The Death of MOOCs Has Been Greatly Exaggerated (Slate.com) – Despite the low completion rate of MOOCs, one professor argues that this is not major problem that many people claim it is. He argues that attrition should be expected, and so long as the course is effectively reaching even a portion of its enrollees it is worthwhile to offer.
Air Force grants funds to train minority students in STEM fields
(Dayton Business Journal) – The University of Dayton and Central State University have received $2.5M between them from the Air Force to help provide more grants and financial aid to minority students pursuing degrees in STEM fields.
Rutgers University-Newark to Add HPC Cluster (HPC Wire) – Rutgers University will soon be adding a new $700K HPC cluster to its Newark Data Center. The cluster will aid the university in its research, and is the data center has space to add three more clusters to the system as more funding is obtained.
Three-dimensional printing may help entrench the world’s engineering giants (The Economist) – As 3D printing technologies continue to improve major industrial firms such as Siemens and GE are moving in to expand their use of additive manufacturing and buying up smaller firms that have new technologies or techniques to offer.
Quantum Processor Hits 99.9 Percent Reliability Target (HPC Wire) – A team of researchers from UC Santa Barbara have achieved a new benchmark in accuracy for a group of qubit (quantum bit) processors. This breakthrough brings researchers one step closer to building a quantum computer, which has the potential to surpass even the most powerful traditional supercomputers.
