Immersive coding schools have headed online, where their job orientation is more intense than ever.
Mark Halper Commissioned by CACM Staff From ACM News | May 18, 2021
ACM has named Ayanna Howard, dean of the Ohio State University College of Engineering, its 2021-2022 ACM Athena Lecturer.
ACM From ACM TechNews | May 14, 2021
Two Duke Univesity professors and a graduate student formed a group of researchers dedicated to identifying "strategies for making computing more equitable and...Duke Chronicle From ACM News | May 13, 2021
The initiative, which will benefit Johns Hopkins and six other institutions, will be named in honor of Vivien Thomas, best known for his work treating "blue baby...The New York Times From ACM News | May 12, 2021
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign researchers have launched an open source extended reality testbed to democratize XR systems research.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign From ACM TechNews | April 28, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a bumpy ride for many sectors, but a New Scientist Jobs/SRG survey shows science and tech have weathered the storm better than most...New Scientist From ACM News | April 22, 2021
Amazon is expanding its Amazon Technical Academy to train people outside the company for jobs in software engineering.
GeekWire From ACM TechNews | April 16, 2021
Retailer Lowe's is providing the University of North Carolina at Charlotte with $1.5 million to install an endowed faculty position to lead artificial intelligence...The Charlotte Observer (NC) From ACM TechNews | April 15, 2021
This policy briefing from the Turing Institute's Women in Data Science and AI project presents new research into gender gaps in artificial intelligence and data...The Alan Turing Institute From ACM News | April 13, 2021
Nearly a year after the Internet Engineering Task Force took up a plan to replace words that could be considered racist, the debate is still raging.
The New York Times From ACM News | April 13, 2021
The Toronto Paper Matching System calculates the affinity between submitted papers and reviewers' expertise by comparing the text in submissions and reviewers'...Science From ACM News | April 5, 2021
Years before Covid, Zvi Galil launched Georgia Tech's successful online master's in computer science. Is Zoom U. the future?
The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | April 5, 2021
Microsoft said it will hire 50,000 people for jobs requiring technology skills over the next three years, as part of a broader campaign with LinkedIn to re-skill...Reuters From ACM TechNews | March 31, 2021
The nascent quantum industry is calling on higher education to begin preparing a quantum workforce with a broader, less specialized range of technical skills.
Gregory Goth Commissioned by CACM Staff From ACM News | March 25, 2021