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to comPuteR chic
ACM and the WGBH
Educational Foundation have
won a two-year grant from the
National Science Foundation
to improve the image of
computer science among high
school students. Launched
in June, the New Image for
Computing project will create
a national outreach and
communications plan to create
interest among high school
students, particularly African-
American boys and Latina
girls, about pursuing computer
science as a college major and
a subsequent career choice.
“Obviously there’s a whole pool
of talent that is not aware of
what computing can do to help
them achieve their goals in
healthcare or whatever career
they choose to pursue,” says Jill
Ross, director of the Image of
Computing Task Force, which is
leading a national coordination
effort to provide a realistic view
of opportunities in computing.
GöDel PRize WinneRs
Daniel A. Spielman and Shang-
Hua Teng were awarded the 2008
Gödel Prize by ACM’s Special
Interest Group on Algorithms
and Computing Theory and
the European Association for
Theoretical Computer Science
for developing a rigorous
framework to explain the
practical success of algorithms
on real data and real computers
that could not be clearly
understood through traditional
techniques.
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ooPsla ’08 confeRence If you’re interested in the future of objects in software development, be sure to attend OOPSLA ‘08: ACM SIGPLAN Conference on Object-Oriented Programming, Systems, Languages, and Applications, which will be held in Nashville, TN, from Oct. 19–23. The conference will address current software challenges such as programmer productivity, security and reliability, ultra large-scale systems, and evolving hardware platforms. For more information, visit http://www.oopsla.org/ oopsla2008.
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