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Supercomputing in the Neighborhood

Supercomputing in the NeighborhoodSupercomputers are generally thought to exist exclusively for advanced scientific, medical and engineering research and uses. However, in Winston-Salem, N.C., a coalition of universities, businesses and local government agencies is looking to establish a supercomputer center not only benefiting researchers but also providing a boost to education and economic development in the […]

March 13, 2002

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Looking Good With the Help of Your PC

Looking Good With the Help of Your PCImage isn’t everything, but image counts. The substance of who you are and what you do matters most, but projecting the right image helps you get your foot in the door, establish credibility and boost confidence.PCs can help you bolster your image in numerous ways, but if you’re […]

February 27, 2002

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Wired for the Cause

Wired for the CauseAs a youngster growing up in Boston, Dr. Bryant York experienced firsthand the educational benefits of the math and science push by the United States in the aftermath of the 1957 launching of the Soviet satellite Sputnik. One of the few Black junior high and high school students to be enrolled in […]

February 27, 2002

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‘Making Smart Kids’ Smarter

‘Making Smart Kids’ SmarterThat’s what Dr. Brian K. Smith shoots for, working at MIT’s Media Lab. “I just want to make smart kids,” he says. “Here, we try to figure out how to change human performance. How does all this stuff, this technology, impact the world kids live in?”At the Media Lab, researchers like Smith, […]

February 27, 2002

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Researching Inclusion

Researching InclusionEven as a child, Dr. Valerie Taylor was drawn to math and science. “Math is an objective subject. It doesn’t change from year to year like English. One year an English teacher would say my writing was too flowery, another year it was not expressive enough. But each year 2 plus 2 was 4,” […]

February 27, 2002

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Advocating Technological Empowerment

Advocating Technological EmpowermentIf it takes impressive talent to launch a research career in physics, imagine what it takes to switch from that field to computational science research and become a leading national advocate for diversity in the computer science field. Since earning a physics doctorate in 1975 from Stanford University, Dr. Roscoe Giles has carved […]

February 27, 2002

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Cyber-stars

Cyber-starsBlack History Month celebrations long have touted the contributions of African Americans in technology. In this issue, Black Issues profiles 10 individuals who are in the process of making history of their own in the arena of information technology. While much of American history documents technological innovation in agriculture and industry, our list of higher […]

February 27, 2002

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Easing the Move From Old Computer to New

Easing the Move From Old Computer to NewThe only constant with computer technology is change. No matter how comfortable you are with your current PC, at some point you’ll need to move on to a new one.Perhaps you want to use programs that won’t run on your old PC. Perhaps you’ve run out of hard […]

February 13, 2002

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Carnegie Mellon To Receive $23.3 Million for High Dependability Computing Program

Carnegie Mellon To Receive $23.3 Million for High Dependability Computing Program PITTSBURGHThe National Aeronautic Space Administration’s Ames Research Center has signed an agreement to award $23.3 million to Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science to develop a multidisciplinary, multi-institutional High-Dependability Computing Program (HDCP) that will improve NASA’s capability to create dependable software. The incremental, […]

February 13, 2002

Leadership & Policy

For an Alternative to Windows, an Unclear Future

For an Alternative to Windows, an Unclear Future The recent appearance of Lindows, a novel fusion of the ubiquitous Windows and the maverick Linux operating systems, could mean a changing of the guard for academic computing in this new century. Why? It’s not often that a new operating system comes along offering a combination of […]

February 13, 2002

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NSF Award to Extend Computing

NSF Award to Extend Computing Initiative Across CurriculumDURHAM, N.C.In association with the Shodor Education Foundation, based in Durham, N.C., the National Science Foundation (NSF) last month announced a $2.7 million grant to establish the National Computational Science Institute. The grant supports the goal of integrating computational science across the U.S. undergraduate curriculum in an effort […]

January 30, 2002

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Prophesying the Future of Digital Technology

Prophesying the Future of Digital Technology“If you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow and which will not, speak then unto me.” Shakespeare’s words are just as wise today, but this hasn’t stopped people from trying to divine the future.The latest future-oriented computing issue goes by the overbroad moniker […]

January 2, 2002