November 16, 2009Pnueli turned a philosopher's explorations of time, logic, and free will, called temporal logic, into a critical technique for verifying the reliability of computers.
(From The New York Times)TAGS:computer science, logic, Israel, professor, programmer, hard drive
April 5, 2006A recent blog about research on the possibility excited such heavy reader feedback that we got the professor on the phone to elaborate.TAGS:professor, blog
September 18, 2006Professor schooled in oil exploration structures has designed a platform to hold turbines dozens of miles offshore. Image: Envisioning a floating turbineTAGS:turbine, professor, platform
December 6, 2005Marine geology professor tells a conference audience that undersea mining could begin in a few years.TAGS:possibility, professor, conference
April 5, 2005While most agree that blogging will continue to be popular, its next steps are uncertain, according to experts at Wharton.TAGS:blogging, blogger, blog, professor, concept
August 16, 2005The Net telephony upstart has a cult following, but the challenge is going to be shedding its geeky image.TAGS:Skype, professor, hype, telephony, challenge, VoIP, P2P, PC
February 13, 2006Sixty years ago, the public got its first look at computers--a glimpse that launched an astonishing industry---and controversies that linger today.TAGS:professor, scientist
April 8, 2005University of Missouri sociology professor develops program that grades essays and saves more than 200 hours of work a semester.TAGS:sociology, essay, student, professor, teacher
December 15, 2005The Commonwealth's closely-watched decision about electronic document standards will affect the nation, even the globe, a professor says.TAGS:coal, Massachusetts, professor, Microsoft Corp.
June 29, 2005India may be the first country to reach a goal once unthinkable in the technology world: a $100 computer.TAGS:India, professor, monitor, open source, PC
February 28, 2005Wharton experts say there's no need to get too worried about eBay's prospects right now. In the future, however, things may get interesting.TAGS:eBay Inc., gravity, Meg Whitman, professor, Wall Street
January 22, 2007Heat mining technology can be improved and deployed broadly to generate clean electricity, says an Energy Department-sponsored report.TAGS:energy, electricity, fossil fuel, professor, U.S.
May 18, 2007Purdue professor makes hydrogen by mixing water, gallium and aluminum, eliminating the need to store hydrogen.TAGS:hydrogen, aluminum, reaction, water, professor