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Tech giants have dramatically ramped up charitable giving to university campuses over the past several years, giving them "soft…
The Washington Post| December 8, 2023
A study by the U.K.'s Department of Education found that 10-to-30% of occupations can be automated by AI and identified those most at risk, with many being white...ZDNET From ACM Careers | December 8, 2023
COBOL is one of the top mainframe programming languages in use, but most schools and universities have not taught COBOL in decades.
PC Magazine From ACM TechNews | December 8, 2023
Hanan Samet was honored with the inaugural Lifetime Impact Award from ACM’s Special Interest Group on Spatial Information (SIGSPATIAL).
University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies From ACM TechNews | December 8, 2023
An analysis of millions of papers shows that far-flung collaborators produce fewer foundational discoveries than groups working together in person.
Nature From ACM Careers | December 7, 2023
Kiri Wagstaff, a computer science instructor at Oregon State University, is working in Washington, D.C. this academic year as an artificial intelligence advisor...Oregon State University From ACM Careers | December 7, 2023
The U.K. government has raised the minimum salary threshold for overseas workers by nearly 50%, threatening research teams hoping to bring in foreign talent.
Computing From ACM Careers | December 6, 2023
In a hiring freeze that CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski attributes to the rise of AI, Swedish fintech firm Klarna is no longer recruiting staff beyond its engineering...The Next Web From ACM Careers | December 6, 2023
The gender disparity in those pursuing STEM careers persists among young people ranging from tweens to recent grads, new data shows.
Axios From ACM Careers | December 5, 2023
Developers recognize generative AI as a powerful productivity tool, but it could also make their jobs more complicated by adding to code sprawl and technical debt...ZDNET From ACM Careers | December 4, 2023
Thousands of faculty members who were teaching mechanical, civil, electrical, and electronics engineering are said to have lost jobs in the last year as colleges...The Times of India From ACM Careers | December 4, 2023
More universities are integrating gaming into STEM courses, adding elements from video games such as badges, leaderboards, and tokens.
Inside Higher Ed From ACM Careers | December 1, 2023
The person writing a piece of code shouldn't buy convenience at the expense of the people who will have to read it and modify it in the future.
olano.dev From ACM Careers | December 1, 2023
Satish Puri at Missouri University of Science and Technology is working with petabytes of digital, primarily geospatial data to find the best ways to run queries...Missouri University of Science and Technology From ACM Careers | November 30, 2023
In February 2003, with only two weeks until the Spirit Mars Rover was delivered for launch operations in Florida, I made a mistake that may have created a $500M...Chris Lewicki From ACM Careers | November 30, 2023
Amazon is rolling out a free training program of eight courses that aim to provide basic to advanced skills in artificial intelligence to at least two million people...The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | November 29, 2023
The United States has the highest demand-supply talent gap among global tech leaders in 2023, at 34%-to-36%, followed by the U.K., with a 30%-to-32% gap, according...NASSCOM From ACM Careers | November 29, 2023
Forty-five percent of workers would be willing to accept a pay cut in exchange for remote work flexibility, and a fifth would be willing to accept a 16% to 33%...University of South Australia From ACM Careers | November 29, 2023
Despite some high-profile setbacks, the field of superconductivity is enjoying something of a renaissance, researchers say.
Nature From ACM Careers | November 20, 2023
South Korea should adopt a more systematic approach to educating artificial intelligence specialists, as the country lags other Asian and global peers in the number...The Korea Times From ACM Careers | November 20, 2023