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Pioneers discuss the challenges facing computer science

Inside Higher Ed

Image: HEIDELBERG, Germany—Every September, a critical mass of the world’s most decorated computer scientists and mathematicians gathers in the warm microclimate here. “The half-life of knowledge in computer science is quite short. ” said Barbara Liskov, MIT Institute Professor of computer science.

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EY and UAlbany Partner to Develop Future Business Leaders

Insight Into Diversity

Through a dynamic partnership with global business management consulting and accounting firm EY (formerly Ernst & Young), the State University of New York at Albany (UAlbany) is equipping students with critical skills and real-world experience in cybersecurity, business, and professional development.

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Students’ top 10 most-regretted majors have everything to do with one issue

University Business

Holders of computer science degrees are finding their skills in high demand all across the workforce—from tech to consulting to management, where they are being offered average salaries of $100,000 or more, ZipRecruiter says. More from UB : How this interim dean is reigniting his college’s community.

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Better together: These 16 Connecticut schools team up on AI

University Business

. “There are significant resources in AI education, workforce development and research and innovation across the state, but those resources do not talk to each other,” says Vahid Behzadan, co-founder of CAIA and assistant professor of computer science and data science at the University of New Haven.

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Here are 4 ways curriculum must evolve for a 21st-century breakthrough

University Business

Ozlem Kilic is the founding dean of UT Knoxville’s College of Emerging and Collaborative Studies, which aims to align industry input with interdisciplinary research to provide students cutting-edge curriculum. Their broader curriculum “teaches students what AI [is already] good at.

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Vanderbilt to Establish New Computing, AI, Data Science College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Vanderbilt University has announced its work toward establishing a college dedicated to computer science, artificial intelligence (AI), data science, and related fields. Dr. Krishnendu Roy The interdisciplinary college will be led by a new dean, who will report to Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Dr. C.

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William & Mary professors cry secrecy on data school, more

Inside Higher Ed

So the institution’s disclosure that it briefed the Board of Visitors on not just a department but a possible division-level unit of computational and data science stunned many on campus. ” Beyond Data Science. William & Mary has long had a liberal arts orientation and strong tradition of shared governance.