Communications of the ACM
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Radical Programming School '42' Still Solving for the Skills Gap
The radical educational experiment is geared to solving the tech industry's chronic shortage of skilled programmers.
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Program Promotes Women in Expanding Robotics Fields
Girls of Steel is a K-12 program designed to promote science, technology, engineering, and math subjects to girls through mentoring and robotics competition.
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Through Hip-Hop and Dance, This Nonprofit Teaches Girls of Color How to Code
Weekly danceLogic classes offered by Philadelphia’s West Park Cultural Center include one hour of dance instruction and practice, followed by an hour of coding....
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China's Virtual Reality Arcades Aim for Real-World Success
China holds great market potential for virtual reality and augmented reality.
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Student Demand for Computer Science Straining W-Madison Department Resources
The growth in University of Wisconsin-Madison student demand for computer science is resulting in difficulty finding lecture halls large enough to accommodate all...
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Middle East Countries Accelerate Quantum Computing Research
Universities in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates have launched quantum computing research groups to foster homegrown knowledge of the technology...
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Study Awarded Top Paper of Past 50 Years
The ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education cited new research as the top paper of the past 50 years.
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Computer Science Has Genuine Rock Star: Xia Zhou
Xia Zhou, Associate Professor of Computer Science at Dartmouth College, has been awarded the ACM SIGMOBILE's RockStar Award.
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Elisa Bertino Named ACM Athena Lecturer
The researcher's achievements include significant advances to mobile security.
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Parents of Girls, Low-Income Students Less Likely to rge Kids to Study Computers
Parents of female and lower-income students are less likely to encourage their children to major in computer science than parents of male students and those in...
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The Fine Line Between Coercion and Care
Employers monitoring their workforce must balance productivity and security considerations with employee privacy and welfare concerns.
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Massachusetts School Recognized for Diversity in Computer Science
Saugus High School in Massachusetts has earned the first College Board Advanced Placement Computer Science Female Diversity Award.
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Moshe Vardi on Social Implications of Technology and Our Responsibility As Academics
Rice University computer science professor Moshe Y. Vardi talks about the impact of technologies on society, and how this challenges what computer science should...
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Prisoners in England to Be Taught to Code
The U.K. government will fund a program in which "carefully vetted" prisoners will be taught software coding.
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NSW, Sydney ni Join Quantum Powers to Prove Qubit Theory
Researchers in Australia are combining their quantum computing powers, uniting methods designed by researchers at each university to prove their feasibility.
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Top .S. niversities Shun Cash From Huawei nder Trump Pressure
Pressure from Congress and the Trump administration has forced top U.S. universities to refuse research funding from China's Huawei Technologies over national security...
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Stanford Helped Pioneer Artificial Intelligence. Now the University Wants to Put Humans at Its Center.
A Stanford University scientist coined the term artificial intelligence. Others at the university created some of the most significant applications of it, such...
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Diversity in Tech: How One VC Firm Is Partnering With Historically Black Colleges to Address the Pipeline Issue
Unusual Ventures this summer will launch a program designed to increase the number of black students working in technical internships.
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Chinese Children Take to Coding Amid Country's Lofty Goals in AI
China's ambitions to become unparalleled in artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies are reflected in Chinese children's increasing enrollment in...
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