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Tech Hiring Behaviors Are Pushing Women Away, Survey Says
Gender bias during the recruitment process may be discouraging women back from entering the tech industry, according to global…
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Computing Mentorship Program for Girls Wins Second Global Service Award
William & Mary's Society of Women in Computing won ACM's Outstanding Community Service Award for the second year in a row.
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John Urschel Tackles His Lifelong Balance of Math and Football
John Urschel traded a career as a professional football player for the Baltimore Ravens to become a full-time graduate student pursuing a Ph.D. in mathematics at...
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Scientists Help Artificial Intelligence Outsmart Hackers
Researchers at MIT are studying adversarial attacks to better understand why AI systems are susceptible to, and can outsmart, such attacks.
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For People With Disabilities, Accessibility Tech's Still Not All It Could Be
More tech companies are stepping up efforts to make their products and services accessible for people with disabilities. But there's still more work to be done....
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Computer Analysis Shows Pop Music Lyrics Are Angrier, Sadder
Data scientists using quantitative analytics found that expressions of anger and sadness in popular music has increased in recent decades, while the expression...
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Socializing Robots
Heather Knight's research is helping robots collaborate with humans more effectively, a goal of social robotics.
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Action-Focused Language Shapes Childrens' Views of Their Scientific Potential
Action-focused language—instead of identity-focused encouragement—leads children to hold more inclusive beliefs about who can succeed in science, a new study says...
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Veterinary Students' AR App Sparks New Level of Learning
An augmented reality app developed for Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine projects 3D images of horse limbs that students can examine through an iPad.
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How to Tell Whether Machine-Learning Systems Are Robust Enough for the Real World
MIT researchers have devised a method for assessing how robust neural networks are for various tasks, by detecting when the models make mistakes they shouldn't....
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Computer Scientists Develop Dynamic Checklist for Creative Work
Virginia Tech researchers and collaborators at web design startup B12 applied Atul Gawande's checklist concept to creatively driven tasks like writing and programming...
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Computing Education in Steep Decline, Report Warns
Computing education in England is in "steep decline," according to a new report, prompting academics to warn youngsters are now less likely to access a computing...
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Researchers Receive NSF Grant to Study Power Generation from Human Sweat
The U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded a $452,000 grant to engineering faculty at Binghamton University to investigate generating power from human sweat...
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75% of Staff at This Successful IT Company Are on the Autism Spectrum
Ultra Testing, a New York-based software testing and quality assurance startup, employs over 60 workers remotely across 20 states, 75% of whom are on the autism...
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DOE, Cray to Deliver Record-Setting Frontier Supercomputer at ORNL
Cray Inc. will build the Frontier exascale supercomputer based on AMD processors at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The system is expected to debut in 2021 as the...
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Microsoft Launches Visual Studio Online, An Online Code Editor
Microsoft announced the private preview launch of Visual Studio Online, an online code editor positioned as a companion to Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code....
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Amazon Paying to Train Paterson Teachers in Computer Science
Amazon has agreed to pay for computer science training for teachers at every high school in Paterson, N.J., under an initiative designed to expand students' opportunities...
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Where Computer Science Ph.D.s Get Hired Matters More Than Where They Trained
A new study of computer scientists says that when it comes to research output, where Ph.D.s get hired matters more than where they trained.
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Computer Model Suggests Earthquakes Are Triggered Beyond Fluid Injection Zones
A computer model and field experiment data suggest a new link between subsurface injections used in fracking and earthquake activity.
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Trump Signs Executive Order Aimed at Improving Federal Cybersecurity Workforce
President Trump on Thursday (May 2) signed an executive order aimed at improving the cybersecurity workforce within the federal government.