CS Enrollments Rise . . . at the Expense of the Humanities?
A growing proportion of U.S. college students are earning degrees in computer and information sciences, surprising some in academia.
Karen A. Frenkel
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Preparing a Parallel Programming Workforce
As many parallel programmers are aging and retiring, the skill set is increasingly in demand.
Jer Thorp: Data Artist, Question Farmer
Digital artist and designer Jer Thorp finds the art in data.
The Reporting Gap on the Patent Gender Gap
It's hard to tell whether women are obtaining more science and engineering patents than they used to, when several reports on the subject can't seem to agree.
Q&a: Hacker Culture, Coding, and Free Speech
Anthropologist E. Gabriella Coleman, author of Coding Freedom: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Hacking, is fascinated by hacker culture, and with its notion that software should be free and treated as free speech.
Goldwasser and Micali Receive 2012 ACM Turing Award
Shafi Goldwasser and Silvio Micali have been named co-recipients of the 2012 ACM A.M. Turing Award.
Brown MOOC to Lure High School Students to STEM
Brown University will offer a massive open online course (MOOC) aimed at drawing high school students to careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields.
‘caesar’ Conquers Code Review With Crowdsourcing
The Caesar system uses crowdsourcing to take the pain out of reviewing the voluminous code produced by hundreds of students enrolled in introductory computer science classes at MIT.
Chips That Melt in Your Body, Not in Your Hands
Welcome to the brave new world of transient electonics.
ACM's Committee for Women in Computing (ACM-W) is widening its reach to involve women in industry as well as academia, including community college faculty and students.
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