Communications of the ACM
Biggest Brands Embrace an Obscure Online Subculture
For years, the "Extremely Online" have shared the latest Internet memes and inside jokes. Now companies are doing the same.
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La Trobe University Swaps Textbooks for VR, AR
La Trobe University will swap out textbooks for augmented reality and virtual reality to teach anatomy as part of a 12-week pilot program.
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Teen Hackers Try to Convince Parents They Are Up to Good
U.S. teenagers are forming hacking clubs and attempting to persuade their parents and teachers that hacking is not necessarily a malign vocation.
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Women in STEM: No Simple Answers
National averages of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) professions vary greatly, for many reasons.
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Ready, Set, Algorithms! Teams Learn AI by Racing Cars
Amazon Web Services developed the DeepRacer League, a competition designed to teach a branch of artificial intelligence known as reinforcement learning.
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The CS Teacher Shortage
How can we fill more computer science classrooms when there just aren't enough teachers to go around?
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Aristotle Award Presentation TECHCON 2019
The Aristotle Award was initiated in 1995 to recognize professors who best contribute to the development of the industry's most valuable resource, its human resource...
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Theoretical Computer Scientist Receives Waterman Award
Mark Braverman is the third theoretical scientist in a decade to be honored with the Waterman Award.
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Computing 'Boot Camp' is Showing that 'Anyone Can Be a Coder'
School of Code is a U.K.-based startup that offers 15 weeks of free training at a "boot camp" for computer programming.
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States Boost Computer Science Education Efforts
A new study found that only 45% of U.S. high schools offer classes in computer science, and that girls and minorities are underrepresented in those classes.
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One in Five U.K. Schools Says Students Have Broken Into Computer Systems
A cybersecurity audit found 21% of 430 U.K. schools had their computers, networks, or servers hacked by students.
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Schools Pushed for Tech in Every Classroom. Now Parents Are Pushing Back.
U.S. schools have made huge technology investments in the last 10 years, but now parents and educators question whether the effect of technology on education has...
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Why Mastercard Is Betting on Middle School Girls to Detect Cyberthreats
Mastercard's Girls4Tech program aims to inspire middle school girls worldwide to pursue careers in cybersecurity and artificial intelligence, with the goal of recruiting...
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AI System Passed an Eighth-Grade Science Test
The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence introduced an artificial intelligence system that successfully passed an eighth-grade multiple-choice science test...
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Companies Use Cyber Ranges to Practice Security Skills
U.S. companies and universities are developing cybersecurity training facilities that model real-world networks and scenarios to educate staff and evaluate theories...
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People Do Grammar Bad. Google's AI is Hear Too Help.
Google has launched an artificial intelligence-powered tool that automatically detects grammar mistakes while messages are being composed in Gmail, and auto-corrects...
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Software Engineering Grads Lack Skills Startups Need
The present state of software engineering education at universities does not meet the needs of technology-based software startups, according to a new study.
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Girls Now More Than 20% of Computing GCSE Entries
The number of girls in the U.K. choosing to take computing at the General Certificate of Secondary Education level increased this year, with girls now making up...
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How One City Saved $5 Million by Routing School Buses With an Algorithm
An algorithm developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology won a competition to determine the best solution for busing 25,000 students to Boston schools...
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An Inability to Reproduce
Big data and modern analytics offer enormous possibilities for research, provided scientists can produce consistent results.
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