When Anna Carlin started working in IT in the 1980s, there were more women in the field than she saw 20 years later as an IT instructor. Over the years, Carlin has used her experience in education and industry to help students understand the value that working in IT and cybersecurity can bring and inspire […]
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Jay Gehringer spent 27 years as a high school band director before making the transition into cybersecurity education. He knows firsthand the value that comes from being well-rounded and having expertise in multiple areas. As a cyber coach and mentor at North Hollywood High School, he passes that lesson onto his students as they prepare
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Starting a cyber team involves hard work and dedication under normal circumstances. New coaches need to make arrangements with their schools, recruit students, and begin building community partnerships. Now imagine trying to do all of those things while your community is recovering from devastating wildfires. That’s the situation computer science teacher Edwin Kang found himself
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Skip Brewer is the Computer Security Manager at the Elk Grove Unified School District, a position he took after several years in the IT industry. Given that experience, he was a little skeptical about cyber competitions when one of his teachers approached him about using a school computer lab to start a team. “The first
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Originally Posted On: singularityhub.com In the past few years, artificial intelligence has advanced so quickly that it now seems hardly a month goes by without a newsworthy AI breakthrough. In areas as wide-ranging as speech translation, medical diagnosis, and gameplay, we have seen computers outperform humans in startling ways. This has sparked a discussion about how AI will impact
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Originally Posted On: singularityhub.com You’re driving along the highway when, suddenly, a person darts out across the busy road. There’s speeding traffic all around you, and you have a split second to make the decision: do you swerve to avoid the person and risk causing an accident? Do you carry on and hope to miss them?
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Originally Posted On: techrepublic.com The explosion of data in consumer and business spaces can place our productivity at risk. There are ways you can resist drowning in data. The pace of data creation steadily increases as technology becomes more and more ingrained in people’s lives and continues to evolve. According to Forbes.com last May, “there are
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Originally Posted On: informationweek.com There might be a better, knowledge management-based, way to conduct the US Census, according to a group of university researchers. Consider for a minute whether the best way to collect important data is to mail 125 million (or so) paper forms, often to “Current Occupant,” and to then follow up with humans carrying clipboards
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Originally Posted On: informationweek.com When hiring gets tough, IT leaders get strategic. Here’s how successful organizations seize the experts their competitors’ only wish they could land. The technology industry’s unemployment rate is well below the national average, forcing companies to compete aggressively for top talent. When presented with a range of recruitment strategies by a recent
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Originally Posted On: techrepublic.com Three jobs completely new to the IT industry will be data trash engineer, virtual identity defender, and voice UX designer, according to Cognizant. With technology flooding the enterprise, many people fear the emergence of tech will take over their jobs. However, tech like artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning will actually create
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