The University of Chicago (UChicago) announced today that the National Science Foundation has awarded a $3.1 million grant to support the development of Array of Things, an urban sensing instrument that will serve as a fitness tracker for the city.
Kate Keahey, a computer scientist in Argonne’s Mathematics and Computer Science Division, has been named this year’s winner of the Association for Women in Science (AWIS) Chicago Innovator Award.
Kids today grow up surrounded by technology, from computers to laptops to smartphones. Despite this exposure, they aren’t always taught how their technology works — how it’s programmed, and how to fix it when it’s broken.
Researchers in Argonne’s Mathematics and Computer Science Division have had six papers accepted for presentation at SC15’s highly competitive Technical Papers Program.