Computer Software - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Feb 2016
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February 16, 2016

Abstract—Using test data for all children attending Danish public schools between school years 2009–-2010 and 2012–2013, we examine how the time of the test affects performance. Test time is determined by the weekly class schedule and View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2018
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Making Sense of the Modern Startup

example of Jobs and Wozniak at the birth of Apple Computer. “Were they the right guys to create a hand-assembled computer motherboard company in 1976?” he asks rhetorically. Answer: sure. But—were they the right guys to build a major... View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)

18 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 18, 2007

in the 1970s, HCL had grown into an enterprise with $3.7 billion in revenues and a market capitalization of $5.1 billion. The company had 41,000 employees in 11 countries, but it was ill-prepared for the increasingly competitive market. With the shift from hardware to... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Creative Educational Software Development Program Innovation IT Operations, which includes: Infrastructure Support Media Services Technology Consulting Technology Services for Faculty, MBA Students, Executive Education Participants, and... View Details

01 Jun 2019
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City on a Hill

he cofounded Giant Otter, a startup that developed anti-bullying software designed to make both a social impact and a profit. The company’s foreign-born coders, however, lacked the cultural competency to develop the conversational... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Clay Cook

15 Jan 2008
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First Look: January 15, 2008

product design, production, distribution, and system integration may be split up among hundreds or even thousands of firms. Different firms will design and produce the different components of a complex artifact (like the processor, peripherals, and View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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impair any part of any of the Services or the computer equipment or network(s) connected to any of the Services or to disrupt or interfere with any Program or any other user's use and enjoyment of any of the Services; (b) attempt to gain... View Details

24 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018

fund Sachem Head Capital, led by founder Scott Ferguson, launched an activist campaign at computer aided design (CAD) software maker Autodesk. The activist campaign, waged mainly in private, was over... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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computer equipment or network(s) connected to any of the Services or to disrupt or interfere with any Program or any other user's use and enjoyment of any of the Services; (b) attempt to gain unauthorized access to any of the Services,... View Details

01 Jun 2006
News

India Arrives

of goods and services. Progress is slow, and estimates are that it will be years before any substantive change is seen. Some even fear that India’s escalating population will overwhelm any improvements. “India has very good software in... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

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digital art and creating a way for artists to capture value from their art. Synthetic Biology – Enabling us to reprogram DNA and rewrite the code of life (25% of sessions): We examine the potential for gene editing and other forms of View Details

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