ATHERTON, Calif., June 7 (UPI) -- Stanford University computer science professor Rajeev Motwani has died at his Atherton, Calif., home, San Mateo County, Calif., officials said. He was 47.
WASHINGTON, March 18 (UPI) -- The number of U.S. college students pursuing degrees in computer science has jumped for the first time since the dot-com bust, says a trade association.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 26 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists have, for the first time, applied a computer model of how the brain processes visual information to a complex, real world task.
HOUSTON, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Ken Kennedy, a pioneer in computer science whose work can be seen in today's supercomputers and video games, has died in Houston at 61. Kennedy taught at Rice University, where he founded the computer science department in 1984. He was known for his work
MADISON, Wis., Aug. 17 (UPI) -- The University of Wisconsin-Madison has a new freshman-level computer science program aimed at enticing women to become computer scientists.
STANFORD, Calif., July 12 (UPI) -- Stanford University Professor Ben Barres has joined the debate about whether men's brains are better suited for science than women's.
SANTA CRUZ, Calif., July 11 (UPI) -- The University of California-Santa Cruz has approved a new science major in computer game design.
MUNICH, Germany, June 19 (UPI) -- German researchers say they've implanted a computer chip into a rat's brain, reportedly moving science a step closer to helping paraplegics.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Pennsylvania State University researchers have developed a method to rank computer and information science funding agencies, institutions and individuals.
LOS ANGELES, July 20 (UPI) -- Computer programming, once the hot major in U.S. colleges and the ticket to a good job, is being shunned on college campuses today.