Nyc's Second-Largest Sector
New York City's economy has traditionally been dominated by finance, real estate, and media.
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Harvard Plans to Boldly Go With 'spocs'
Harvard University is moving beyond massive open online courses to small private online courses.
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The Alan Turing Year Leaves a Rich Legacy
A year-long celebration of the life and work of a man whom many call the founding father of computer science.
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Better Thinking Tools
A new book calls for human-computer interfaces that better support thinking and learning.
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New Computer Program Redefines Interview Preparation
My Automated Conversation Coach is a new interactive program designed to strengthen users' social skills, especially as they pertain to conversations.
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European niversities Catch the Online Wave
Europe is beginning to embrace massive open online courses, which have steadily gained popularity in the United States over the past several years.
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Gold in the Data, but a Shortage of Miners
As the government and private industry increasingly strive to mine huge quantities of data for valuable information, a shortage of big data experts is likely to...
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Ipad App Teaches Students Key Skill For Success in Math, Science, Engineering
Researchers have developed an iPad app designed to help students learn spatial visualization, which is needed to do well in science, math, and engineering.
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Academics Launch Fake Social Network to Get an Inside Look at Chinese Censorship
Harvard University professor Gary King this year launched a social media site to gain firsthand experience of online censorship in China.
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Cryptographers Have an Ethics Problem
Last week, I visited the MIT computer science department looking for a very famous cryptographer.
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Girls-Only Coding Class Looks to Increase Female Tech Startup Presence
Female students at six of Britain's top universities will be able to take a free coding course this academic year.
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Taiwan Chip Industry Powers the Tech World, but Struggles For Status
Tien Wu, chief operating officer of Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, has a problem: the brightest young people in Taiwan do not want to work in the island’s...
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The Boy Genius of lan Bator
Days before I was to meet Battushig Myanganbayar at his home in Mongolia, he sent me an e-mail with a modest request: Would I bring him a pair of tiny XBee wireless...
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Helping Students Crack Computer Science Code
Massachusetts' Beaver Country Day School wants to integrate software programming into all of its subjects.
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Nsa Expands Academic Cyber Initiative
The U.S. National Security Agency has added several universities to its National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations program.
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National Movement Targets Lack of Women, Minorities in Computing
A nationwide movement is under way in the U.S. to encourage women and minorities to enter the field of computer science.
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