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A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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The Man Who Made Online College Work
Years before Covid, Zvi Galil launched Georgia Tech's successful online master's in computer science. Is Zoom U. the future?
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Microsoft Targets 50,000 Jobs with LinkedIn 'Re-skilling' Effort
Microsoft said it will hire 50,000 people for jobs requiring technology skills over the next three years, as part of a broader campaign with LinkedIn to re-skill...
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Higher Education Readies for a Quantum Leap
The nascent quantum industry is calling on higher education to begin preparing a quantum workforce with a broader, less specialized range of technical skills.
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The Worsening State of Ransomware
Sophisticated, dangerous ransomware is the new normal … and there is no simple fix.
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Learning Apps Have Boomed in the Pandemic. Now Comes the Real Test.
Start-ups hope there's no turning back for online learning, even as more students return to the classroom.
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AI Can Stop the Cybersickness Some People Get When Using VR Headsets
Researchers at U.K. startup Kagenova have developed a system that can reduce nausea or cybersickness induced by virtual reality.
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Valuing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Computing Community
Improving diversity is everybody’s job.
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This 'One-Stop Shop' Aims to Create a Roadmap for Security Careers
The U.K. Cyber Security Council aims to serve as a "one-stop shop" for people seeking careers in information security.
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In Memoriam: Ronald E. Anderson, 1941-2020
Better known as a sociologist than a computer scientist, Anderson specialized in secondary data analysis—finding new uses for data collected for another purpose...
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Can the Biases in Facial Recognition Be Fixed; Also, Should They?
Many facial recognition systems used by law enforcement are shot through with biases. Can anything be done to make them fair and trustworthy?
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Edmund M. Clarke (1945–2020)
Edmund Melson Clarke, Jr., a celebrated American academic who developed methods for mathematically proving the correctness of computer systems, died on December...
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Scientists Develop Computational Approach to Understand How Infants Perceive Language
A team of cognitive scientists and computational linguists has developed a modeling framework based on large-scale simulation of infants' language learning process...
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F-35's Buggy Software Prompts Pentagon to Call in Universities
The Pentagon is consulting with U.S. universities to evaluate software on aerospace company Lockheed Martin's F-35 fighter jet in the hope of correcting the buggy...
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Helping NASA Return to the Moon
Charlie Blackwell-Thompson is the first woman to serve as launch director for the U.S. space agency.
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How to Train a Robot (Using AI and Supercomputers)
Computer scientists are using generative adversarial networks to train robots about objects.
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Technological Responses to COVID-19
Companies are finding new ways to enforce social distancing, clean public spaces, and provide substitutes for human workers.
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How England Implemented its Computer Science Education Program
Computer science concepts have been part of the official English curriculum for over a decade, but reforms have encouraged wider participation in the last six years...
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10 Most 'Disruptive' IT Jobs in the Year Ahead
Software company Burning Glass Technologies projected quantum computing and connected technologies will be among the 10 most "disruptive" information technology...
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A Quick Look Under the Skin
Researchers have developed self-learning algorithms that can help analyze medical image data.
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