The Indiana study attempted to farm 9.7 million tweets posted over ten months in 2008 by 2.7 million twitter users, measured them using the GPOMS and a few other computer science methods, and checked the closing movement of the Dow Jones industrial average for each day.

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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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Over the next week, Khan Academy will be adding other tutorials and materials to its computer science platform.

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Having grown up surrounded by computers (his father used to be a software engineer), Dr Soghoian says he slid into computer science without even considering other disciplines.

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These and other special projects, such as Havana's biotechnology complex and computer-science university, have been transferred to relevant ministries.

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Other smaller booksellers, such as Fatbrain.com, which specializes in computer, science and business books, want do-it-yourself, too.

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Other schools, like Carnegie Mellon, do a breakdown of salaries for various departments including computer science and technology.

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