Mercer Island student's video game earns White House visit
13-year-old Jasper Hugunin, of Mercer Island, participated in Tuesday's White House science fair, where he showed off a computer game he had created. It was part of the Obama administration's effort to lift American students' performance in math and science.
Who is The Entrepreneur: Phil McDonnell (Part 3)
Catalina Gorla, (who is living proof you can be entrepreneurial everywhere), and I are talking to Phil McDonnell, computer science grad, software engineer for and , repeat entrepreneur, second-year student at Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business , and currently co-founder of CoupFlip, a secondary market place for daily deals. *?????? ??*???????? *???????? *???????? *???????? *???????? ...
Google Mind The Gap Program Aims To Get More Women Into Computer Engineering
Google ran a blog post today about how it encourages women to study engineering, highlighting its “Mind the Gap” program. The program aims to tackle the issue of the decline in females studying computer science globally. “Teenage years have been …
Ask Slashdot: Transitioning From 'Hacker' To 'Engineer'?
antifoidulus writes "I'm about to get my masters in Computer Science and start out (again) in the 'real world.' I already have a job lined up, but there is one thing that is really nagging me. Since my academic work has focused almost solely on computer science and not software engineering per se, I'm really still a 'hacker,' meaning I take a problem, sketch together a rough solution using the ...
Engineers: What’s in a Name?
If you were looking for a computer job on the Mark I, you might have described yourself as a coder, not a programmer , a term that wouldn't emerge until the 1950s.
Studying the science of space junk
Researchers at an El Segundo firm that contracts with NASA and the military don't concern themselves with space junk's artistic or monetary value. They're interested in the science of it — and in safety. "Well, here it is," said aerospace engineer William Ailor as he paused next to the hulking metal shells arrayed along the plaza outside a visitors entrance at Aerospace Corp.'s El Segundo ...
Knox Professor Pens Book on Writing Computer Programs
John Dooley, who chairs the Knox College Department of Computer Science, writes about principles and techniques for designing, analyzing, and creating software.
Who is the Entrepreneur: Phil McDonnell (Part 2)
Catalina Gorla, (who is living proof you can be entrepreneurial everywhere), and I are talking to Phil McDonnell, computer science grad, software engineer for and , repeat entrepreneur, second-year student at Dartmouth's Tuck School of , and currently founder of two startups. * * * * * * * Catalina: Let's talk about careers now. ...
Mac OS X ARM port by Apple work experience kid revealed
Project sparks non-Intel-powered MacBook rumour fever A Dutch computer science student's homework has stirred the old rumour that Apple may ditch the Intel platform and power its Macbooks with ARM processors.…
CA Technologies Distinguished Engineer Joins the Pennsylvania Diversity Council’s Board of Directors
Olga Lagunova, Distinguished Engineer at CA Technologies, has joined the Board of Directors at the Pennsylvania Diversity Council, the state’s premier advocate for diversity issues