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- 1Computer Science Students Kick Off Hacktoberfest 2026 Contributions▼I’ve officially joined Hacktoberfest 2026! 🎉 As a computer science student, I’ve been working on different projects and
Hacktoberfest 2026 is underway, and computer science students are announcing their participation by making their first open-source contributions. One student shared that they have been learning Git, GitHub, web development, Python and AI, and wanted to finally experience contributing to open-source projects. The annual October event, run by DigitalOcean, encourages developers worldwide to submit pull requests to open repositories and has become a popular entry point for beginners building portfolios.
- 2Carnegie Mellon and Pitt Launch Joint Computational Biology PhD●Joint Carnegie Mellon-University of Pittsburgh Ph.D. Program in Computational Biology
Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh offer a joint Ph.D. program in computational biology, combining the strengths of two major Pittsburgh research institutions. The program trains doctoral students at the intersection of biology, computer science, and data analysis, reflecting growing demand for researchers who can model and interpret large biological datasets.
- 3$500 Million Gift to Boost Carnegie Mellon Computer Science▼$500M Gift Will Fuel Next Era of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon
Carnegie Mellon University has announced a $500 million gift to support the next era of its School of Computer Science. The donation is expected to fund research, education and expansion in areas like artificial intelligence at one of the world's leading computer science institutions, and has drawn wide attention in academic and tech circles.
- 4Zinc oxide quantum dots push quantum computing forward●Advancing quantum computing with zinc oxide quantum dots
Researchers report progress in quantum computing using zinc oxide quantum dots, according to a science news release. The work suggests zinc oxide, a common and inexpensive semiconductor material, could play a role in building quantum technologies. Details of the research team, the specific advance, and how it compares to existing approaches remain limited in the available information.
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AFCEA International highlights how foundational quantum research and development is expanding what is technologically possible. The piece frames basic quantum science as the groundwork for future advances in computing, communications and sensing, arguing that early-stage research now will shape military and civilian capabilities later. It reflects growing government and industry investment in quantum technologies worldwide.
- 6Los Alamos's early Monte Carlo simulations on ENIAC revisited●Los Alamos bets on ENIAC: Nuclear Monte Carlo simulations, 1947–1948 (2014) [pdf]
A 2014 paper recounts how Los Alamos scientists turned to the ENIAC in 1947 and 1948 to run Monte Carlo simulations of nuclear processes, a landmark moment in early computing. It details how mathematicians including Stanislaw Ulam and John von Neumann used random sampling on one of the first electronic computers to solve problems in weapons physics, laying groundwork for modern computational science.