The Chicago Academy of Advanced Technology (CAAT) opened its doors on Sept. 8, 2009. The academy is the result of an effort to fill the need for skilled IT workers...Government Technology From ACM News | November 3, 2009
Three cybersecurity experts recently told a meeting of the Congressional Cyber Caucus that current U.S. policies for protecting the United States against various...Computerworld From ACM TechNews | November 2, 2009
The idea that fully-fledged artificial intelligence (AI) — thinking machines that could mimic human intelligence precisely — would be realized by the year 2000...TechRadar From ACM TechNews | November 2, 2009
The Living Wall project, led by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab researcher Leah Buechley, features an electronically enhanced wallpaper that can...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | November 2, 2009
The United States, contrary to popular belief, is not lacking graduates in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, according to a study...Business Week From ACM TechNews | November 2, 2009
The current state of women in academia was addressed during the annual meeting of the grant recipients of the U.S. National Science Foundation's Advance program...The Chronicle of Higher Education From ACM TechNews | November 2, 2009
"Reaching out, not building walls" might be one way to characterize the process of social networking. It is also an apt description of the core competitive strategy...Virginia Tech From ACM News | November 2, 2009
A conference at UCLA on Thursday marked the 40th birthday of the Internet, which was created on Oct. 29, 1969, when a team led by Engineering Professor Leonard...CLA Today From ACM News | November 2, 2009
University of Arizona professor Richard T. Snodgrass has received a U.S. National Science Foundation grant to promote computation as a true science. "The problem...A News (AZ) From ACM TechNews | October 30, 2009
Computer scientists at the University of Washington have used the Android open-source mobile operating system to turn a cell phone into a versatile data-collection...niversity of Washington From ACM News | October 30, 2009
A new haptically enabled computer simulation system is undergoing clinical trials at Cork University Hospital in Ireland and Pecs University in Hungary. The virtual...The Engineer (nited Kingdom) From ACM TechNews | October 29, 2009
Mathematics, science, and technology must continue to be a priority for U.S. higher education to ensure that the United States remains globally competitive, according...The Chronicle of Higher Education From ACM TechNews | October 28, 2009
OWL 2, a new Internet language developed by an international team led by computer scientists from the University of Manchester and Oxford University, is designed...niversity of Manchester From ACM TechNews | October 28, 2009
Electronic tools and technology applications for consumers can help improve health care processes, such as adherence to medication and clinical outcomes like smoking...Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health From ACM News | October 28, 2009
Robert L. Ashenhurst, professor emeritus of applied mathematics at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business and a former editor-in-chief of Communications...CACM Staff From ACM News | October 27, 2009
Internationalized domain names (IDNs) will be one of the central topics at ICANN’s 36th International Public Meeting, which takes place October 25-30 in Seoul,...SA Today From ACM TechNews | October 27, 2009
European researchers developed technology that enables a robot to combine data from both sound and vision to create combined, purposeful perception. In the process... From ICT Results | October 26, 2009
TIANJIN, China — This city in northeastern China is a long way from Sand Hill Road, home to the world's greatest concentration of venture capitalists. But a deal...SiliconValley.com From ACM News | October 26, 2009
With $16.75 million in funding from the Army Research Laboratory (ARL), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will launch a new interdisciplinary research center devoted... Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute From ACM News | October 26, 2009
Cancer is a major killer and an intractable problem confronting medical science, but now the Cochise team of European researchers have developed a biosensor that... From ICT Results | October 23, 2009