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Google introduces the Dart web programming language

  Google unveiled its new web programming language Dart today. It's described as a "class-based optionally typed programming language for building web applications". Dart has a native virtual...

Posted: October 10, 2011, 9:36 AM

Undergraduate Researcher Profile: Joseph Tuzo

Joseph Tuzo graduated from UMBC this past May with a B.S. in Computer Science. His research projects included analyzing the dynamics of simulated roadway traffic in order to reduce commute times,...

Posted: October 10, 2011, 8:26 AM

Bayes’ theorem found guilty by a UK judge?

Ruling limits use of statistical reasoning in legal arguments A UK judge in murder trial ruled that Bayes' Theorem and similar statistical analyses can no longer be used to argue for the...

Posted: October 9, 2011, 10:01 AM

Bayes’ theorem found guilty by a UK judge?

Ruling limits statistical reasoning in legal arguments

Ruling limits use of statistical reasoning in legal arguments A UK judge in murder trial ruled that Bayes' Theorem and similar statistical analyses can no longer be used to argue for the...

Posted: October 9, 2011, 10:01 AM

The Women Who Made Google Plus

This year, October 7 has been designated as Ada Lovelace Day, a day to honor Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace. She is widely regarded as the first computer programmer for her work with...

Posted: October 8, 2011, 5:49 PM

Contest to forecast wind power from a wind farm

  If you are interested in machne learning you might check out the  American Meteorological Society  Wind Power Prediction Contest.  It is sponsored by the AMS Committee on AI Applications to...

Posted: October 7, 2011, 2:56 AM

An Evening With General Michael Hayden, USAF (Ret.),...

Full Title: An Evening With General Michael Hayden, USAF (Ret.), 6pm 10/27, ITE 102 Cybersecurity Guest Lecture An Evening With General Michael Hayden, USAF (Ret.) 6:00-8:00pm Thursday, 27...

Posted: October 6, 2011, 4:26 PM

Do you know the right programming languages?

Do you know the right programming languages? Depending on your objective, the most important one to know might be Java, Python, PhP, C, or even Haskell. IEEE Spectrum has a short article on The...

Posted: October 6, 2011, 2:16 PM

Do you know the right programming languages?

Do you know the right programming languages? Depending on your objective, the most important one to know might be Java, Python, PhP, C, or even Haskell. IEEE Spectrum has a short article on The...

Posted: October 6, 2011, 2:16 PM

Apple co-founder, Steve Jobs, dies at 56

Photo Courtesy Jim Wilson/The New York Times According to a New York Times article Steve Jobs, co-founder and former CEO of Apple, died on Wednesday of complications from pancreatic cancer. He...

Posted: October 6, 2011, 9:53 AM