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Yahoo! laid off people. Unlike every previous time there have been layoffs, this is serious for Yahoo! Research.
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Possible Hadoop Trajectories
Hadoop has spread rapidly in the last few years as a platform for parallel computation in Java, but we believe a lot of improvement will be required for serious production use in the science domain of a large national laboratory…
No, Maybe, Yes, Obviously: Telling the Future the Past
The Kubler-Ross model of the stages of grief — denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance — is sometimes an apt description of the culture change required when technology transitions occur. High-performance computing…
The Call to Teach Computing to Everyone
Major media sites are exploring the idea of teaching computer science to everyone, as a requirement for understanding one's world.
Hot Job Market for Computer Science Graduates
The newest U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projections predict that the already hot job market for computing professionals will become even hotter this decade.
Turing's Sunflowers
It's the Turing Centenary Year. Why not plant a sunflower to celebrate? Manchester University, Manchester Science Festival and the Museum of Science and Industry are asking people to grow sunflowers and count the number of spirals…
Using 'Averages' While Thinking About Social Behavior? That's Probably Wrong!
Using "averages" as a metric while thinking about Social Systems is probably wrong.
Curriculum Standards Efforts Are Important: Help Reduce Committee Battles
Curriculum standards efforts are important. They help bootstrap new departments, and they help reduce pervasive curriculum committee battles.
NITRD 20: A Day in Your Life
Progress in information technology over the past 20 years has dramatically changed our lives — in our daily routine, at play, and at work.
Happy 20th Birthday to NITRD!
The theme of NITRD's 20th birthday symposium was to recognize that in just 20 years, computing research has made astounding progress and has had an astounding impact on our lives, setting us up for an even more amazing future…
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