Ann Syrdal, a psychologist and computer science researcher who helped develop synthetic voices that sounded like women, laying the groundwork for such modern digital assistants as Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa, died on July 24 at her home in San Jose, Calif. She was 74. From a report: Her daughter Kristen Lasky said the cause was cancer. As a researcher at…
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Scientist Proposes a New Programming Language For Teaching Coding (and Python)
Long-time Slashdot reader theodp tells us Netherlands-based scientist Felienne Hermans shared a radical idea at the 2020 ACM International Computing Education Research Conference for a new programming language to be used for teaching coding — and for teaching Python:
Hermans — an associate professor at the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science — observes In her ICER presentation on Hedy that we…
Russell Kirsch, Inventor of the Pixel, Passed Away This Week
Computer scientist Russell A. Kirsch, the inventor of the pixel and an undisputed pioneer of digital imaging, passed away on Tuesday in his Portland home from complications arising from a form of Alzheimer’s disease. He was 91 years old. From a report: Russell Kirsch may not be a name that you immediately recognize, but his contributions to computer science made digital…
Decades-Old Email Flaws Could Let Attackers Mask Their Identities
At the Black Hat security conference on Thursday, researchers will present “darn subtle” flaws in industry-wide protections used to ensure that emails come from the address they claim to. From a report: The study looked at the big three protocols used in email sender authentication — Sender Policy Framework (SPF), Domain Keys Identified Mail (DKIM), and Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and…
Could Randomness Theory Hold Key To Internet Security?
“In a new paper, Cornell Tech researchers identified a problem that holds the key to whether all encryption can be broken — as well as a surprising connection to a mathematical concept that aims to define and measure randomness,” according to a news release shared by Slashdot reader bd580slashdot: “Our result not only shows that cryptography has a natural ‘mother’ problem,…
Is It Possible to Implement Faster Binary Searches?
Last week Slashdot reader scandum described the search for the most efficient sorting algorithm. Now he’s back, touting a new implementation for binary searches (using the same GitHub repo, and written in 15 to 30 lines of C code) that he says may be “up to 40%” faster for 32-bit integers. (“Keep in mind performance will vary depending on hardware and…
Learn how Katie earned her Google IT Support Professional Certificate and landed a new job in IT
My name is Kaitie, and I work as a Cloud Support Specialist at Adar IT in Skokie, IL. My undergraduate degree was in computer science, and while I was in school, I made the decision to enroll in the Google IT Support Professional Certificate in the hope that it would open up more career opportunities […]
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Learn how Kaitie earned her Google IT Support Professional Certificate and landed a new job in IT
My name is Kaitie, and I work as a Cloud Support Specialist at Adar IT in Skokie, IL. My undergraduate degree was in computer science, and while I was in school, I made the decision to enroll in the Google IT Support Professional Certificate in the hope that it would open up more career opportunities […]
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Taking Learning Online: Lessons from India for Universities around the Globe
By Raghav Gupta, Managing Director for India and APAC and Global Business Lead of Coursera for Campus The higher education landscape has shifted dramatically in the past few months because of COVID-19. As universities around the world work to develop online and blended learning models, they can learn from pioneering efforts by institutions in India. […]
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Trending online courses in business, data science, tech, and health
With more world-class content launching every week, there are always new topics to explore, new skills to learn, and new ways to achieve your goals. These latest courses, Specializations, Professional Certificates, and MasterTrack™ Certificates cover everything from AI, blockchain, and cybersecurity, to contact tracing, social work, and UX design. What will you learn next? Business […]
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