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Carnegie Mellon project aims to ‘reverse-engineer’ the brain
Teaching computers to learn the way we do is widely considered an important step toward better artificial intelligence, but it’s hard to achieve without a good understanding of how we think. With that...
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University of Manitoba Computer Science team wins international robotics...
U of M team wins international robotics competitionJUNE 1, 2015 — The U of M’s Autonomous Agents lab won the 2015 ICRA DARWIN-OP Humanoid Application Challenge, one of the five robot challenges at the...
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Girls Who Code releases satirical videos about stereotypes in computer science
Girls Who Code, the national non-profit working to close the gender gap in technology, today released a series of videos satirizing stereotypes about why women are underrepresented in computer science....
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‘Geek gene’ denied: If you find computer science hard, it’s your fault (or...
Assume for the sake of argument that computer science grades are bimodal: there’s a distinct group of students who excel at the subject, and then there’s everyone else in another group. Computer...
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Melinda Gates is doubling down on women in tech
Melinda Gates wants to put her muscle behind getting more women in tech. Gates has focused much of her work on the well-being of women and girls around the globe — but this issue hits particularly...
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends launch of Hour of Code in Canada
Justin Trudeau wants Canada to lead the way in digital technology and he’s starting by supporting the coding movement that’s currently sweeping the nation.December 5th saw the launch of both the 2016...
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White House announces boost to computer science education
The White House announced on Monday new initiatives to bolster computer science in K–12 education. Citing the rapidly expanding demand for technology jobs, the Obama administration outlined new...
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What Sorts Of Problems Are Quantum Computers Good For?
A couple of weeks ago, the APS’s Physics ran a piece titled Traveling with a Quantum Salesman, about a quantum computing approach to the famous “Traveling Salesman” problem. I saw the headline, and...
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Computer Scientist built a watch that calmed her Graphic Designer friend’s...
Microsoft has invented a wristband that could help stem the tremors caused by Parkinson’s Disease. The Emma Watch sends small vibrations through a wearer’s wrist that can stop the shaking experienced...
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Google Student Blog: Applications are open for 2018 scholarship opportunities...
Google is proud to offer academic scholarships and development opportunities to students from historically underrepresented groups pursuing computer science degrees. We aim to help students from...
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