Friday, December 17, 2010

Resource Review: Free Range Databases

Resource Review: Free Range Databases

Provides a list of free databases that are a bit 'under the radar' as they aren't indexed by Google (in most cases.) Subject areas cover anthropology, sociology, statistics, medicine, economics.

Thursday, December 2, 2010

ENERGY EFFICIENT

Ed Lazowska, the Bill & Melinda Gates Chair in Computer Science & Engineering, has been named to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Advisory Committee (http://www.energy.gov/news/9792.htm). The committee’s 19 members will meet twice a year and report directly to Energy Secretary Steven Chu. They will advise him on long-range strategies, program funding and other issues in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.