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Here is an interesting post on importance of meaningful work from The effective Engineering  In  The Upside of Irrationality , behavioral economist Dan Ariely describes an experiment he conducted to measure how the meaning of work impacts the motivation for work. In the experiment, he recruited Harvard students who loved Legos to build Lego Bionicle robots and paid them decreasing amounts for each additional robot built; the first completed robot earned $2, the next $0.11 less ($1.89), the third another $0.11 less ($1.78), and so forth. The research assistant informed the participant that at some point, the Legos would have to be dismantled for the next participant. In one group, the lab had numerous Lego kits available. The assistant would place each of the student’s completed robots on the desk in front of him, and the Lego robots would accumulate on the desk over the session. In the second group, only two kits were available, so as a participant started on the next robot, the assist

Collegiate engineering education may foster a "culture of disengagement" regarding issues of public welfare, according to new research by a sociologist at Rice University. For the first-of-its-kind study, the researcher used survey data from four U.S. colleges to examine how students' public-welfare beliefs change during their college  engineering education  and whether the curricular emphases of their engineering programs are related to students' beliefs about public welfare. The study found that  engineering students  leave college less concerned about public welfare than when they entered. Study author Erin Cech, an assistant professor of sociology who has B.S. degrees in both  electrical engineering  and sociology, said that many people inside and outside engineering have emphasized the importance of training ethical, socially conscious engineers, but she wonders if engineering education in the U.S. actually encourages young engineers to take seriously their profe

Many engineering students lack the necessary skills required to enter the corporate world. Societal pressure, inadequate infrastructure, poor quality of teachers and outdated syllabus are the major reasons for this. Are our engineering students unemployable? Unable to get a job, textile engineering graduate Lakshmi Priya decided to do her own research on opportunities. The finding was devastating: her engineering degree was a mere rubber stamp. She lacked the skills required for a job in a relevant field. “One company asked me whether I knew how to mix dyes and had designer and garment manufacturer contacts. Since I had never worked in a garment firm before and did not have internship experience, I was at a loss,” she says. She is now preparing for her MBA entrance exam. Here is a detailed report in Hindu

Today, cloud computing has become an invisible thread impacting countless industries by bringing all key information together. For example, thousands of doctors and hospitals are connecting to revolutionize  patient care  across healthcare organizations; retailers are accessing intelligent networks to build a mobile marketplace and capture business wherever customers roam; and universities are creating new virtual learning environments to inspire a generation to pursue ideas without limitations. The power of cloud is unprecedented, enabling businesses and organizations to take speed, agility and innovation to previously unimaginable levels. For complete information contest see here  "Cloud computing presents an immense career opportunity for the world's sharpest computing minds competing at the ICPC," said David Barnes, Program Director of Emerging Internet Technologies at IBM. "As a global leader in cloud computing and sponsor of the ICPC, each year IBM recruits top

Here is an interesting report for understanding and acting on Building Successful careers  High-quality Career and Technical Education (CTE) — as distinguished from older models of  vocational education — has great potential to improve student educational attainment and  worker earnings, as well as outcomes for firms and the U.S. economy.  We begin by making the economic case for high-quality CTE, based on the limited number  of young Americans who currently achieve four-year college degrees and the relatively weak  employment outcomes of most who do not, as well as relatively high job vacancy rates  observed for some American firms and sectors. We describe the current state of CTE in  America, in which overall outcomes have become fairly strong but high variation remains in  the quality of programs around the country.  For complete report see here

As new and transformative technologies continue to hit the market at an ever-increasing pace, CIOs are faced with a substantial opportunity. No longer purely the domain of the IT group, technologies such as cloud computing have caught the attention of decision makers across the business. Forward thinking CIOs will grasp this opportunity to initiate and drive the corporate conversation about the benefits, risks and roadmap for cloud. In doing so, they will carve out a leadership role in an empowered business unit that thrives on exploiting technology for overall business success. For complete paper see here

From the Rackspace surve y, of those already using cloud computing: The largest sample, 41 percent, said cloud computing reduced costs from 10 to 25 percent, while 19 percent said it providing 25 to 50 percent in IT savings, and 27 percent said it only cut costs by 10 percent or less. 54 percent said use of cloud services helped accelerate IT project implementation, including application development, while 17 percent begged to differ. The rest weren't sure.   Image Source  56 percent saw increased profits while 18 percent reported no benefit to the bottom line, with 26 percent unsure. 49 percent said cloud computing helped grow their businesses, with 21 percent seeing no such benefit, and 30 percent unsure. 59 percent said cloud services provided better disaster recovery. 56 percent were using open source cloud technology, though in the United States that figure is 70 percent.

In a recent article published here , Marty Humphrey , an associate professor in the  Department of Computer Science  at  University of Virginia , said one task for educators is to ensure that students are able to author new cloud-based applications. "On the one hand this will not require a radical rethinking of computer science curriculum because at the core, cloud applications are based on algorithms and data structures, which have been the foundation of computer science courses since the beginning," he said by email. "But on the other hand, cloud applications are so important that we will need to ensure that computer science students are up-to-date with the latest frameworks and data analysis tools," Humphrey said. "This can be a challenge because the field is changing so quickly." Students in our department , have started doing cloud-based projects. Here are some of the examples Cloud based Teaching system uses cloud resources to build s