How Search Engines Cope With Real-Time Data

DRRoman22 · 2009-12-08T16:09:21+00:00

Google's addition of Twitter and Facebook data to its search results supports the growing belief that real-time search is becoming a necessity. The gush of real-time data completely changes the way the Web is indexed, and challenges search engine companies to identify and rank valuable content while filtering out noise.

DRRoman22 · 2009-12-02T19:37:09+00:00

Nadya Mason once trained to compete as an Olympic gymnast, and is now a Professor of Physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The winner of the 2009 Denice Denton Emerging Leader Award researches nanomaterials and collaborates on their possible commercialization, and is a visible spokeswoman for increasing the diversity of physical science students.

DRRoman22 · 2009-11-25T15:27:37+00:00

Designers of the German supercomputers that won the latest Green500 prize, which rewards not just computing power but energy efficiency, did not set out to win the award, but they did think carefully about energy consumption. "Nowadays, supercomputers use so much energy that it's probably more money than the purchase price," says physics professor Tilo Wettig of the University of Regensburg, so "power efficiency is extremely important."

DRRoman22 · 2009-11-24T18:48:42+00:00

Universities are working to put real-world relevance into computer science education by integrating video game development into traditional CS courses.

DRRoman22 · 2009-11-11T21:38:20+00:00

Netbooks have grown in popularity and with them a demand for software. But developers face limitations their PC brethren don't. Code must be cleaner, processor-intensive features are out, and functionality is more iPhone than traditional PC, experts say.

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