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Illinois has a problem. A computer science-education problem.

Despite being one of the country’s largest producers of computer science college graduates, our K-12 system remains woefully unprepared in cultivating diverse, homegrown tech talent.

Lived experiences drive apprentices learning to code in the Pritzker Tech Talent Labs

At their showcase, DPI’s software development apprentices showed off the apps they developed. Ricardo Juarez used to be a ...
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Alvin Chin and Lav Varshney: AI is here. How can we make it less scary and safer?

We believe there is a need for white-box AI systems that are directly human-controllable and require very little ...
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Decarbonization on the agenda at UN Science Summit 

Chicago climate and urban sustainability researcher to moderate panel with national and international collaborators from the CLEETS Global Center CHICAGO – ...
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