Top Engineering School 2008 No.7: Florida Atlantic University College of...HispanicBusiness.com: 0 views since Friday, September 5, 2008 at 03:02 AMThe College of Engineering and Computer Science at Florida Atlantic University promotes diversity through a strong advocacy program, a mentor/protégé program, multicultural faculty and staff members, student professional societies (such as SHPE), targeted scholarships, research opportunities (such as Latin American Grid), co-ops, and bilingual tutors.
Janitor at state math & science school charged with porn ...The Pantagraph: 0 views since Friday, September 5, 2008 at 02:20 AMCHICAGO -- A janitor at an elite state academy for teenagers talented in math and science was charged Thursday with possession of child pornography, and the school said FBI agents were checking to see if some of the material had gotten into its computer system.
Professors try to take nerdiness out of computer science ...Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: 0 views since Friday, September 5, 2008 at 12:57 AMAnyone who thinks computer-programming courses are as boring as binary code hasn't been to the University of Pittsburgh, where Daniel Mosse has enlisted Samurai warriors and ballerinas to help teach.
Quantum computing director named Chief Defence Scientist ...iTNews: 1 views since Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 10:26 PMThe Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) has appointed Robert Clark, of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computer Technology, as its Chief Defence Scientist.
Janitor at state math & science school charged with porn ...The Pantagraph: 1 views since Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 08:13 PMCHICAGO -- A janitor at an elite state academy for teenagers talented in math and science was charged Thursday with possession of child pornography, and the school said FBI agents were checking to see if some of the material had gotten into its computer system.
First scientific petabyte computer planned ...Infomatics: 0 views since Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 06:48 PMIBM has singed a deal to build the world's first sustained petascale computational system dedicated to open scientific research. Dubbed Blue Water, the computer system is being built for the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and its National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA).
Employee of elite high school for talented teens arrested on child porn charges...KWQC-TV 6 Davenport: 0 views since Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 06:26 PMCHICAGO (AP) - Authorities charged a janitor at the elite Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy today with possession of child pornography. The FBI and officials at the Aurora-based high school are now checking to see if some of the material had gotten into the academy's computer system.
Janitor at state math & science school charged with porn ...The Pantagraph: 1 views since Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 06:19 PMCHICAGO -- A janitor at an elite state academy for teenagers talented in math and science was charged Thursday with possession of child pornography, and the school said FBI agents were checking to see if some of the material had gotten into its computer system.
First scientific petabyte computer planned ...vnunet.com: 0 views since Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 05:30 PMIain Thomson in San Francisco, vnunet.com , Thursday 4 September 2008 at 21:21:00 Blue Waters will run deep IBM has singed a deal to build the world's first sustained petascale computational system dedicated to open scientific research. Dubbed Blue Water, the computer system is being built for the...
Cornell Gets $10 Million NSF Grant to Establish New Institute That Applies...Newswise: 0 views since Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 12:21 PMCould a computer model help stabilize the tuna population? Can we compute how to transition to ethanol fuel without jeopardizing food production? Those and other questions will be tackled by computer scientists, applied mathematicians, economists, biologists and environmental scientists affiliated with Cornell University's new Institute for Computational Sustainability, being launched with a $10 ...
More Newsmaker ...Sidney Herald-Leader: 0 views since Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 12:01 PMJeffrey Sharkey, a recent graduate of Montana State University?s computer science program, has placed among the top 10 entrants in the Google Android Developer Challenge, earning him a $275,000 cash prize.
Government Computer News ...Government Computer News: 0 views since Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 11:16 AMThe National Science Foundation and the Semiconductor Research Corp. have announced a joint $6 million program to support academic research on multicore chip design and architecture.
Petascale climate modeling heats up at University of Miami ...EurekAlert!: 0 views since Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 10:16 AM( University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science ) University of Miami faculty member Ben Kirtman is collaborating with colleagues at NCAR, COLA and the University of California at Berkeley to generate new "petascale" computer models depicting detailed climate dynamics, which will build the foundation for the next generation of complex climate models. Funded through a $1.4 ...
Mad for science ...Dalnews: 1 views since Wednesday, September 3, 2008 at 01:53 AMKids learn about science, technology and engineering through the student-run SuperNOVA
READ: Police Find Child Porn on Computer ...FOX 7 News Austin: 0 views since Tuesday, September 2, 2008 at 11:23 PMPolice say an Austin science teacher is about to face additional charges of having child porn. This is after Steven Golka was arrested and charged with aggravated sexual assault of a child a week and a half ago. Police say Golka worked as a science teacher at the Oaks Treatment Center in South Austin.
Police Find Child Porn on Computer of Sex Assault Suspect ...FOX 7 News Austin: 0 views since Tuesday, September 2, 2008 at 11:23 PMFormer science teacher Steven Golka is facing new charges after police found child porn on his computer. Golka is already in jail after he was accused of sexually assaulting a young child. FOX 7's Jenni Lee reports.
Study: Our Mates Look Like Mom and Dad ...LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News: 0 views since Tuesday, September 2, 2008 at 07:05 PMMen like women who resemble dear old mom, and women like men who look like dear old dad, a computer analysis now shows.
New computer program predicts emergency dept loads ...Australian Broadcasting Corporation: 0 views since Tuesday, September 2, 2008 at 06:21 PMResearchers have developed a computer program it believes can accurately predict how many patients will turn up at hospital emergency departments and manage bed space accordingly.