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Before These Astronauts Take Starliner to Space, They're Training in VR
From ACM TechNews

Before These Astronauts Take Starliner to Space, They're Training in VR

Crew members for the Boeing CST-100 Starliner are training for pre-launch, docking, and landing using a new virtual reality system.

The Quantum Threat
From Communications of the ACM

The Quantum Threat

Cryptographers are developing algorithms to ensure security in a world of quantum computing.

For a Day, Scientists Pause Science to Confront Racism
From ACM News

For a Day, Scientists Pause Science to Confront Racism

Scholars said they would not hold classes or lectures on Wednesday, and leading journals and scientific associations said they would not announce most breakthroughs...

Don’t Kid Yourself: Online Lectures Are Here to Stay
From ACM News

Don’t Kid Yourself: Online Lectures Are Here to Stay

The economic forces are too powerful for virtual instruction to go away after the pandemic. The important question is who will benefit financially, a Cornell economist...

Hiring from the Autism Spectrum
From Communications of the ACM

Hiring from the Autism Spectrum

Companies increasingly are looking to hire people who are on the autism spectrum to fill IT roles.

Pandemic Spike in AI Learning--and What It Means For Schools
From ACM TechNews

Pandemic Spike in AI Learning--and What It Means For Schools

The learning platform edX has seen its enrollments increase tenfold while its computer science offerings increase ninefold over the past few months, fueled by the...

Trump Administration Weighs Suspending Program for Foreign Students
From ACM News

Trump Administration Weighs Suspending Program for Foreign Students

The Trump administration may suspend OPT, a program for foreign students to stay in the U.S. to get 1 or 2 years of occupational training after their educations...

Women CS Graduates Surpass Record Set 17 Years Ago
From ACM News

Women CS Graduates Surpass Record Set 17 Years Ago

But percentages lag behind.

Keeping Online Testing Honest? Or an Orwellian Overreach?
From ACM News

Keeping Online Testing Honest? Or an Orwellian Overreach?

The rise of proctoring software to deter cheating alarms privacy advocates. Some students and professors find it invasive, too.

My Battle with COVID-19
From ACM Opinion

My Battle with COVID-19

Azer Bestavros, associate provost for computing and data sciences at Boston University, describes the toll his month-long ordeal with the coronavirus took on his...

Body Swap
From ACM News

Body Swap

Augmented Reality systems allow you to learn by embodying an expert.

AI Enables Teachers to Rapidly Develop Intelligent Tutoring Systems
From ACM TechNews

AI Enables Teachers to Rapidly Develop Intelligent Tutoring Systems

Carnegie Mellon University researchers have created an artificial intelligence-based technique to help educators rapidly develop intelligent computerized tutoring...

Programming Languages: Kotlin Rises Fastest but JavaScript Lures Millions More Developers
From ACM TechNews

Programming Languages: Kotlin Rises Fastest but JavaScript Lures Millions More Developers

Kotlin has been the fastest-growing programming language over the past two years, according to developer analyst SlashData.

COBOL Programmers are Back In Demand. Seriously.
From ACM News

COBOL Programmers are Back In Demand. Seriously.

States race to upgrade their legacy mainframe systems to meet the cascade of unemployment claims caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Silicon Valley is Racing to Build the Next Version of the Internet. Fortnite Might Get There First.
From ACM News

Silicon Valley is Racing to Build the Next Version of the Internet. Fortnite Might Get There First.

In recent years, there's been serious talk about how to build the Metaverse, the next version of the Internet, and who will build it first.

With Coronavirus Closing Schools, Here's How Video Games are Helping Teachers
From ACM TechNews

With Coronavirus Closing Schools, Here's How Video Games are Helping Teachers

The quarantine caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted teachers to utilize popular video games to conduct lessons on a range of topics.

Toward Computers That Teach Themselves
From ACM TechNews

Toward Computers That Teach Themselves

The artificial intelligence industry is experiencing a supervised learning revolution, as researchers teach computers to recognize patterns and learn from them....

Balcan to Receive ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award for Innovations to Machine Learning
From ACM TechNews

Balcan to Receive ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award for Innovations to Machine Learning

Carnegie Mellon University's Maria Florina “Nina” Balcan has been named recipient of the 2019 ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award for her contributions to minimally supervised...

Keeping Students Educated and Engaged
From ACM News

Keeping Students Educated and Engaged

The use of distance learning has grown quickly in primary education, in response to school closures due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Video Game Experience or Gender May Improve VR Learning
From ACM TechNews

Video Game Experience or Gender May Improve VR Learning

Students using immersive virtual reality did not learn significantly better than those who used computer-simulated or hands-on learning methods, according to a...
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