The University of Arkansas has received a $3.3 million National Science Foundation grant to build and support a cyberinfrastructure and to train students and workers...niversity of Arkansas From ACM TechNews | September 9, 2009
In a speech entitled "Learning in a Technology Enhanced World," Open University of the Netherlands professor Marcus Specht will argue that mobile phones are one...Open niversity of the Netherlands From ACM TechNews | September 9, 2009
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports that few students are enrolling in computer science courses, particularly women and minorities. The BLS ranks...SD Times From ACM TechNews | September 9, 2009
Biologist Leroy Hood will be the plenary speaker for the 22nd annual SCO9 conference, which takes place Nov. 14-20, in Portland, Ore. Hood, president and co-founder...Business Wire From ACM TechNews | September 9, 2009
Eight European universities, including the Technical University of Madrid, are participating in the European DynaLearn Project, which is designed to increase student...niversidad Politecnica de Madrid (Spain) From ACM TechNews | September 9, 2009
You've heard about flower power. What about tree power? It turns out that it's there, in small but measurable quantities. There's enough power in trees for University...niversity of Washington From ACM News | September 9, 2009
Synopsys Inc. announced Wednesday (Sept. 9) that the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur is the first institution of higher education in India to receive the...Synopsys From ACM News | September 9, 2009
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has completed implementation of the final phase of a nine year, $180 million contract by installing the...National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration From ACM News | September 8, 2009
Researchers at Purdue University and the Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety are developing computer models to search through the thousands of injury reports...Purdue niversity News From ACM TechNews | September 8, 2009
University of Illinois at Chicago professor Prasid Sistla has received a three-year, $485,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to develop techniques for...niversity of Illinois at Chicago From ACM TechNews | September 8, 2009
Professor G. Anthony Gorry of Rice University's Center for Technology in Teaching and Learning is concerned that our empathy toward other people — and our ability...The Chronicle of Higher Education From ACM TechNews | September 8, 2009
Europe has turned its early belief and investment in the potential of e-Infrastructures and virtual research into a position of strength, especially in e-Science... From ICT Results | September 7, 2009
If manmade devices could be combined with biological machines, laptops and other electronic devices could get a boost in operating efficiency. Lawrence Livermore...Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory From ACM News | September 8, 2009
IBM Japan Ltd. is accelerating the proliferation of cloud computing at universities as part of a global strategy by parent company IBM Corp. aimed at attracting...TradingMarkets.com From ACM News | September 8, 2009
Google Inc.'s newly departed China chief outlined his plans for a technology-incubation company, capitalized with $115 million from several prominent backers. Kai...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | September 8, 2009
Ben Alexander spent nearly every waking minute playing the video game "World of Warcraft." As a result, he flunked out of the University of Iowa.Alexander, 19,...The Associated Press From ACM News | September 24, 2009
A silicon chip about the size of a penny that uses photons to run Shor's algorithm has been developed by a team of researchers at the University of Bristol in the...BBC News From ACM TechNews | September 4, 2009
WikiTrust, developed by University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) researchers, helps users evaluate information published on Wikipedia by automatically assigning...Technology Review From ACM TechNews | September 4, 2009
ACM has submitted comments on the U.S. Department of Education's Race to the Top Fund program that stress the need to ensure the level of support and attention...ACM From ACM TechNews | September 4, 2009
Enigma@home is attempting to break one of three original messages generated by the Enigma machine, which was intercepted by the Allies in 1942. The Enigma M4 machine...Network World From ACM TechNews | September 4, 2009