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Sundance 'Biodigital' Film Festival Will Try to Bridge Gap Between VR, Reality
From ACM TechNews

Sundance 'Biodigital' Film Festival Will Try to Bridge Gap Between VR, Reality

The 2022 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, UT, plans to expand its virtual interactive venue, The Spaceship, as part of its New Frontier exhibition.

Increasing the Representation of Girls and Women in STEM, IT Education
From ACM News

Increasing the Representation of Girls and Women in STEM, IT Education

"There is an urgent need to increase the number of women entering STEM and IT fields," said Monash University Faculty of IT Interim Dean Professor Ann Nicholson...

The Road Ahead for Augmented Reality
From Communications of the ACM

The Road Ahead for Augmented Reality

A heads-up look at augmented reality head-up displays.

What Is the Cost of Living Online?
From Communications of the ACM

What Is the Cost of Living Online?

The cost of powering streaming and other rapidly growing online services will not "take down the Internet."

New York Mayor-Elect Says Schools Should Teach About Cryptocurrency
From ACM News

New York Mayor-Elect Says Schools Should Teach About Cryptocurrency

The comments come days after mayor-elect Eric Adams said he would accept his first few paychecks as New York City's mayor in Bitcoin.

Social Media Is Reshaping British Universities' Value Systems in Scramble for Likes, Shares
From ACM TechNews

Social Media Is Reshaping British Universities' Value Systems in Scramble for Likes, Shares

Researchers at the U.K.'s University of Cambridge found universities' value judgments about research have been tied to social media platforms.

Chinese Computer Scientist Awarded Kyoto Prize for Work Playing 'Vital Role in Modern Society'
From ACM TechNews

Chinese Computer Scientist Awarded Kyoto Prize for Work Playing 'Vital Role in Modern Society'

Japan's Inamori Foundation has named Chinese computer scientist Andrew Yao Chi-chih recipient of the international Kyoto Prize in advanced technology.

Enrollment Algorithms Raise Equity Concerns in Higher Ed
From ACM TechNews

Enrollment Algorithms Raise Equity Concerns in Higher Ed

Algorithms that decide how colleges and universities apportion financial aid could be unfairly filtering out applicants and reducing their aid offers.

Afghan Girls Learn, Code 'Underground' to Bypass Taliban Curbs
From ACM TechNews

Afghan Girls Learn, Code 'Underground' to Bypass Taliban Curbs

Hundreds of girls and women in Afghanistan continue to learn, either online or in hidden makeshift classrooms.

Academy Student's Math Project Wins National STEM Competition
From ACM TechNews

Academy Student's Math Project Wins National STEM Competition

A ninth grader at Albuquerque Academy in New Mexico won the $25,000 Samueli Foundation Prize at the Broadcom MASTERS science and engineering contest.

ML Algorithms Can Be Improved Significantly for Medical Purposes
From ACM TechNews

ML Algorithms Can Be Improved Significantly for Medical Purposes

Researchers at South Africa's University of Johannesburg have demonstrated that machine learning algorithms can be enhanced significantly for medical purposes. ...

Mapping the Mind's Eye
From ACM TechNews

Mapping the Mind's Eye

Researchers used applied differential geometry to develop a framework to quantify retinotopic maps in V1, one of 14 areas of the brain devoted to visual processing...

NASA Challenges Students to Design Moon-Digging Robots
From ACM TechNews

NASA Challenges Students to Design Moon-Digging Robots

NASA's Lunabotics Junior Contest offers students in grades K-12 the opportunity to design lunar-excavating robots.

Popular Student Monitoring Software Could Have Exposed Thousands to Hacks
From ACM TechNews

Popular Student Monitoring Software Could Have Exposed Thousands to Hacks

The McAfee Enterprise Advanced Threat Research team found a bug in the Netop Vision Pro Education software used by about 3 million teachers and students worldwide...

Low-Performing CS Students Face Wide Array of Struggles
From ACM TechNews

Low-Performing CS Students Face Wide Array of Struggles

A study found that lower-performing computer science students reported higher stress levels than higher-performing students.

Singapore Inks Pact with Finland to Mutually Recognize IoT Security Labels
From ACM TechNews

Singapore Inks Pact with Finland to Mutually Recognize IoT Security Labels

Singapore and Finland have agreed to recognize each other's cybersecurity labels for Internet of Things devices.

Lack of Access to Computer Science Resources, Not Lack of Interest, Negatively Impacts Students from Underrepresented Groups
From ACM TechNews

Lack of Access to Computer Science Resources, Not Lack of Interest, Negatively Impacts Students from Underrepresented Groups

A Gallup study found that at U.S. public and private schools that offer computer science classes, 68% of students are interested in them.

Smartwatches: The Classroom Nuisance
From ACM TechNews

Smartwatches: The Classroom Nuisance

Educators complain smartwatches distract students or, worse, encourage them to cut class, text friends, or even cheat.

Balakrishnan Receives 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award From SIGCOMM
From ACM TechNews

Balakrishnan Receives 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award From SIGCOMM

The ACM Special Interest Group on Data Communication has awarded its 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award to Massachusetts Institute of Technology scientist Hari Balakrishnan...

Non-Fungible Tokens and the Future of Art
From Communications of the ACM

Non-Fungible Tokens and the Future of Art

A new blockchain-based technology is changing how the art world works, and changing how we think about asset ownership in the process.
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