Mark Keane, Chair of Computer Science in University College Dublin, and Aaron Gerow, an MSc candidate in computer science, used a computer model to plot distributions of words from financial articles published between 2006 and 2010.

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Sitting with a laptop, a phone and a decent internet connection in a comfy seat on a train is, these days, almost as productive as being in a nice office in a comfy chair with a computer, phone and decent internet connection.

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Hotz tossed a wad of cash from his pocket to the ground and sat with his legs crossed on a desk chair before three giant computer monitors.

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"Computing now penetrates into just about every line of business and academic discipline, " said Zhigang Xiang, chair of Queens College's Computer Science Department.

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The prime minister will also chair a European Union conference on the computer bug next month.

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Other students are turning toward computer science because of a change in social mores: A backlash against Wall Street bailouts means careers in the financial sector may now carry a negative stigma, said Adam Cannon, associate chair for undergraduate education in Columbia's department of computer science.

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It is like trying to design a chair without understanding who will be sitting in it, or creating software without considering on what kind of computer it will be installed.

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