IT Trends :: Thursday, September 28, 2006

  • 09/27/06

Deals, Contracts, Awards

Yale University to Post Courses on Web for Free

Yale said it will offer digital videos of some courses on the Internet for free, along with transcripts in several languages. But, they’re not going “whole hog,” estimating that in the fall of 2007, seven courses will post videos, syllabi, and transcripts online for anyone to access. So anyone who wants to learn about “Introduction to the Old Testament,” “Fundamentals of Physics,” and “Introduction to Political Philosophy” is in luck…

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Georgia Institute of Technology Dresses Up Its Computer Science Major

A major curriculum change using what is called “threads” has been unveiled by the Georgia Institute of Technology as an answer to declining major enrollments and the understanding that “the one size fits all approach to computer science just isn’t working anymore.” Students will choose two of eight possible instructional “threads” and will also track themselves by “role” in their first year enrolled…

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  • From Fire TV to Signage Stick: University of Utah's Digital Signage Evolution

    Jake Sorensen, who oversees sponsorship and advertising and Student Media in Auxiliary Business Development at the University of Utah, has navigated the digital signage landscape for nearly 15 years. He was managing hundreds of devices on campus that were incompatible with digital signage requirements and needed a solution that was reliable and lowered labor costs. The Amazon Signage Stick, specifically engineered for digital signage applications, gave him the stability and design functionality the University of Utah needed, along with the assurance of long-term support.

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    Google Launches Its Most Advanced AI Model Yet

    Google has introduced Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental, a new artificial intelligence model designed to reason through problems before delivering answers, a shift that marks a major leap in AI capability, according to the company.

  • Training the Next Generation of Space Cybersecurity Experts

    CT asked Scott Shackelford, Indiana University professor of law and director of the Ostrom Workshop Program on Cybersecurity and Internet Governance, about the possible emergence of space cybersecurity as a separate field that would support changing practices and foster future space cybersecurity leaders.

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    New Boston-Based Research Center to Advance Quantum Computing with AI

    NVIDIA is establishing a research hub dedicated to advancing quantum computing through artificial intelligence (AI) and accelerated computing technologies.