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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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Vexed in the City: Starved For Tech Talent and Yet Nobody to Hire?
Darin Wedel made headlines in 2012 when his wife, Jennifer, asked President Barack Obama during a Google+ Hangout why her husband was still out of work while H-1B...
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Why Teaching Grandmothers to Code Isn't a Crazy Idea
The same efforts to teach youngsters coding and entrepreneurship should be extended to older workers and retired people, writes Stanford University fellow Vivek...
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Computing's Narrow Focus May Hinder Women's Participation
More women pursue fields in which computing is part of a larger context.
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Computer Science Professor Awarded Grant to Study Cooperative Behavior
A University of New Mexico computer science professor has received a six-year, $450,000-grant to study how cooperative behavior emerges in complex systems.
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Google Introduces Kids to Coding Through Blockly Games Project
Google has developed a collection of online Blockly Games designed to help engage children in their first efforts at programming.
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Brazilian Animator Visits Vancouver Siggraph Technology Conference via Robot
Bedridden Paulo Henrique Machado is given ‘the freedom I physically can’t have.’
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nique Games Conjecture Results in Nevanlinna Prize
Theoretical computer scientist Subhash Khot is recognized for his "prescient definition of the ‘Unique Games’ problem" and for "leading the effort to understand...
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No Boys Allowed: Girls Who Code Takes on Gender Gap
The nonprofit Girls Who Code's summer program has grown from 20 girls in one classroom in 2012 to 380 girls in classrooms at 16 companies across the country.
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A Grand Vision For the Impossible
Subhash Khot's bold conjecture is helping mathematicians explore the precise limitations of computation.
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STEM Partnerships Connect Students to Schools and Libraries
Public libraries have started partnering with local schools to provide science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education to students. A recent survey...
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Can an Armadillo Paper Airplane Fly? Autodesk Says Yes
We've all made the standard paper airplane, that elongated triangle made up of six simple folds.
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Augmented Reality Gives Physical World a Vrtual Dimension
For some it seems, the world is not enough.
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Alternative STEM Programs Offer Early Career Prep For Students
The Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program's Summer Bridge program included more than 20 high school students who took college-level math courses and interned...
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Who's Teaching the Computer Science Teachers?
Introducing computer science to students early in their educational careers will require teachers who are trained to teach it.
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Arrogance Is Good: In Defense of Silicon Valley
Sam Altman sits behind his desk with his knees pulled up to his chest, eating dried apricots.
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C'mon Girls, Let's Program a Better Tech Industry
According to one professor, females' perception of information and communication technology is a key reason many women and girls do not enter the field.
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Nyc Schools to Use Video Games to Teach Computer Coding
Scalable Game Design, a program that teaches kids to code using video games, is being introduced into New York City public schools.
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Security Secrets, Dated but Real
Was the National Cryptologic Museum designed using a code of some kind?
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Where Tech Is Taking s: A Conversation With Intel's Genevieve Bell
Genevieve Bell grew up among Aboriginal people in Australia, taught anthropology at Stanford and for the past 16 years has worked for Intel.
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