Amazon Future Engineer also launched the Amazon Cyber Robotics Challenge, a coding competition that teaches the basics of computer science in the context of a real...telecompaper From ACM News | September 15, 2020
ACM's eighth annual Study of Non-Doctoral Granting Departments in Computing offers a sweeping assessment of undergraduate computing education.
ACM From ACM TechNews | September 11, 2020
Boosting diversity in the computer science field remains a challenge even after years of effort. A growing focus on universities may deliver results.
Samuel Greengard Commissioned by CACM Staff From ACM News | September 8, 2020
In partnership with NASA, Smithsonian Learning Labs, and others, the lessons use space exploration, museums, and popular movies to teach the principles of programming...TechRepublic From ACM News | September 4, 2020
Missing documentation and obsolete environments force participants in the Ten Years Reproducibility Challenge to get creative.
Nature From ACM News | August 26, 2020
Carrie Shaw's struggle with her mother's dementia led her to create a company that allows users to experience the struggles of growing older.
The New York Times From ACM News | August 24, 2020
The British government has changed its strategy of using an algorithm to estimate how students would have performed on A-level college admissions exams after results...The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | August 19, 2020
The pandemic has prompted more companies to replace workers with robots and artificial intelligence to reduce the spread of Covid-19 in the workplace and lower...Time From ACM TechNews | August 18, 2020
Surveillance technology deployed in schools to prevent or contain coronavirus infection raises issues about its effectiveness, as well as its post-pandemic applications...The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | August 12, 2020
A national mentoring program in Israel aims to encourage girls currently enrolled in technologically oriented classes in school to pursue positions in the field...The Jerusalem Post From ACM TechNews | August 3, 2020
Hundreds of universities across the United States are poised to reopen their campuses this fall with a mix of online and in-person courses. Academics are dismayed...Science From ACM Careers | July 24, 2020
Experts agree technology causes some negative behaviors, but they are divided on how bad the problem is.
Logan Kugler From Communications of the ACM | August 1, 2020
Google has launched new online certificate programs in data analytics, project management, and user experience design, through the online learning platform Coursera...CNBC From ACM TechNews | July 20, 2020
U.S. colleges are racing to contain the Covid-19 pandemic with technology including contact-tracing applications and facial recognition, prompting concerns about...The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | July 16, 2020
Researchers have found that technical interviews for many software engineering positions do not focus on whether the candidate is competent at coding, but whether...NC State University News From ACM TechNews | July 15, 2020
The Trump administration said it would no longer require foreign students to attend in-person classes during the coronavirus pandemic in order to remain in the...The New York Times From ACM News | July 15, 2020