Information Sciences and Technology
Shrinking materials
In the wireless world, smaller is better.
Picture it Digital
James Wang is training computers to be art historians by teaching them to analyze images and create statistical models of artwork.
Attack of the Giant Brains
The American industry's adoption of computers caused fear among workers who believed the "mechanical brains" would make their jobs obsolete. Historian Charles Yood says such fears could have been prevented.
Women in IT
Eileen Trauth lived and studied in Ireland , where a diverse workforce has helped the country become a center for software design and production. She believes the trend will spread to American women in technology.
Crystals within Crystals
Long-Qing Chen has looked to supercomputers to determine which metal mixture is required for the next generation of jet engines. His computer models crunch complex equations to generate images of crystals embedded with crystals.
Global Law
Penn State professor John Gamble works with a team of undergraduates to create a database that catalogs virtually all multilateral, international treaties.
Smart Search
Why does computer scientist Lee Giles work on the Web? "Because that's where the data are." Oceans of data, getting ever deeper.
Who Owns the Data?
Ever-increasing privacy rights and national security restrictions are making it difficult for research universities to access important databases. How should the academic community respond to database protection?
Tools for Getting Smarter
Electronic devices like cell phones and laptop computers are getting smaller, and they're using smart technology to do it.
Brave New Map
Next-generation topography map users will soon be able to access features like vegetative cover type, transportation networks, hydrographical data, and trends of land use, thanks to the at the U.S. Geological Survey.
The Producer
Apur Parikh takes his love of movies to the next level by pushing himself and his visions for cinema to the cutting edge of technology. A wide range of jobs and areas of study have prepared him for an exciting career in digital technology.