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Crypto startup Dfinity takes on Ethereum with launch of Internet Computer – Mashable
It took a while to get here, but Dfinity is finally launching.
In July 2018, I went to the Swiss city of Zug to speak to Dominic Williams, CEO of crypto platform Dfinity. Its blockchain project has impossibly bold branding they call it "Internet Computer" and a massive trove of cash. (The company raised $102 million from Andreessen Horowitz and others in 2018.) The goal is to create the best platform for cryptocurrency-based apps.
Back then, Dfinity pegged the first quarter of 2019 as a possible launch date for its mainnet (in crypto lingo, mainnet is when you launch the actual product with a live blockchain to build on). But after some delay, Dfinity has finally done it on May 7, the Internet Computer is going live.
The technical details of Dfinity aren't easy to grasp (check out the details here), but the company sees itself as another essential stack of internet protocols that will fuel decentralized apps of the future, other such protocols being the building blocks of the Internet such as TCP/IP. Dfinity also boasts "unlimited capacity" and running at "web speed," as well as a high level of decentralization, meaning that anyone can join the network, build on it, or use the applications that are built on top of it.
In crypto terms, Dfinity is best compared with Ethereum, the world's most popular platform for decentralized apps. However, while apps on Ethereum typically have to do with finance, Dfinity advertises itself as a platform for any type of web app. To prove this, the company launched a proof-of-concept, decentralized version of LinkedIn called LinkedUp in 2020, and followed with similar test versions of TikTok and WhatsApp. (All of these projects are still being developed and will launch together with Dfinity's Internet Computer.)
Williams' ambitions for the project are massive. "In 10 years, the wider tech community will realize that the Internet Computer is on a trajectory to one day become humanitys primary compute platform for building software, and the 'Open Internet' will predominate over Big Techs closed proprietary ecosystem. Finally, in 20 years, the Open Internet will finally be significantly bigger than Big Techs closed proprietary ecosystem, which will be in terminal decline, but will take forever to disappear for similar reasons COBOL code is still running," he said in a statement.
Dfinity is not alone in trying to dethrone Ethereum; other projects, such as Cardano, Avalanche, and Solana, have a similar mission. I asked Williams about Dfinity's competitive advantage over those other projects.
Dominic Williams, founder and Chief Scientist at Dfinity.
"The biggest advantage that the Internet Computer has is that it is simply the worlds first blockchain that runs at web speed with unlimited capacity solving the 'blockchain trilemma' by producing a blockchain network that is decentralized, secure, and scalable," he told me via e-mail. "Another differentiator is in how the Internet Computer utilizes independent data centers around the world. This means it doesnt rely on AWS or any of the enterprise cloud providers. Instead of using Proof of Work or Proof of Stake, the Internet Computer rewards the independent data centers for the time that they correctly operate standardized computer nodes," he said.
At launch, Dfinity starts by running on 48 data centers located all over the globe, running 1,300 nodes, and the company says it plans to continue to grow "exponentially," with 4,300 nodes scheduled to run by the end of the year.
Finally, Williams thinks that Dfinity's team is among the best around, with numerous cryptography and computer science experts working over five years to bring the project to a complete state. And the Internet Computer is "100 percent complete" at this point, Williams says. "Anyone around the world can jump in and begin building the next mega applications and billion dollar businesses."
Like most crypto projects, Dfinity's Internet Computer platform comes with a crypto token attached. The ICP token has a role in network governance, software hosting fees, and as a reward for participation in either the governance or the operations of the network. The token itself will launch on May 10.
As for what lies in Dfinity's future, Williams says the project's most important mission is to "onboard as many interested developers, entrepreneurs, investors, and enterprises as possible."
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Tusky Valley students ‘knock it out of the park’ with engineering projects – New Philadelphia Times Reporter
ZOARVILLE Rufus the robotic dog was one of the stars of a Project Lead The Way showcase held Friday at Tuscarawas Valley High School.
Normally, such showcases are community events, but it wasn't possible this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. So instructor Paul Dunlap decided to stage an informal one for staff and students.
"I felt my students deserved to have the ability to present their concepts, ideas and projects to the community," he said.
Students developed a variety of projects for the showcase.
"My seniors have knocked it out of the park this year," Dunlap noted. "They created a robotic dog, a drone factory that builds and assembles drones from the milling state all the way through laser engraving to it takes off. My other students also created a pencil sorting factory, which sorts them based on color."
Tuscarawas Valley has offered Project Lead The Way classes for the past 12 years.
According to the Project Lead the Way website, the programhelps "students to develop in-demand, transportable knowledge and skills through pathways in computer science, engineeringand biomedical science."
Tuscarawas Valley offers the classes all the way down to kindergarten.
"So my daughter, who's a kindergartner, is learning how to program virtual robots. She absolutely loves it." Dunlap said.
At this year's showcase, the guest judges were six former Tuscarawas Valley students who are now studying engineering in college. They are Clint Spillman, Jake Rothenstein, Randall Winkhart, Gavin Perkowski and Jonathan Rennicker, all students at the University of Akron, and Seth Ramsey, a student at the Ohio State University.
They were all impressed with the projects they saw.
"Every year it seems like they improve on what the previous class did, and I didn't think that was possible," said Spillman, who is in his junior year at Akron. "They've blown us out of the water with the stuff they do. And I thought the stuffwe were doing was advanced, but this is even more advanced."
Added Rennicker, "I'm just in awe. They're amazing, very impressive that they're doing this in high school."
Rennicker, who is in his first year at Akron, said the Project Lead The Way classes at Tuscarawas Valley are way ahead of anything he's doing in college.
Some of the classes Spillman took at Tuscarawas Valley he retook in college, and they were exactly the same.
"I was very prepared, and it just made it so much easier to get through," he said. "You become a leader just because you can help everyone else in the class. They're so surprised with what you've done in high school."
He added that he was impressed by the robotic dog and how the students had programmed it.
Dunlap said he was fortunate to have his former students come back as judges.
"They all got a hold of me to come back, not the other way around," he said. "As soon as they hear something's going on, they want to come back and participate."
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Michale Fee appointed head of the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences – MIT News
Michale Fee, the Glen V. and Phyllis F. Dorflinger Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, has been named as the new head of the MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences (BCS), effective May 1.
Fee, who also is an investigator in the McGovern Institute for Brain Research, succeeds James DiCarlo, the Peter de Florez Professor of Neuroscience, who announced in December that he was stepping down to become director of the MIT Quest for Intelligence.
I want to thank Jim for his impressive work over the last nine years as head, says Fee. I know firsthand from my time as associate department head that BCS is in good shape and on a steady course. Jim has set a standard of transparent and collaborative leadership, which is a solid foundation for making our community stronger on all fronts.
Fee notes that his first mission is to continue the initiatives begun under DiCarlos leadership in academics (especially Course 6-9); mentoring; and diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice (DEIJ) while maintaining the highest standards of excellence in research and education.
Jim has overseen significant growth in the faculty and its impact, as well as important academic initiatives to strengthen the departments graduate and undergraduate programs, says Nergis Mavalvala, dean of the School of Science. His emphasis on building ties among BCS, the McGovern Institute for Brain Research, and The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory has brought innumerable new collaborations among researchers and helped solidify Building 46 and MIT as world leaders in brain science.
Fee earned his BE in engineering physics in 1985 at the University of Michigan, and his PhD in applied physics at Stanford University in 1992, under the mentorship of Nobel laureate Stephen Chu. His doctoral work was followed by research in the Biological Computation Department at Bell Laboratories. He joined MIT and BCS as an associate professor in 2003 and was promoted to full professor in 2008.
He has served since 2012 as associate department head for education in BCS, overseeing significant evolution in the departments academic programs, including a complete reworking of the Course 9 curriculum and the establishment in 2019 of Course 6-9 (Computation and Cognition), in partnership with the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
In his research, Fee explores the neural mechanisms by which the brain learns complex sequential behaviors, using the learning of song by juvenile zebra finches as a model. He has brought new experimental and computational methods to bear on these questions, identifying a number of circuits used to learn, modify, time, and coordinate the development and utterance of song syllables.
His work is emblematic of the department in that it crosses technical and disciplinary boundaries in search of the most significant discoveries, says DiCarlo. His research background gives Michale a deep appreciation of the importance of every sub-discipline in our community and a broad understanding of the importance of their connections with each other.
Fee has received numerous honors and awards for his research and teaching, including the MIT Fundamental Science Investigator Award in 2017, the MIT School of Science Teaching Prize for Undergraduate Education in 2016, the BCS Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching in 2015, and the Lawrence Katz Prize for Innovative Research in Neuroscience from Duke University in 2012.
Fee will be the sixth head of the department, after founding chair Hans Lukas Teuber (196477), Richard Held (197786), Emilio Bizzi (198697), Mriganka Sur (19972012), and DiCarlo (201221).
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Governor signs bill aimed at attracting more math, science teachers – alreporter.com
Governor Kay Ivey on Thursday signed into law theTeacher Excellence and Accountability for Mathematics and Science(TEAMS)SalarySchedule Program, an aggressive piece of legislation to combat the estimated 3,000 unfilled math and science teacher positions in 6-12 grade classrooms across Alabama.
Starting in the 2021-2022 school year,well-trained and educated middle and high school math and science teachers could earn up to $15,000 in additional pay each year.
The quality of education in this state, particularly in rural, hard-to-staff areas, has to be solved to properly prepare our children for their futures in an ever-increasing STEM-based economy, said Ivey, who is a former teacher. With TEAMS, we are placing emphasis on attracting both in-state and regional teachers in key subjects to move the needle in Alabama school systems.
The TEAMS program introduced in the Senate by Donnie Chesteen, R-Geneva, and in the House of Representatives by Rep. Alan Baker, R-Brewton will provide incentive pay for interested and qualifying math and science teachers.
In Alabama, our state takes a lot of pride in being number one in college football, yet we have settled far too long with being at or near the bottom in math and science scores, Chesteen said. The TEAMS Act will allow Alabama to recruit more math and science teachers and enroll current teacher into the TEAMS program. This bill is a step in the right direction in preparing our state to remain competitive in recruitment of STEM jobs of the 21st century. I look forward to seeing the positive improvements this will provide students in the future.
Each district can accept one TEAMS math and one TEAMS science teacher to participate in the program per 105 grade 6-12 students in the system equating to roughly 7,000 teachers statewide.Prospective program teachers can apply to their district for a TEAMS position if they:
The TEAMS Act is an aggressive and innovative investment to attract and reward highly credentialed math and science teachers in public schools, Baker said.
Within three years of admission to the program, TEAMS teachers must receive a specialized certification or credential from the National Institute for STEM Education, the National Board of Professional Teacher Standards (Early Adolescence or Early Adolescence and Young Adulthood Math or Science), or other program as developed by the Department of Education. Three extra years are allowed for those with insufficient experience, such as new teachers, recent college graduates, etc.
Upon program entry, teachers will receive a $5,000 bonus and will earn another $5,000 upon program completion. Additionally, an annual supplement of $5,000 will be paid to those teaching in Alabama Department of Education-identified hard-to-staff schools.
Those interested can apply for Alabamas Teacher Excellence and Accountability for Mathematics and Science (TEAMS) Salary Schedule Program by contacting the Alabama Department of Education at (334) 694-4900.
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Queensborough Community College: NSF Awards $300000 Grant To Queensborough To Create Pathways For Students In The Advanced Technologic … – Patch.com
May 07, 2021
Queensborough Community College is the recipient of a National Science Foundation grant in the amount of $300,000 entitled, Developing the Data Analysis Skills of Community College Students Using Cloud Technologies. The grant's goal is to utilize advanced technological (AT) education to create new pathways for community college students to obtain jobs in data analysis, bioinformatics, statistics and cloud computing.
Queensborough is among the first community collegesthere are less than 20 across the nationto utilize the data science agenda.
"This grant will make it possible to incorporate into Queensborough certain basic concepts in data analysis in various disciplines," said Dr. Monica Trujillo, Department of Biological Sciences and Geology, and Principal Investigator of the grant.
She continued, "While advanced technology will obviously benefit students in the sciences, we also want to reach faculty in other departments to incorporate key concepts in data analysis as it will make all of our students more competitive. It will give them that something extra when they transfer to a four-year school or go straight into the workforce."
"Our faculty has made it possible for Queensborough to be among the first community colleges to utilize the data science agenda. This incredible accomplishment would not have been possible without their leadership, tenacity and commitment to the success of our students," said Queensborough Community College President, Dr. Christine Mangino.
Trujillo's team members are: Dr. Esma Yildirim (Co-Principal Investigator), Dr. Mercedes Franco, and Dr. Yusuf Danisman, all of the Mathematics & Computer Science Department. Christine Spicknell, Assistant Director in the Office of Grants and Sponsored Programs, provided significant guidance and support on the grant application. Another innovative aspect of this grant is that a Business and Industry Leadership Team (BILT) was created as the grant was been written. This BILT will continue to support the team during the life of the grant.
Franco realized the potential of data science some years ago at a conference where the Chair of the Mathematics Department at Macalester College spoke about a data science minor. "I was fascinated by this concept and believed it could be applied at the community college level. This would be a perfect way for students to develop knowledge and skills and connect them with real life problems."
She started advocating for the project by taking members of faculty from various departments at Queensborough and then from other CUNY two-year and four-year schools to similar conferences.
Yildirim elaborated on the history of data analysis programs. "Initially, data analysis programs were only available in four-year colleges however technology companies' need for qualified employees expanded. That's when these companies began taking a closer look at community colleges and we recognized we must amalgamate cloud computing, bioinformatics and data analysis so that our students would have the data analysis skills to enter this quickly evolving job market."
According to Yildirim emerging technologies are in increasingly high demand and can be applied to many areas of our lives.
"For example," said Trujillo, "We contacted Beta NYC which has a broad approach to incorporating data analysis. The organization has a training program and has expressed interest in our students as potential trainers. This is a terrific opportunity for our students to interact with other institutions in the city, including the Department of Environmental Protection and the Department of Mental Health and Hygiene."
Trujillo pointed out that advanced technology is yet another crucial opportunity to make education fairer and more equitable and provide students with training opportunities that will open doors for well paid jobs and also to develop critical thinking skills.
Students will begin their training with a four-week summer boot camp. The summer training will be designed with the help of the BILT that includes members from research and medical institutions that apply data science and analysis. The subsequent year-long program will include hands-on projects, interview training skills for internships and for jobs, potentially at the BILT member's institutions. The program will commence with a four-week boot camp to be held in summer 2022.
This press release was produced by Queensborough Community College. The views expressed here are the author's own.
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CoderZ Named SIIA Education Technology 2021 CODiE Award Finalist for The Best Coding and Computational Thinking Solution – eSchool News
DERRY, N.H. May 6, 2021 Once again, CoderZ has earned prestigious industry recognition, this time as a finalist in the Best Coding and Computational Thinking category for the SIIA Education Technology 2021 CODiE Awards program.
CoderZ is a powerful, self-paced virtual learning platform that is designed to teach students valuable principles of coding, robotics, and computational skills through the engaging and challenging context of robotics. As a cloud-based robotics and computer science program, CoderZ delivers four engaging courses for schools and districts to choose from each uniquely developed to ignite students passion for STEM concepts and provide authentic learning opportunities to increase interest and engagement.
We are honored to be named a CODiE Award finalist this year, said Ido Yerushalmi, CEO of CoderZ. The Education Technology categories are judged by working educators and administrators against specific category criteria, so it is gratifying to be recognized by industry leaders for product excellence and innovation. With the CoderZ suite of products, educators can ignite students passion for STEM through robotics, coding, and computer science while fostering future-ready college and career skills.
Acknowledged as the premier awards program for the software and information industries for over 35 years, the SIIA CODiE Awards are produced by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), the principal trade association for the software, education, media, financial information and digital content industries. CoderZ was honored as one of 152 finalists across the 42 education technology categories.
The CODiE Awards recognize the most exciting and transformative products in Ed Tech, said Jeff Joseph, SIIA President. This year, these leaders helped our nation respond to the historic pandemic, enabling learners, educators, administrators and parents to remain connected to each other and to critical educational resources via an array of innovative services and platforms. Congratulations to this years finalists for demonstrating the vitality, resilience and importance of this important industry.
The SIIA CODiE Awards are the industrys only peer-recognized awards program. Educators and administrators serve as judges and conduct the first-round review of all education nominees. Their scores determine the SIIA CODiE Award finalists which accounts for 80% of the overall score. SIIA members then vote on the finalist products and the scores from both rounds are tabulated to select the winners. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, Education Technology category winners will be announced during an online winner announcement celebration June 23, 2021.
Details about each finalist are listed at https://history.siia.net/codie/2021-Finalists
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CoderZ believes STEM education is essential for the future and should be universally available to all kids.So, we built an engaging virtual robotics platform that makes it easy for anyone to learn (and teach) the core subjects that bring STEM to life! Grounded in math, physics, and engineering, CoderZ trains students in grades four and up in computational thinking and technical ability. It challenges them with real-world problem-solving to develop a growth mindset.For afree trial visit: GoCoderz.com
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The graduating seniors of The Capital-Journal’s All-City Academic Team will make Topeka proud – The Topeka Capital-Journal
Some won't wander too far off, attending and making names for themselves at Kansas' excellent state colleges and universities.
Others will move thousands of miles away to introduce others across the nation to the hard-working characterand authentic essence of what it means to be a Kansan.
Each of these high school seniors will carry themselves well, though, and they start these next phases in their lives knowing they have the support of proud schools and communities that raised them.
The following students are members of The Topeka Capital-Journal's All-City Academic Team.
*Denotes student was also selected to the Gannett Kansas 2021 All-State Academic Team.
School:Topeka High School
Parents/guardians:David and Dalia Bell
Plans after graduation:Applied economics management at Cornell University (New York)
Ideal career:Economist
Student comments: "My past actions through (Topeka High) Interact are a reminder of what I will continue to strive for in my educational venture. I will draw on my experiences as a first-generation, low-income student to find solutions to this economic inequality that my community has felt. Through my unique story, I will strive to include the voices of the less fortunate in our conversations but also be mindful of my peers' engagements with this cycle."
School:Highland Park High School
Parents/guardians:Chantel Emerson, of Topeka, and David Westbrooks (Indiana)
Plans after graduation:Psychology at Spelman College (Georgia)
Ideal career:Behavioral scientist
Student comments: "By becoming a behavioral scientist, I will advocate for myself and other people like me who battle mental illness. I want to lift the stigma and shame associated with admitting that help is needed, and I want people to know where to find resources. By furthering my education, I willinteract with people and shed light on how important mental illness should be to them."
School:Seaman High School
Parents/guardians:Jackie and Brian Fox, both of Topeka
Plans after graduation:Biochemistry/pre-dental at the University of Kentucky
Ideal career:Orthodontist
Student comments: "COVID-19 was not the first nor the last hardship that individuals in our generation will face. Every day, individuals are impacted by a multitude of factors that make the quality of their life less than desirable. In the future, through my practice and community outreach, I plan to truly provide a place and an opportunity for individuals around me to find happiness and to enjoy life, regardless of their situation. Happiness should not be a luxury, but rather a right for every human being."
School:Silver Lake Jr./Sr. High School
Parents/guardians:Doug and Michele Gerber, Silver Lake
Plans after graduation:Integrated physiology at Kansas State University
Ideal career:Physician's assistant
Student comments: "If the pandemic has demonstrated anything, it has shown us that healthcare workers are the backbone of society. They work through impossible standards everyday in order to ensure strangers find health and happiness. I am beyond fortunate to have the ability to pursue a degree that will eventually place me in the healthcare field, and I am thrilled to begin this selfless work."
School:Washburn Rural High School
Parents/guardians:Ryan and Ifi Norsworthy, of Topeka
Plans after graduation:Computer science/political science at Yale University (Connecticut)
Ideal career:Software developer
Student comments: "In my eyes, the pandemic has exposed a lot of the ways in which we leave a lot of people behind in our society. As we move into a more comprehensive recovery stage from the pandemic, I want to get out into local communities and help these forgotten peoples. I want to listen to their stories and find out how we, as a society, can better serve them."
School:Hope Street Academy
Parents/guardians:Rhea Smith, of Topeka, and Brian Smith (Meridan)
Plans after graduation:To-be-determined major at Kansas City Kansas Community College
Ideal career:Still deciding
School comments: "Brianna has had to overcome many outside influences and obstacles during her years in high school. During all of that grades always remained important to her. She is continually on honor roll, works many hours a week at her job, and is always a joy for any teacher who has her in class."
School:Topeka West High School
Parents/guardians:Evelyn and Richard Tradio, of Topeka
Plans after graduation:Forensic chemistry at Washburn University
Ideal career:Forensic chemist/technician
Student comments: "I hope to break out of my shell a little bit as opportunities arise, and I hope to immerse myself with positive, inspiring people who will help me through college and teach me valuable life lessons. These are only a few of my goals and opportunities I see in making just the slightest mark in the world, and if I follow through with my ambitions and goals, maybe someone else's life will benefit in the process and that would be enough for me."
School:Shawnee Heights High School
Parents/guardians:Steve and Tina Weinzirl, of Topeka
Plans after graduation:Chemistry at the University of Kansas
Ideal career:Biochemical engineer
Student comments: "My main goal in life is to see the success of those around me. I aim to use my education as an opportunity to better myself and to learn skills that can be applied to the real world in order to see beneficial changes within the lives of my friends, family, and the whole world. Out of the problems that I want to solve, combating climate change will require the most effort and is held as the most important issue to me."
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Community Foundation of Greater Flint awards $7,500 grant to Kettering University for computer science camps – MLive.com
FLINT, MI -- The Community Foundation of Greater Flint awarded a $7,500 grant to Kettering University to support students at the schools Pre-College Computer Science Camps.
The grant money will be used to offset costs for Genesee County students to attend the camps based on financial need, according to a news release from the university.
The generosity of this grant will remove financial barriers for students that have a passion for computer science to participate in our summer programs, said Cherie Taylor, Ketterings Pre-College Programs lead. The students can take their new skills and lessons back to the classroom and extra-curricular activities such as robotics to help their teams improve the coding on their robots.
The camps, held in July each year, promote hands-on learning and help high school students a navigate the internet using cyber security and python coding programs, per the release.
Kettering offers more than 25 different precollege learning programs, including the Academically Interested Minds program, FIRST Robotics Competition and Leadership Camp.
Offering Flint and Genesee County youth the opportunity to learn computer science skills through this camp at Kettering University gives students skills that can be applied to future careers in the STEM field, which is rapidly growing and offers lucrative employment opportunities, Alexandria Dawson, Community Foundation of Greater Flint program officer, said.
The Community Foundations Bruce B. Mackey Fund for Education provided the grant.
Registration for the Pre-College Computer Science Camps is now open.
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3 universities awarded grants to build computer science learning hubs – ROI-NJ.com
Rutgers University, Fairleigh Dickinson University and Kean University were each given grants of approximately $265,000 in an effort to create computer science learning hubs throughout New Jersey, the state announced Tuesday.
The Expanding Access to Computer Science: Professional Learning Grants will help provide high-quality professional learning for educators and resources for school districts to increase computer science opportunities for students. The grants which are funded through the Fiscal Year 2021 Appropriations Act also will help the three universities build partnerships with stakeholders to promote the growth of computer science education.
The grants support the vision in Gov. Phil Murphys Computer Science State Plan, which details the states approach to supporting and expanding equitable access to high-quality computer science education for all K-12 students.
The Department of Education estimates that the learning hubs will lead to approximately 3,000 students receiving equitable, high-quality computer science education during the grant period, which runs until Aug. 31, 2022.
The schools were awarded the following amounts:
New Jersey is committed to ensuring our students have access to a high-quality education in computer science that will open up doors for them in the future, Murphy said. The learning hubs will provide opportunities for educators to be on the forefront of computer science education, and to share that knowledge to students in the classroom. These efforts will contribute to the academic growth of our students and the economic growth of our state.
Angelica Allen-McMillan, acting commissioner of education, said the grants are part of a vision that will enable New Jersey schools to prepare students for success in a knowledge-based economy.
This initiative will help toward the goal of providing equitable access to high-quality computer science education, she said.
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If you want to launch a computer science career, this training can get you started for just $40 – The Next Web
TLDR: The 2021 Complete Computer Science Training Bundle includes more than 210 hours of instruction in todays hottest data science fields like artificial intelligence and machine learning.
If you ever stared at lines of computer code and felt like you were trying to decipher a foreign language, the state of Arkansas apparently agrees with you.
Under a bill currently being considered by Arkansas lawmakers, courses like programming, AP Computer Science Principles, and Computer Science Standard Level could soon be counted as a foreign language for state high school students.
Its easy to laugh at that idea, but when you think about it, they arent entirely wrong. Computer science practically is another language. And if its a language you know and understand, you can rest assured your professional future is set long term.
With the instruction in The 2021 Complete Computer Science Training Bundle ($39.99from TNW Deals), learners can pick up the necessary tools and techniques for understanding programming, data analysis, and other key elements of cutting edge tech advancements like artificial intelligence and machine learning.
This collection isnt something youll knock out in a weekend either. Its massive, featuring over 210 hours of learning and nine courses covering foundational pieces in learning data science principles and how to extrapolate critical conclusions from those findings.
The Python programming language and its powerful, yet adaptable structure is at the center of much of todays key tech developments, so Learn to Code with Python and Python Data Science lay that foundation, getting novice coders used to Python syntax and structure, while also explaining key first steps in using Python to organize, analyze, and hypothesize based solely off that data.
From there, the training expands to include courses in using the R programming language for statistical modeling, the impact of discrete mathematics, and even how to build 15 different coding projects to showcase your web development skills.
And since theres no tech development arena hotter than teaching computers and apps to understand information and make decisions based on those findings, this package also includes training in using Tensorflow and Keras. By learning those two Python offshoots, you can learn how to create artificial neural networks and deep learning structures to apply machine learning to your own projects.
The 2021 Complete Computer Science Training Bundle includes $1,800 worth of coursework forjust $39.99.
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