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The challenge was open to all student, amateur and professional coders in the state.

The Meteor Hackathon challenged teams to build an impactful application.

ALOHAnet satellite dish on the roof of Holmes Hall with some of its founders. (Photo courtesy: Ram Chandran) Hundreds of speakers, panelists and participants gathered virtually to celebrate the 50th anniversary of ALOHAnet with a symposium commemorating the pioneering system’s impact on technology worldwide. Born out of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa College of Engineering in June 1971, the ALOHAnet protocol is the basis of all wireless communications—including mobile, satellite, cell...

Thursday, 29 April 2021, 2:11 pm Explore the nooks and crannies of Jack, James, Ernest, Beatrice and parts of the original city campus including the new ‘Old Chemistry’, as the 147-year-old University of Canterbury (UC) opens its architecturally designed doors for Open Christchurch weekend, 15-16 May. Open Christchurch is a one-weekend-only festival of exceptional architecture. It’s for everyone to experience great building design from the inside, for free. Jack Erskine building (UC Ilam...

Human-Computer Interaction focuses on technology to improve daily lives April 21, 2021 By Nicole Herzog Graduate students David Porfirio (left), Bengisu Cagiltay (center) and Andrew Schoen (right) work with a robotic arm in the Wisconsin Human-Computer Interaction Lab located in the Computer Science Building. Photo: Bryce Richter From February through June, we will highlight the ways that UW–Madison powers the state’s economy through research and innovation, educates the next genera...

Study names UK universities leading the way in gender diversity in Computer Sciences 22nd January 2021 A new study by cybersecurity technology company, CrowdStrike, reveals which UK universities are leading the way in boosting gender diversity in the Computer Sciences. The underrepresentation of female academic staff in the Computer Sciences is fuelling a vicious cycle in which young women are dissuaded from pursuing a career in the growing field and miss out on highly paid an...