http://www.cra.org/wp Computing Research Student and Faculty, Workforce, and R&D Information Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:13:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates that in 2007, the earnings gap between men and women was narrower among several professional-level IT occupations than found in the overall workforce. Among all occupations, women earned about 80% of what men were paid. Within the (high paying) larger groupings that the ... http://www.cra.org/wp/index.php?p=142 A recent NSF InfoBrief provides a snapshot of 2003, 2004 and 2005 bachelor's and master's degree recipients in April 2006. Compared to several other majors, computer and information sciences (CS) graduates were doing quite well. CS graduates were most likely to be employed in business and industry and to be working ... http://www.cra.org/wp/index.php?p=141 CRA’s Taulbee Survey of Ph.D.-granting Computer Science (CS) and Computer Engineering departments in North America has been conducted annually since 1974. Results from the most recent survey will be provided to participants and CRA members this month. They will be published on CRA’s website (www.cra.org/statistics/) and in Computing Research News ... http://www.cra.org/wp/index.php?p=139 Theoretical Computer Science (TCS) aims to understand the intrinsic capabilities and limitations of efficient computation. This subfield of computer science has a record of producing unexpected discoveries of high impact, such as public-key cryptography and quantum computation; and of raising deep scientific questions, such as the P vs. NP ... http://www.cra.org/wp/index.php?p=140 The National Academy of Engineering has released its list of 14 Grand Challenges for Engineering for the 21st century. According to the report's press release: The final choices fall into four themes that are essential for humanity to flourish -- sustainability, health, reducing vulnerability, and joy of living. The committee did ... http://www.cra.org/wp/index.php?p=137 (See earlier posts on occupational employment projections by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for professional-level IT positions: overall estimates and by detailed occupation). Although each BLS employment projection report covers a slightly different period, it is interesting to see how the forecasts have changed over time. The 2006-2016 projections for the ... http://www.cra.org/wp/index.php?p=136 While the Bureau of Labor Statistics expects the professional IT workforce to grow at more than twice the rate of the overall workforce between 2006 and 2016, there is variation in projected changes among different IT occupations. Although it cannot overshadow the significant growth projected for most professional-level IT workers, one ... http://www.cra.org/wp/index.php?p=134 The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) estimates that the professional-level IT workforce will grow at more than twice the rate of the overall workforce between 2006 and 2016, creating 1 in 19 new jobs. In addition, many of these jobs will pay well. Every two years, BLS releases workforce projections covering ... http://www.cra.org/wp/index.php?p=133 The National Science Foundation reports that the number of doctorates awarded in science and engineering (S&E) fields increased nearly 7% in 2006, to 29,854 (Figure 1). This was the fourth year of growth in S&E degree production. In comparison, doctorate degree production in non-S&E fields has hovered around 15,500 since ... http://www.cra.org/wp/index.php?p=132 The latest IIE Open Doors Report finds that the number of international students enrolled in computer and information science programs in the U.S. declined in academic year 2006/2007, as it has each year since 2002/2003. This occurred even as the number of new foreign students in all fields increased 10% ... http://www.cra.org/wp/index.php?p=130