GET CYBER-INFORMED, ARKANSAS! ¬† When you’re chased by a bear,it’s not always the bear you need to outrun Scott Anderson, Chief External Affairs Officer, Forge Institute IT’S ONE THING to be “cyber aware,” to recognize—intellectually—that you need to be careful in your online dealings. But just knowing that “bad things” can happen does nothing to […]
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John V. Ladd, Administrator,Office of Apprenticeship,Employment and Training Administration,U.S. Department of Labor IN THIS MONTH of National Apprenticeship Week, we’re honored to feature as our interviewee John Ladd, the person responsible for oversight and activities related to the National Apprenticeship Act, as well as for the management of OA staff in the National Office, six
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THE NEXT TONY STARK?   Despite their young age, these future tech stars already know how they want to improve the world with their talents    Dwain Hebda, Senior Editor, ITArkansas Magazine JUST AS TECHNOLOGY is ever-evolving, so too are the tech geniuses who help harness it to make our lives easier, more productive, and
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HERE WE ARE approaching the end of another year. This is generally a time to be somewhat introspective, to take stock, to review the year’s results and assess what’s been good and note where improvements can be made. For some reason, this year I find myself pondering the difference between “certainty” and “uncertainty,” and the
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RIDE THE WAVES ¬† We professors have a choice—help create our own futures, or let the future happen to us Stephen Addison, Professor of Physics, Dean, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Central Arkansas SOME SIX MONTHS after first¬†sharing thoughts¬†about chatbots and their potential impacts on the education of students, I have some
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SOUTHERN ARKANSAS’ NEXT BOOM? ¬† Lithium is looking like the new black gold¬† ¬† Dwain Hebda, Senior Editor, ITArkansas Magazine EL DORADO, ARKANSAS,¬†is no stranger to the fortunes that lie just under its feet. A century ago, oil was¬†discovered¬†and millionaires were made overnight. Today, the promise of lithium hits the same¬†prospector¬†pitch as black gold once
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MEET TRELL WEAVERAge: 26Hometown: Malvern, ARApprenticeship: ASU Three Rivers MY BACK STORYI pretty much grew up in a small home in Perla with my mom. Perla is just outside of Malvern. As soon as we got Internet, I was always over at my grandma’s house playing on the computer. I actually taught myself how to
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I HAVE ALWAYS felt that, next to April, October is my favorite time of year. Change of season, more perfect weather days, and putting together strategy and plans for the coming 12 months. For the ACDS team, as part of the Arkansas Apprenticeship Alliance, 2024 is already looking like a watershed year. A quick review
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THE YEAR OF THE MACHINES This fall, in Northwest Arkansas, the Tech Summit takes on the current zeitgeist Kris Adams, NWA Tech Summit Director EVERY YEAR, THE Northwest Arkansas Tech Summit begins with brainstorming sessions among our advisory committee of some 60 people representing entities from tech startups to tech accelerators to tech freelancers to
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Debanjan Mahata, Ph.D.Senior Machine Learning Research EngineerBloomberg FOR A LONG time, to the average person “machine learning” just seemed like one of those techy buzzwords with a vague meaning and an even more vague relevance. But in the few short months since AI jumped out of sci-fi movies into our everyday lives, the technology behind
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