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From ACM Careers
Georgia Tech Creates Online Master's Degree in Information Security
Georgia Tech's College of Computing has created a new Master of Science in Information Security degree available online in a distance learning format, a flexible...
From ACM TechNews
India Prof Tips Fastest Prime Number Detection Algorithm
Manindra Agrawal, an Indian professor who developed a deterministic polynomial time algorithm for detecting prime numbers, will receive the 2009 G.D. Birla Award...
From ACM TechNews
Minority Students Earned Greater Number of Degrees in Fiscal 2006
Students in underserved populations earned a greater number of academic diplomas in almost all categories in fiscal year 2006 compared to fiscal year 2004, according...
From ACM TechNews
Tinkering Makes Comeback Amid Crisis
The economic crisis and the reduced costs of high-tech tools and materials are fueling a resurgence in tinkering and experimentation. U.S. engineering schools...
From ACM News
Face-Recognition Technology May Be sed at Hong Kong Border Checks
Face-recognition technology might be used to screen the residents at Hong Kong border checkpoints, Hong Kong's Security Secretary Ambrose Lee said Thursday (Nov...
From ACM News
3-D Software Gives Doctors, Students a View Inside the Body
James Oliver picked up an Xbox game controller, looked up to a video screen and used the device's buttons and joystick to fly through a patient's chest cavity for...
From ICT Results
Software Looks to Solve Life-Threatening Medical Puzzles
New software is under development that doctors hope will help them identify brain tumours in children that will grow aggressively. A new software tool can integrate...
From ACM TechNews
Theme-Park Dummy Trick Becomes Teleconference Tool
A trick used in theme-park animatronics could help people act more naturally during videoconferences. Shader lamps is a technique that projects an animated face...
From ACM News
Digital Cloud Plan For City Skies
A giant "digital cloud" that would "float" above London's skyline has been outlined by an international team of architects, artists and engineers. The construction...
From ACM News
Wi-Fi Certification Might Be Tweaked For Smart Grids
The Wi-Fi Alliance has formed a task group to determine what standards need to be modified to ensure Wi-Fi is the tool of choice for smart-grid applications. The...
From ACM TechNews
What Happens When Good Robots Go 'bad'?
A study by University of Washington researchers led by doctoral student Tamara Denning calls attention to the possibility of household robots being hacked by malevolent...
From ACM TechNews
Nasa Showcases 'green' Missions at Sc09 Conference
Milestones by five NASA research centers in the fields of science, engineering, and technology will be showcased at the ACM-sponsored SC09 supercomputing conference...
From ACM TechNews
Metagenomics and the Computing Challenges of Microbial Communities
New technologies are enabling researchers to sequence samples of microorganisms taken from their environment, but the relatively new field of metagenomics still...
From ACM News
Terrorism in the Age of Technology: Biothreats And?cyber Warfare
While once considered unconventional, cyber attacks and biological warfare have become an increasing threat to security and a tactic of rising concern. Spanning...
From ACM News
Now We Know Where We Stand, and It's About Time
America has seen its last Lost Generation. Thanks to an invisible armada of incessantly broadcasting satellites, collectively called the Global Positioning System...
From ACM TechNews
Rutgers Computer Scientists Work to Strengthen Online Security
Rutgers University computer scientists are developing an alternative to online security questions that is designed to be easier for legitimate users and more secure...
From ACM TechNews
China Plans For Humanoid Olympics
China has announced plans to hold a robot Olympics in 2010, in which humanoid robots will compete in 16 different events ranging from athletics to machine-related...
From ACM TechNews
ACM Names 84 Distinguished Members for Advances in Computing Technology
ACM has recognized 84 members as 2009 Distinguished Members. The number of honorees has more than doubled from a year ago, and ACM says the increase is a reflection...
From ACM TechNews
Labor Shortage in It Industry Despite Recession
A new survey by New Zealand's Ministry of Economic Development found a significant shortage of skilled labor in the information technology (IT) industry, despite...
From ACM TechNews