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2 Feb 2024, 7:00 am
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that “following an investigation,” the agency and Groupon, Inc – an online purveyor of goods and services – had entered into a “voluntary agreement” wherein the company would contribute $350,000 to a fund dedicated to improving “STEM” education for Black students (and which would award Black students scholarships for pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering and… [read post]
30 Jan 2024, 9:50 am by Kevin LaCroix
Similarly, a mechanical engineer may be able to explain the forces at play on a racehorse’s legs in running a race, but if the issue is what to do to avoid injury in running a race, a jockey qualified by years of practical experience in riding horses in races, can more credibly answer the question than the mechanical engineer. [read post]
29 Jan 2024, 4:35 pm
 Pix credit hereCates 1980 has distributed its February 2024 Report. [read post]
29 Jan 2024, 6:33 am by Robin E. Kobayashi
The majority of those in the WFH group were aged 30-39, had annual household incomes of more than $150,000 and worked predominately in the occupation sector of computer, engineering, and science. [read post]
25 Jan 2024, 4:00 pm by Rob Robinson
Both initiatives were developed by the ProSearch Linguistics, Analytics, and Data Science (LADS) team in collaboration with clients. [read post]
24 Jan 2024, 7:45 am by Evan George
But these efforts to radically remake the civil service would also target the engineers, scientists, and environmental lawyers who help implement, and enforce, science-based environmental regulations. [read post]
22 Jan 2024, 7:32 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
Some uses of facial recognition technology raise significant concerns that merit a swift government response, says a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. [read post]
  Ford: Pollution, engineering, population growth, and climate change are all posing challenges to freshwater in America. [read post]
22 Jan 2024, 1:30 am by Marta Morvillo
The connection between genetically engineered plants and pesticides has been clear to EU policymakers as well. [read post]
21 Jan 2024, 8:13 am
  But not necessarily a political oversight of elected officials--that is messy and itself risky (elected officials are inherently untrustworthy perhaps is a hidden message)--rather techno-administrators, public servants with a social science approach, may be required to dispassionately approach and manage risk. 3. [read post]
20 Jan 2024, 4:37 am by jonathanturley
A survey conducted by the Harvard Crimson shows that more than three-quarters of Harvard Arts and Sciences and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences faculty respondents identify as “liberal” or “very liberal. [read post]
18 Jan 2024, 8:35 am by Eric Goldman
Say what you will about Musk, but he is making an important contribution to science. [read post]
Sure, there will be more job openings for programmers, generative AI prompt engineers and other high-tech jobs; but there will also be increasing reliance on automation and generative AI in traditional roles. [read post]
16 Jan 2024, 7:02 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
” Issues in Science and Technology is a quarterly journal published by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and Arizona State University. [read post]
14 Jan 2024, 1:29 pm by Dennis Crouch
Whereas King warns of moral regress despite scientific advance, Andreessen sees innovation itself as the engine of perpetual growth and human betterment. [read post]
11 Jan 2024, 3:02 pm by luiza
  The Virginia-based consulting and engineering contractor agreed to pay roughly $377 million to settle charges it violated the False Claims Act by improperly billing the government for costs that should have been billed to its commercial and international contracts. [read post]
11 Jan 2024, 7:27 am by Unknown
Conway Professor of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Michigan, discussed why the financial sector is potentially the key to regulation of AI as well as the likely impact of the latest forms of AI.According to Wellman, finance may hold the keys to initial attempts to regulate AI because of several characteristics of financial markets, including that finance is a crucial economic sector, financial markets can be fragile (i.e., there are interdependencies and a… [read post]
10 Jan 2024, 1:58 pm by Holly
” Daniel Finnegan holds a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School and has a degree in Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. [read post]