Wednesday, November 09, 2011
Machine-based decision-making is coming Taking partiality and compensation bonus considerations out of the equation will lead to better decisions, a Gartner analyst says
Monday, January 03, 2011
Canadian researcher builds algorithms for filmmakers Who said you can’t at once be a computer scientist and an artist? The winner of the 2010 Steacie Prize for Natural Sciences applies his animation technology to the big screen. What conventional computer animation really lacks, according to Aaron Hertzmann
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Educating tech industry’s future superstars IT LEADERSHIP AWARDS: University of Toronto professor Greg Wilson took home the ComputerWorld Canada IT Educator of the Year award after supervising more than 150 undergraduate students on nearly 100 projects
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
What it takes to teach future IT leaders Rick Swanborg is among the first instructors in IT World Canada's Tech Learning Space, an online education platform for technology professionals. Hear his thoughts on making it as a CIO and beyond
Monday, February 23, 2009
Ontario universities tap into Tools as a Service IBM’s latest cloud computing project gives students and professors 24/7 access to IBM software development tools – with no hardware upgrades or installation required. 
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Making IT cool again We're supposed to be building a knowledge economy. How do we attract young people to enrol in computer science programs?
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Is America ready for its first BlackBerry president? Experts debate the need for a tech-savvy government leader.
Thursday, May 01, 2008
CA, Marc Garneau launch revamped planetarium An astronaut renowned for being the first Canadian person in space teamed up with a major software vendor to unveil a refurbished facility at the Ontario Science Centre. His next mission: encourage kids to consider a career in science and technology
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Open Text, U of Waterloo open centre for arts, IT The Stratford Institute, located 30 km away from the school well known for its cooperative education and engineering programs, will prepare students for jobs that combine creativity and content management
Thursday, August 02, 2007
The top network inventors of all time A look back at the networking industry's great inventors.
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Castro equates H-1B program with high-tech labour piracy Fidel Castro, Cuba's ailing leader, this week warned in a written commentary that the migration of skilled IT workers and other professionals to the U.S. and other nations will hurt developing economies in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Monday, July 02, 2007
Windows administrator - a hot job As so many businesses run Microsoft software on their networks, the Windows administrator's role is key to keeping a company's operations running smoothly. In fact, some career experts say the evolution of IT's business role makes this job a possible career path to CIO. 
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Ways to attract young people to IT careers Low enrollments in computer science and engineering programs mean few students are choosing technology careers. Five experts in IT education and training suggest ways to reverse the trend
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Tanenbaum outlines his vision for a grandma-proof OS When consumers go to buy an electrical appliance such as a TV or stereo they expect to bring it home, plug it in and see it work. And it is exactly what happens -- for years on end. But not so with computers, even though it should, says Dr. Andrew Tanenbaum, author and Professor of Computer Science at Vrije Universiteit in Holland . 
Thursday, December 07, 2006
The 3 R’s meet the 3 W’s School certainly has changed a lot since the days of the three R's – a.k.a. reading, writing and ‘rithmetic. Now a group of professors are collaborating on an initiative to train students how to design future versions of the three W’s – a.k.a. the World Wide Web.
Thursday, August 03, 2006
Big Blue's quest for the brightest and best The Extreme Blue program is IBM's incubator for combining great talent and technology to fuel innovation. The company has been running this intensive 15-week internship program since 2004 in Canada. This year, 24 students from various universities were selected out of pool of about 500 applicants to participate in the program.
Monday, May 02, 2005
chairman, Microsoft Corp. Congress should do away with limits on how many foreign workers technology companies can bring to the U.S. under what's known as the H1-B visa program, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp. chairman said Wednesday. 
Sunday, November 07, 2004
Fast track business degrees Many technology execs want entry-level IT employees to hit the ground running, with concrete skills for real IT work. And they often don't see that in college grads, who typically require on-the-job training or additional certification from vocational technical schools. 
Thursday, July 22, 2004
Big Blue interns get Extreme projects Eight Canadian students are participating this year in IBM Canada’s top internship program, dubbed Extreme Blue. 
Monday, July 19, 2004
IBM sets academic initiative At the Rational Software Developer User Conference in Grapevine, Tex., IBM Corp. on Tuesday detailed an initiative to collaborate with educators to teach students open standards skills to enable them to keep pace with changes in IT.
Wednesday, July 07, 2004
Canada gets Extreme Blue internship program Eight Canadian students are participating this year in IBM Canada's top internship program, dubbed Extreme Blue. The program originated in Cambridge, Mass., in 1999 and since then has expanded to 10 other IBM labs worldwide. This is the first year Extreme Blue projects are taking place in Canada. 
Thursday, April 15, 2004
Students bank on Linux Four University of Western Ontario (UWO) students have come down with Penguin fever, starting up their own Linux company dubbed Ignalum Linux.
Thursday, April 15, 2004
IT visionary gave Waterloo global renown He was a man whose passion for IT was rivalled only by his commitment to making the technology more accessible. He was a man whose leadership skills inspired new ways of thinking about the role of computers. But most importantly, James Wesley (Wes) Graham was the pioneer who put the University of Waterloo, Ont. (UW) on the technology roadmap. 
Sunday, April 11, 2004
Lakehead opens Advanced Technology and Academic Centre Thunder Bay, Ont.-based Lakehead University late last week unveiled its new high-tech teaching and learning facility, the Advanced Technology and Academic Centre. 
Thursday, July 24, 2003
NZ scientist wins award for social use of IT A New Zealand computer scientist has received an international award for his role developing digital library software that is used in developing countries.