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January 20, 2021 Left to right: James Allan and Brian Levine Professors James Allan and Brian Levine of the UMass Amherst College of Information and Computer Sciences (CICS) have been named Fellows by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the world’s largest educational and scientific computing society. The ACM Fellow recognition is the organization’s highest member grade, representing less than one percent of ACM members, who have been named for their “foundational accomplishme...

Posted on Kayla Gross has just begun her appointment as the Inclusion Program Manager for the Department of Computer Sciences at UW-Madison. She is responsible for improving the enrollment, retention, and experiences of female-identified students in the department. The effort is funded by a multi-year grant from the Center for Inclusive Computing. Gross’s commitment to advancing and improving the experiences of women in the workplace is clearly visible in her career path. She holds a co...

SpaceToon is widely known for introducing anime to the region Updated 24 March 2021 March 24, 2021 00:03 RIYADH: SpaceToon, the TV channel that shaped an entire generation, celebrated its 21st birthday last week. Social media was awash with loving, emotional tributes to the Arab region’s favorite cartoon network. The pan-Arab free-to-air television channel has broadcast animated children’s shows across the region for more than two decades. Headquartered in Dubai, with offices in Cairo and ...

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...

PAS to award scientists contributing extraordinarily Islamabad January 19, 2021 Islamabad:Pakistan Academy of Sciences (PAS) has announced to confer ‘Gold Medals and Awards 2021’ upon the Pakistani scientists who have made outstanding contributions in scientific research. The PAS has invited the nominations from the Pakistani scientists in different disciplines for their selection for the prestigious awards which were being given with an objective to acknowledge their contributions to soc...

Only three universities can boast computer sciences teaching staff with more than 30% female representation

UCI Alumnus Makes $10.4 Million Gift to the School The University of California—Irvine (UCI) says a $10.4 million donation from one of its “most successful alumni” will help it create a more inclusive computing field. The gift from the Steckler Charitable Fund—formed by Vincent and Amanda Steckler—will also benefit art history students. About $5.4 million will be used to support students studying art history by funding research-related travel, mentoring, experiential learning, and mor...

UC Irvine announced Tuesday that it received a $10.4-million gift from the Steckler Charitable Fund to be put toward art history students and establishing a center to make computing inclusive. About $5 million will be donated to the Center for Responsible, Ethical and Accessible Technologies in the Donald Bren School of Information & Computer Sciences. The remaining almost $5.4 million will be allocated to endowed funds for the support of graduate and undergraduate students studying art histor...

Aliro Joins the Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C); Adds Quantum Networking Expert Don Towsley as Scientific Advisor Share Article On a mission to enable the quantum internet, Aliro joins three QED-C Technology Advisory Committees; welcomes Towsley’s advice and expertise in quantum networking architecture and performance Aliro Joins the Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C) Our mission to enable the quantum internet requires the best minds in both quantum computing and ...

January 11, 2021 Trigon’s Board of Directors has announced the appointment of Kamran Khayal as the company’s new General Manager with immediate effect. Kamran has been associated with Trigon (Al Ghurair Group Company) for 20+ years and was previously holding the position of Vice President. A Computer Sciences Engineer by background, Kamran brings a work experience spanning 24 years. Trigon is one of the biggest I.T. Distribution and AV solution companies in the GCC / Middle East region and ...