The Taj network, funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), has expanded to the Global Ring Network for Advanced Application Development (GLORIAD), and...National Science Foundation From ACM TechNews | October 19, 2009
IDC predicts that by 2013, jobs in information technology (IT) will expand by 5.8 million worldwide, and that 75,000 new businesses will be created during that...eWeek From ACM TechNews | October 19, 2009
At the recent International Conference on Applied Modeling and Information Security Systems, high-performance computing researchers cautioned that worldwide computer...niversity of Alabama at Birmingham From ACM TechNews | October 19, 2009
University of California, Santa Barbara professor Jeff Dozier has received Microsoft Research's second annual Jim Gray eScience Award. The award was created to...niversity of California, Santa Barbara From ACM TechNews | October 19, 2009
Microsoft and researchers from the University of Konstanz in Germany are collaborating to create Videomap, navigation software that incorporates videos of driving...Technology Review From ACM TechNews | October 16, 2009
The National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) says the 2010 NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing will include affiliate award programs in Texas...National Center for Women & Information Technology From ACM TechNews | October 16, 2009
A typical evening at the Hacker Dojo in Mountain View, CA, sometimes looks like chaos — two friends cobbling together a robot out of chips, circuit boards and servo...San Jose Mercury News From ACM News | October 16, 2009
Harvard University researchers have received a $10 million U.S. National Science Foundation grant to create a colony of flying robotic bees called RoboBees. The...Network World From ACM TechNews | October 15, 2009
The U.S. National Science Foundation has given Arizona State University a five-year, $1.25 million grant to create the Modeling Institute, which will pool university...AS News From ACM TechNews | October 15, 2009
North Carolina State University (NCSU) researchers are using a U.S. National Science Foundation grant to adapt the process used in building video games to help...North Carolina State niversity From ACM TechNews | October 15, 2009
The U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded a $2.7 million grant to an eight-state consortium of technology centers and community colleges that is working...The Associated Press From ACM News | October 15, 2009
Virginia Tech has been awarded a $1.25 million five-year contract by the U.S. Department of Energy to develop, manage, and maintain a public Smart Grid Information...Virginia Tech From ACM News | October 15, 2009
A panel of researchers made a case for funding "high risk, high reward" research during a recent hearing of the U.S. House Science and Technology Subcommittee on...Inside Higher Ed From ACM TechNews | October 14, 2009
Can children who do not know how many sides a triangle has get excited about learning math and engineering? Maybe a field trip to an amusement park will do the...The New York Times From ACM News | October 14, 2009
Over the next few years, several Chinese cities aim to add broadband and other services that establish them as "e-cities" or "digital cities." The cities will use...Don Monroe From ACM News | October 14, 2009
A team of wireless researchers and doctors from Rice University and The Methodist Hospital Research Institute have won a $2 million federal grant to design and...Methodist Hospital, Houston From ACM News | October 14, 2009
For the first time, a surgical robot has been used to perform minimally invasive reconstructive surgery on five children whose bladder was dysfunctional because...American College of Surgeons From ACM News | October 7, 2009
A pilot group within the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is months away from creating a global IT education-focused body to address the needs of the industry. ...Computerworld From ACM News | October 13, 2009
It is a rare criticism of elite American university students that they do not think big enough. But that is exactly the complaint from some of the largest technology...The New York Times From ACM News | October 13, 2009
A study from the RAND Corp. suggests the United States should focus on defending critical civilian and military computer networks from cyberattack, but does not...RAND Corp. From ACM TechNews | October 13, 2009