Apple likely to unveil 'a lot' Tuesday, but probably no October surprise (NBC News) On Tuesday, Apple will host an event to unveil updated products with new features and designs, but most industry watchers do not predict any new products to be launched at this time.
Before the Fact (Inside Higher Ed) Using analytics to track student trends is a popular tool for assessing program outcomes. The University of Kentucky has taken it a step further, using their mobile app to track students through the course of the semester, ask survey questions about student life, and tie in information from student activities.
EU Calls for Unified Supercomputing Strategy (HPC Wire) The preeminent European research body PRACE, the Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe, has initiated a more holistic approach for boosting Europe's competitiveness with the vision of "supercomputers for all." PRACE released a report outlining methods of expanding access to supercomputing while boosting the EU’s supercomputing power.
Gee's Next Act (Inside Higher Ed) Gordon Gee was appointed by Governor John Kasich to head a state committee on cutting higher education college costs. Governor Kasich said he wants Ohio’s 14 universities, 24 branch campuses and 23 community colleges to offer “better quality at lower prices.”
NASA strives to tame 'big data' flowing in from dozens of missions (UPI) NASA says new strategies will be needed to manage the ever-increasing flow of large and complex data streams from the agency's many space missions. Scientists face three challenges in dealing with the huge amounts of data from space missions: storage, processing and access.
Students would get computers with levy (The Columbus Dispatch) Every middle- and high-school student in Columbus City Schools would get a portable computer that might become a take-home device to assist in their learning if voters approve a 9.01-mill levy on the Nov. 5 ballot.
