A Shortage of Cybersecurity Talent – and a Solution
The global shortage of cybersecurity professionals is nearly 3 million. In other words, we could meet the global cybersecurity workforce shortage if all the people in Arkansas earned their computer science degrees, put on their…
What Causes Gas Price Fluctuation?
A few months ago, I was driving with my wife, and she and I were deep into a discussion. I pulled into the gas station, went into the store and paid $25 for gas,…
CHINA CATCHES UP: How did China acquire so much technology so quickly?
Here’s how it usually works: HUGE MARKET OPPORTUNITY Companies succumb to the “Give me the technology or you will miss the 1.3 billion people marketplace” threat. LET’S COOPERATE We will work with you in a Joint…
U.S. Immigration Debate – A Historical Perspective
Immigration has dominated the recent news cycle with images from our southern border of patrol agents—acting on the zero-tolerance policies of the Trump administration—separating parents and their children. The Supreme Court has recently ruled in…
Sensory Processing Differences and Autism
One of the defining characteristics of the autism diagnosis is a tendency to over-react or under-react to sensory input or to have an unusual pre-occupation with certain sensory aspects of the environment. How individuals with…
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Have You Seen an Interesting Article on Economics Lately?
A friend emailed me an opinion piece recently published in the Wall Street Journal. You can read “Adam Smith’s Refreshing Idea of…
Believe Half of What You See? Maybe not.
In an era of rampant cries of fake news, the…
Developing an Aviation Industry Pipeline American Airlines is Ready to Hire
One of the benefits of working at a university that…
Two Points of Entry for OT
On April 4, 2019, the Representative Assembly (RA) of the…
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Advice for Graduates
Here is some completely unsolicited advice in no particular order from someone who is rapidly approaching his get-off-my-lawn stage. Respect your elders, kids. Do not procrastinate. No good ever comes from leaving something to the last minute. Your responsibilities don’t go away when you put…
Closing the STEM Gap
STEM Classes and career still dominated by males Research findings published by Dr. Shalini Kesar from Southern Utah University, in cooperation with Microsoft, reveal that despite national efforts a gender gap remains in STEM fields. Their main research findings show that: * Girls and…
Data Scientists and Their Secret Stew
People misuse the word “literally” all the time, and that’s literally one of my biggest pet peeves. But I could make an exception when it comes to describing what we’re doing with data. We’re literally drowning in data. By 2025, some estimate we’ll have a…