Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers led by professor Martin Rinard have developed ClearView, software capable of finding and fixing certain types...Technology Review 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
Search engine technology is in a state of flux as it digs ever deeper for new meaning. The benefits of the new age of semantic search are closer thanks to the European... From ICT Results | 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
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are developing the Affective Intelligent Driving Agent (AIDA), a robot that would act as a helpful...Computerworld From ACM TechNews | October 30, 2009
China's National University of Defense Technology (NUDT) has unveiled the Tianhe supercomputer, the fastest supercomputer in China. Tianhe runs at 563.1 teraflops...Xinhua (China) From ACM TechNews | October 30, 2009
One of the most popular and successful open source software development initiatives is Ruby on Rails, created by David Heinemeier Hansson. "I think the fundamental...Computerworld Australia From ACM TechNews | October 30, 2009
Researchers at Microsoft, the University of Washington, and the University of Toronto have developed a human-computer interface that uses muscle movement for hands...Technology Review 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
European researchers have created the first integrated semantic search platform that integrates text, video and audio. The system can 'watch' films, 'listen' to... From ICT Results | October 30, 2009
University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers have developed a way to control an electron's spin orientation using only electrical means. Previous methods to develop...niversity of Cincinnati From ACM TechNews | October 29, 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
Computer forensics researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) have been tracking new spam that claims to come from the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance...niversity of Alabama at Birmingham From ACM TechNews | October 29, 2009
Interoperability between data sources is the fundamental challenge of data integration, and NASA computer scientist Richard Keller says that although standards...Dr. Dobb's Journal From ACM TechNews | October 28, 2009
Cornell University computer scientists have developed a method for generating the crashing and rumbling noises of objects made from thin harmonic shells such as...Cornell Chronicle From ACM TechNews | October 28, 2009
Roadrunner, housed at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), recently completed its initial shakedown phase while performing accelerated petascale computer modeling...Los Alamos National Laboratory News From ACM TechNews | October 28, 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