The U.K.'s Higher Education Statistics Agency reports that the number of women studying computer science has fallen over the past five years, from 24 percent to 19 percent of students. 

Middle and high school teachers participating in the Curriculum Customization Service program use animations, images and interactive media to help engage Denver, CO, students in science.

As computational science and engineering becomes more common, it becomes important to ask what should all scientists and engineers know about computer science to be effective.

 The new draft framework from the National Research Council on "science, engineering, and technology" makes no mention of computer science.

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 make computer science more tantalizing to undergraduates.

Robotics will inspire dramatic changes in the CS curriculum.

The PLATO@50 Conference marked the semicentennial of the computer system that was the forerunner of today's social media and interactive education.

Pill-sized robotic capsules are under development for screening, diagnostic, and therapeutic procedures. 

The recently approved IEEE 802.11p wireless communication standard for vehicles could improve traffic safety by supporting the delivery of information that helps drivers avoid collisions or take evasive action.

When you are in hostile territory, it pays to stick together—especially if you are a robot. Falling into line will be easier with an innovative communication system that combines the clout of robots' individual radio antennas, making sure they stay in touch with their headquarters.

The United States should decide on rules for attacking other nations' networks in advance of an actual cyberwar, which could include an international agreement not to disable banks and electrical grids, the former head of the CIA and National Security Agency said Thursday.

The U.S. Commerce Department's Internet Policy Task Force is seeking comments from the private sector and academia about the cybersecurity challenges they face as well as the possible strategies that could be used to promote best practices. 

The Obama administration is seeking to make it easier for the FBI to compel companies to turn over records of an individual's Internet activity without a court order if agents deem the information relevant to a terrorism or intelligence investigation.

Aston University researchers are investigating the possibilities of next-generation cloud computing technologies for large scale and complex information technology systems. 

Safe, modern programming languages let Microsoft rethink the architectural trade-offs in its experimental operating system.

Early patterns of Digg diggs and YouTube views reflect long-term user interest.

Solving the memory model problem will require an ambitious and cross-disciplinary research direction.

Recalling malware milestones.

Could ubiquitous hand-drawn code map diagrams become a thing of the past?

Leading experts debate how virtualization and clouds impact network service architectures.

Communications' Virtual Extension brings more quality articles to ACM members. These articles are now available in the ACM Digital Library.

When you are in hostile territory, it pays to stick together—especially if you are a robot. Falling into line will be easier with an innovative communication system that combines the clout of robots' individual radio antennas, making sure they stay in touch with their headquarters.

Synonymous with beauty, silk is a masterpiece of nature with amazing mechanical properties that support its use in a growing number of high-tech applications ranging from medical devices to electronics.

The information technology industry is on track to achieve the Climate Savers Computing Initiative's goal of reducing annual carbon dioxide emissions by 54 million metric tons by June 2011. 

New technology from Intel could lead to the development of computers that use light beams to move data. Intel says it has built a prototype communications device with four silicon-based lasers that each send data at 12.5 billion bits per second, or 50 gigabits total. 

A hacker group known as the Ninjas has created what may be the best DefCon badge ever. The badge allows wireless ninja battle between badge holders. Unlike the official badge, attendees can’t buy this one: it’s free.

Researchers at Taiwan's National Chiao Tung University have made a discovery that opens the door to building cheaper electronic components like diodes on a variety of substrates—materials like plastic, paper, or fabric.

A new book by a University of Illinois at Chicago communication scholar explores how online media has influenced political culture, redefined contemporary society's understanding of public and private, and shaped civic engagement.

The University of Southampton's Paul Andre is collaborating with researchers from MIT and the Georgia Institute of Technology on a website—Who Gives A Tweet (WGATweet.com)—that will offer Twitter users a free analysis of their tweets. 

Microsoft researchers have developed Street Slide, street-level imaging software that could help people find locations more quickly on the Web, as well as leave new space for online advertising. 

A malicious site can find out what social-networking groups you belong to--and then figure out your identity.

Stanford University has released Frankencamera, an open source digital photography software platform that enables users to create imaging applications for use on Nokia N900 mobile computers. 

It looks like an iPad, only it's 1/14th the cost: India on Thursday (July 22) unveiled the prototype of a $35 basic touchscreen tablet aimed at students, which it hopes to bring into production by 2011.

Tel Aviv University researcher Galit Yovel is combing cognitive psychology with brain imaging and electrophysiology to study how the brain processes information about faces. 

Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Gilbert Strang has developed a way to split certain types of matrices into simpler ones, which could help produce better video and audio data processing software or create smaller digital files. 

When you are in hostile territory, it pays to stick together—especially if you are a robot. Falling into line will be easier with an innovative communication system that combines the clout of robots' individual radio antennas, making sure they stay in touch with their headquarters.

A collaboration between ORNL and software toolmaker Allinea Software has produced a formidable weapon in the fight against software application bugs.

Middle and high school teachers participating in the Curriculum Customization Service program use animations, images and interactive media to help engage Denver, CO, students in science.

UCLA computer scientists have shown that cryptography based solely on physical location is possible by using quantum mechanics.  The method enables users to encrypt data at a secure location without pre-sharing any cryptographic keys.

Manually tracking all the published science relevant to a scientist's research is an impossible task, but it is predicted that computers capable of generating many helpful hypotheses with little human input will emerge within a decade.