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Prolog as the First Programming Language

The adoption of logic programming in an introductory course on computer programming offers several rewards. The higher conceptual level of this programming paradigm guides students to an early appreciation for abstraction. The descriptive character of programs makes them more understandable than conventional programs, and the relational basis makes them more...

Tags: Programming Language, Programming, University Of Iowa, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development

White papers 2007-12-01

University Enriches Teaching, Boosts Staff Productivity, and Reduces IT Work

The University of Iowa includes 11 colleges and dozens of academic departments, each with its own technology needs. Many have elected to upgrade their desktop and portable computers to the Windows Vista operating system, to take advantage of the more advanced media capabilities and the Windows Aero user experience. Teachers...

Tags: Portable Computer, Information Technology, Microsoft Windows Vista, Computer, University Of Iowa, Microsoft Windows, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Productivity, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets

Case studies 2007-06-01

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Nearly 1 in 10 videogamers could be addicts, study says

Almost one in 10 U.S. children who play videogames may be growing addicted to it, according to a study by the National Institute on Media and the Family at Iowa State University. The study drew comparisons between pathological videogaming and compulsive gambling, concluding that some children lie,...

Tags: Study, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-04-21

Wireless soil sensors to help farmers

A research team at Iowa State University ISU is developing wireless soil sensors to improve farming while minimizing environmental impacts. ISU says that 'the prototype sensors are designed to collect and send data about soil moisture -- and eventually soil temperature and nutrient content -- while working completely underground.' According...

Tags: Iowa State University, Sensor, Wireless, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-10-11

Pulling money out of thin air. Or, why wind power should be a neighborly concern.

Pulling money out of thin air. Or, why wind power should be a neighborly concern.I guess the video maker is contesting that the polar ice isnt meltingntHe showing that you're dumber than dirtYou don't even realize that the ice displaces more volume than liquid water and the melting makes the...

Tags: wind energy, neighborly concern, ice, thin air

Discussion threads 2008-07-19

University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics Uses SmartDraw for Professional-Looking Charts

Lisa Neff-Letts works as the project assistant with pediatric genetics at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, which is recognized as one of the best hospitals in the United States. Lisa also serves as fellowship coordinator for the organization. Lisa was looking for an easy way to create org...

Tags: Hospital, Chart, SmartDraw, Healthcare

Case studies 2008-06-23

Haves vs. haves: corn and cows and the men who love them

We urbanites are sitting in the bleachers for what portends to be a helluva gladiatorial battle. Corn. Cows. And it's all being fought over energy and centers, as all fine money matters in "cleantech," around the EPA. Here's what's up: Texas is a...

Tags: Biofuel, Texas, Corn, Iowa, Generation Biofuel Folk, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-05-26

Teaching the smart kids (or at least the motivated kids)

Teaching the smart kids or at least the motivated kidsPerhaps some children left behind?I have always had the opinion that the "NCLB" held back extraodinary students.I'm all for making sure that all kids have at least a basic education, but doing so at the expense of the above average children...

Tags: motivated kid, older student

Discussion threads 2008-01-29

Iowa Electronic Markets pick Clinton, Romney

If Barack Obama lands a No. 1 finish in the Iowa caucuses tonight, it will be a stunning political upset, but the odds are almost 3-1 that the Democratic nominee will be Hillary Clinton. An even greater upset would be Iowans' selection of Mike Huckabee as the candidate. But ...

Tags: Candidate, Romney, IEM 2008 U.S. Presidential Election Markets, Investment, Spam, Finance, Security, Spam And Phishing, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-01-03

Google: Rewriting the book on data centers

Om Malik had an interesting post about Google's super-sized datacenters. He posited that Google’s massive infrastructure, customized for its processes, represents a the big barrier to entry for its rivals, and it will continue to give the company an edge as long as it keeps spending the billions on its...

Tags: Google Inc., Data Center, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-12-05

Nov. 5 effort impresses with $4m raised online for Ron Paul

To Ron Paul supporters, Nov. 5 will be a day to go down in history. On November 5th, 2007 Ron Paul supporters made history. The one day fundraising drive broke all records. Over 4.3 million dollars were raised in one day. Meanwhile, the campaign itself...

Tags: Republican, Pat Buchanan, New Hampshire, Ron Paul, Internet, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2007-11-07

Must employers really pay to play?

Must employers really pay to play?There's no surprise, this was predicted!Corporations have been abandoning loyalty to the employee for over 15 years now. How long has it been since any company rolled out a new pension plan or offered to repurpose a large and obsolete workforce due to changes in...

Tags: Workforce management, Outsourcing, Recruitment & Selection, Benefits, talent, workforce

Discussion threads 2007-10-25

Finding leaks in a spacecraft

With financial support from NASA, Iowa State University ISU engineers have developed a sensor to quickly find leaks in a spacecraft. This sensor locates an air leak by listening to the noise generated by the air rushing out of the leak and includes an array of 64 elements that detects...

Tags: Leak, Spacecraft, Iowa State University, NASA, Sensor, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2007-10-03

Open source statistics? Anyone? Anyone?

Open source statistics? Anyone? Anyone?Several programsLuke Tierney from the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science at The University of Iowa has a program called lisp-stat lisp based with an xlispstat package available for Xorg so you get a gui. A many many built in functions with the ability...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, open source, Microsoft Excel

Discussion threads 2007-07-02

More on the RIAA front from my hometown

The Tacoma News Tribune is reporting that the University of Washington will be passing on pre-settlement letters from the RIAA to its students, using server and DHCP logs to identify anonymous students tagged by the recording industry watchdog.UW officials state that “This isn’t a matter of the university cooperating with...

Tags: Education Technology

Blog posts 2007-06-26

Google demands more tax breaks for server farm rule

Google really is number one, in more ways than one.For the first time, Google has surpassed Microsoft as the worlds most visited Internet property. Online measurement firm comScore Networks found that Google had just over a million more unique users in March: Google had 528 million unique visitors in March,...

Tags: Microsoft, Google, Internet Data

Blog posts 2007-04-25

Iowa politicians dip toes in YouTube waters

The political battlefield is slowly shifting its sights from television to YouTube, reports the Omaha World Herald. Iowa legislators posted videos of State Sen. Jack Kibbie, president of the Iowa Senate, as he introduced a resolution opposing the troop surge in Iraq. That may be pretty exciting stuff for...

Tags: Iowa, U.S. Senate, YouTube Inc., video

Blog posts 2007-03-20

Can wild grass produce clean fuel?

As many other countries, the U.S. want to reduce their dependency on oil by increasing the production of renewable and alternative fuels. Today, the main source of biofuel is ethanol distilled from kernels of corn, with a production of 5 billion gallons a year. As current targets for biofuels have...

Tags: Energy &, Environment, Science &, Nature

Blog posts 2007-02-20

Prediction: Predictive markets will be a next big thing

Prediction markets may be the next big thing. Maybe. At an evening “confab” at Yahoo a number of experts in the prediction market field talked about the value to corporations of tapping into collective intelligence . The author of popular book, The Wisdom of the Crowds, James Surowiecki moderated...

Tags: Software Infrastructure, IT Management, General

Blog posts 2006-12-14

How young is too young for kids to use computers?

Teenagers love to chat and even do research on computers and elementary school kids get a kick out of playing games on computers. But when is the best time to introduce children to computers with all its wonders and pitfalls? Exploring this question, the Minneapolis Star Tribune points...

Tags: computer

Blog posts 2006-11-21