Saturday, June 5, 2010
Interfacing the World with 4G and a SmartPhone
Here are a few quick links about 4G and SmartPhones:
4G Summit Website (June 3-4 2010)
Everything you need to know about 4G Wireless
Priya Ganapati, CNN Tech 6/4/10 via Wired
Previous post: LTE vs WiMax: Trying my best to understand emerging technologies
Friday, June 5, 2009
Still a dream: Ubiquitous Women in Technology
I recently received the following link in an email and thought I'd share some information related to this topic:
ACM-WCBH Initiative Finds Large Gender Gap in Teens Interested in Computing as a Career
Report (pdf)
"The NIC initiative began in late 2007 with a review of the question, “Why is interest in computer
science declining in U.S. colleges?” At that time, a recently published UCLA study found that the number of undergraduates choosing a computer science major was down a stunning 70% since2000.1 And according to a 2007 Computer Research Association (CRA) Taulbee Survey, therewere double-digit declines in enrollments for graduate degrees in computer science.2 Althoughit may be hard to believe, more than 80% of today’s college freshmen—the very students that grew up with computers and are now called “digital natives”—said they had no idea whatcomputer science majors actually do."
"The number of computer science majors is still not meeting projected workforce needs, and the Taulbee Survey points out that diversity in computer science programs continues to be poor. For example, just over 10% of the bachelor’s degrees were awarded to women."
Graphic related to the study (THE Journal)
RELATED
ACM's Committee on Women in Computing
Association for Women in Computing
National Center for Women & Information Technology
Woman & Information Technology By the Numbers pdf
GeekGirl Blogs
Girl Geeks.org
IEEE Women in Engineering
IEEE CIS: Women in Computational Intelligence
Engineering Pathway:
"This blog on engineering education is maintained by the Engineering Pathway, a portal to high-quality teaching and learning resources in engineering, applied science and math, computer science/information technology, and engineering technology and is designed for use by K-12 and university educators and students. The K-12 engineering curriculum uses engineering as a vehicle for the integration of hands-on science and mathematics through real-world designs and applications that inspire the creativity of youth. Users may search over K-12 engineering lessons and activities, as well as other K-12 resources, by many criteria - including content focus area, grade level and educational standards...."
The website has great resources about a multitude of topics related to engineering, computing, and related technologies. I especially liked the sections related to "broadening participation"
The Athena Factor: Reversing the Brain Drain in Science and Technology
Try Engineering.org
Not-so-related:
Interesting posts from Engineering Pathways:
Engineering Education "Today in History" Innovation in Shopping Carts
Alice Agogino, 6/4/09
Engineering Education "Today in History" Apple II Goes on Sale
Alice Agogino, 6/5/09
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Search for Researchers: Ubiquitous computing, large screen displays, touch screen displays & tables, and mobile devices
I am in the process of compiling list of links to researchers who are interested in off-the-desktop systems and applications that can seamlessly inter-operate with mobile and remote devices and systems, especially systems that include large-screen displays and touch-enabled tables or surfaces.
A variety of fields are involved in this area - interactive design, computer-supported collaborative work, embedded system design, industrial systems engineering, virtual reality, human factors, educational technology, mobile learning, computer & video game development, mobile computing, audio-visual media, new media, mobile marketing, GIS & geography/ geology, graphic design, computer music, interactive storytelling, etc. etc.
Here is a start:
Stacey D. Scott, Ph.D
Collaboration Technologies Researcher
University of Waterloo
Dr. Scott is the Program Co-Chair for Tabletop 2007 (IEEE Int'l) Workshop on Horizontal Interactive Human-Computer Systems, held on October 10-12, 2007 in Newport, R.I., in conjunction with UIST 2007 (ACM Symposium on User Interface Software & Technology)
The program for both conferences has a list of presenters and their topics, but no links.
Here are a few more links:
Desney Tan
Bill Buxton
Jeffery Han
Harry "Gravano" van der Veen
On the Tabletop(Stefano Baraldi)
