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Google's Mind the Gap! Program Interests Women in CS
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Google's Mind the Gap! Program Interests Women in CS

Two-hour sessions with female Google software engineers are convincing many female high-school students in Israel to change their majors to computer science and...

John McCarthy, 1927 - 2011
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John McCarthy, 1927 - 2011

Winner of the 1971 A.M. Turing Award, John McCarthy was a founder of artificial intelligence and inventor of the Lisp programming language.

10 Unique Projects For Csedweek 2011
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10 Unique Projects For Csedweek 2011

Last year, CSEdWeek featured more than 300 events and projects engaging students, parents, and teachers. This year, we are highlighting 10 CSEdWeek activities that...

Community Colleges Boost CS & STEM Research
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Community Colleges Boost CS & STEM Research

Statistics and anecdotal evidence confirm that efforts to increase computer science and STEM research opportunities at community colleges are making headway.

Dennis Ritchie, 1941-2011
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Dennis Ritchie, 1941-2011

 Colleagues recall the creator of C and codeveloper Unix, an unassuming but brilliant man who enjoyed playing practical jokes on his coworkers.

Two Low-Cost Tablets For India's Schools
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Two Low-Cost Tablets For India's Schools

Many of the classrooms in India are short of teachers and devoid of electricity. But what researchers hope they will have are low-cost computer tablets specifically...

Personal Robots: Newest Cs1 Teaching Tool
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Personal Robots: Newest Cs1 Teaching Tool

The Institute for Personal Robots in Education has developed a curriculum, software, and plug-in board for an off-the-shelf personal robot that it hopes will...

Videogame Glitches Open the World of Computing to Students
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Videogame Glitches Open the World of Computing to Students

Why is the National Science Foundation helping Morehouse College pay students to test videogames? The school's Glitch Game Testers program is one of many NSF efforts...

Nadya Mason: From Pirouettes to Carbon Nanotubes
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Nadya Mason: From Pirouettes to Carbon Nanotubes

In 1986, Nadya Mason competed as a gymnast in Houston, training with the legendary Bela Karolyi as a member of the U.S. National Team, hoping to make it to the2009...
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