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On the Pleasures of Teaching Computer Science Students
On the Pleasures of Teaching Computer Science Students
05.23.2013

A short reflection on the rewarding experience of teaching students at the time of year when students' degrees are awarded.

Progress on Computing in Schools: 2 Countries, 2 States
Progress on Computing in Schools: 2 Countries, 2 States
05.21.2013

Computing is making progress towards becoming a primary and secondary schools subject worldwide.  I report on three personal meetings about …

Computer Science: Catch Them Early
Computer Science: Catch Them Early
05.16.2013

Informatics education for primary and secondary schools

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How Evolution May Help Build Better Robots
How Evolution May Help Build Better Robots
05.24.2013

In the real world, animals have evolved the ability to …

Building Supercomputers with Raspberries
Building Supercomputers with Raspberries
05.24.2013

At some point in the not-too-distant future, building powerful, miniature …

IBM's Watson Tries to Learn...Everything
IBM's Watson Tries to Learn...Everything
05.24.2013

IBM has given Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute an open-ended three-year charter …

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Anatomy of High-Performance Matrix Multiplication

Publication: ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software

Presenting the basic principles that underlie the high-performance implementation of the matrix-matrix multiplication that is part of the widely used GotoBLAS library.

Arabic Natural Language Processing: Challenges and Solutions

Publication: ACM Transactions on Asian Language Information Processing

A description of the challenges facing researchers and developers of natural language processing applications for Arabic text and speech, and some solutions that would guide current and future practitioners in the field.

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Deep Learning Comes of Age
06.01.2013
Deep Learning Comes of Age

Advances on multiple fronts are bringing big improvements to the way computers learn, increasing the accuracy of speech and vision …

Augmented-Reality Glasses Bring Cloud Security Into Sharp Focus
06.01.2013
Augmented-Reality Glasses Bring Cloud Security Into Sharp Focus

The possibility of a new $200-billion-plus industry has cloud security experts bracing for the ramifications.

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