Archive for April 9th, 2012

 

CRA’s Taulbee Survey: Undergraduate CS Enrollments Up for Fourth Straight Year

April 9th, 2012

The Computing Research Association (CRA) today released a report – Computing Degree and Enrollment Trends, 2010-2011 – providing summary data from its annual Taulbee survey of Ph.D.-granting departments in computer science and allied fields in the U.S. and Canada.

As posted on CRA’s Policy Blog:

Figure 1. Average CS majors per U.S. CS department.Enrollments in undergraduate computer science programs rose 9.6 percent in the 2011-12 school year, the fourth straight year of increase…

 

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DARPA to Issue New Grand Challenge

April 9th, 2012

PETMAN, an anthropomorphic robot for testing chemical protection clothing, developed by Boston Dynamics [image courtesy Boston Dynamics].Word surfaced last week of a new Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Grand Challenge, expected to be issued shortly. First reported by Hizook and later confirmed by Wired, the new Grand Challenge calls for “a humanoid robot (with a bias toward bipedal designs) that can be used in rough terrain and for industrial disasters.” According to the Wired report:

Brace yourself, because that era might be here sooner than you think: The Pentagon agency behind some of the most important robotics research will soon challenge experts worldwide to come up with humanoid robots that can navigate their environment and handle tools with near-Homo sapiens skill.

 

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