science in comment and analysis
Luis von Ahn
AS Profile The assistant professor in the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University helped develop this Captcha technology back in 2000. Described as a "real guy to watch" by one of the panel, Luis Von Ahn is one of the people to blame for... [12 Oct 2007]
Diane Greene
AS Profile She also serves on the board of Intuit and has degrees in computer science, mechanical engineering and naval architecture. VMware CEO and co-founder Diane Greene has made this year's list for turning virtualisation from a little-known technology... [12 Oct 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Unfair fallout
Comment The MRI scanner happens to be one of the most powerful inventions available to medical science. Written at a hotel on Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, and dispatched to silicon.com via a free wi-fi service [20 Sep 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Robots with guns
Comment At the time it all seemed pretty academic and soundly in the realms of science fiction. Written at a quiet café on the outskirts of Cambridge, UK and dispatched to silicon.com via a corporate WLAN Even before I was born the 'Three Laws of Robotics... [07 Aug 2007]
Q&A: William Gibson, science fiction novelist
Comment Science fiction novelist William Gibson has been exploring the relationship between technology and society ever since he burst on to the literary scene with his cyberpunk classic Neuromancer in 1984. You can see it in corporate futurism as easily... [06 Aug 2007]
How to be a top CIO
CIO Analysis But what are the skills and experience needed to land that top seat and is it a help or a hindrance to have a degree in computer science and an IT background? With technology increasingly at the heart of most organisations the opportunity is there... [06 Jun 2007]
Simon Jennings
CIO Profile Jennings has a degree in mathematics, philosophy and history of science and has spent several years living and working in France, Germany and the US. The only name on the CIO50 list representing a charity, Simon Jennings has almost three decades of... [06 Jun 2007]
Colin Cobain
CIO Profile Cobain started his IT career at the Mars Group after gaining a degree in Computational and Statistical Science at Liverpool University. What they say about him: "He is the classic 'new CIO' - an IT professional who has been an old-style IT director... [06 Jun 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: The power of analogy - or not
Comment For almost all of my professional life I have been trying to communicate complex concepts to individuals and audiences not versed in science, mathematics, technology and engineering. Written on BA217 flying London to Washington and dispatched to... [09 May 2007]
Editor's Blog: Should everybody be a security company?
Comment Schneier's words echo those of Lord Broers, the chair of the House of Lords science and technology committee. silicon.com editor-at-large Will Sturgeon is blogging from the InfoSecurity show at London Olympia. [25 Apr 2007]
Editor's Blog: Live from InfoSec
Comment Delivering the first keynote of the day, Lord Broers, chair of the House of Lords science and technology committee, singled out Microsoft's use of pop-ups to warn end-users of potential security threats. [24 Apr 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Where are all the young professionals?
Comment The artificial silos created to categorise science, engineering and technology looked increasingly irrelevant - and were becoming an impediment to discovery and success. Later I was invited to join more science, technology and engineering... [29 Mar 2007]
Crime pays - and pays very well in cyberspace
Comment A recent DTI report to the Parliamentary Science and Technology Committee conceded that the last three to four years have seen the emergence of virtual organised crime groups which are highly organised and operate exclusively via the internet. [07 Mar 2007]
Editor's Blog: The meaning of innovation
Comment For one, he talks about the twin issues of the rise of offshoring and the fall in computer science students/grads. One of our reporters recently caught up with the head of innovation for Microsoft UK. [02 Mar 2007]
Q&A: Microsoft UK head of innovation Jim Lawn
Comment We are gaining ground on the US, we're miles ahead of the rest of Europe and I think optimism for going into computer science is going to increase again and the brain drain is reversing. I think the real issue - and one that we need to get better... [01 Mar 2007]
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