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College of Computing News: Chess Robots Have Trouble Grasping the Game
For all their software smarts, robots remain clumsy at manipulating real-world objects. By making robots not only strategize chess moves but actually move the pieces, says competition organizer Mike Stilman (Interactive Computing), new perspective could be gained on the machines' physical limitations. Source: New Scientist
College of Computing News: Get Smart: College Shopping Advice From a Pro
Rich DeMillo (Computer Science) says prospective students and their parents need to go beyond the organized campus tour when shopping for colleges: Talk to students and teachers, don't be fooled by fancy dorms or high-profile sports teams, and even check out schools' financial health before laying down that deposit. Source: Forbes.com
College of Computing News: Fault Lines: Robot Wars
Can "bounded reality" enable autonomous robot soldiers to act more ethically than humans while caught up in the fog of war? Ron Arkin (Interactive Computing) believes the answer is yes (video story). Source: Al Jazeera English
Informatics Field Featured on NPR
In a Marketplace feature broadcast by National Public Radio, reporter Gregory Warner provided the American listening audience with an introduction to the field of nursing informatics. The segment, titled “Bridging the Gap between Nursing and IT,” aired on May 6, 2011.
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The iSchools Welcome University College Dublin as Newest Member
The iSchools today announced the addition of the University College Dublin (UCD) School of Information and Library Studies to its collective of information schools dedicated to advancing the information field in the 21st century. The addition of UCD means the iSchools now number 28 academic institutions spanning eight countries worldwide.
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Clark Heideger, (206) 685-8746
UNC shares a $2.18 million grant from the National Science Foundation for digital repository
The repository, called Dryad, is designed to archive data that underlie published findings in evolutionary biology, ecology and related fields and allow scientists to access and build on each other’s findings.
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Wanda Monroe, (919) 843-8337