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Intel ISEF 2008: Atlanta Hosts Global Science Fair

04:45 | Jason Lopez | May 6th, 2008 4:01pm |

In this video podcast, Dr. Oren Shriki, a science teacher at the Israel Arts and Sciences Academy, speaks about Intel’s International Science and Engineering Fair, taking place in Atlanta, May 11-16. (As excitement builds toward the event’s opening, you can follow along on a dedicated Intel ISEF blog.)

Many of the best young scientists from around the world will attend, selected through regional science fairs for a wide range of skills, from identifying and addressing important scientific challenges or questions to using organized and logical thought to reach conclusions. The participants in Intel ISEF are very likely to be tomorrow’s leaders in technology, medicine and health, agriculture, environmental science and engineering.

During Intel ISEF, their work will be judged by professional scientists who will look for gifted communicators with excellent foundational understanding in specific research and the scientific process.

No matter what the judges decide, however, participants in the annual event will benefit from meeting their peers from around the world, hearing from Nobel laureates and scientists involved in the same kinds of research as theirs, and also creating lasting memories, like those found on the blog of 2004 ISEF alum (and member of a Fourth Award-winning team) ...

Intel Science Talent Search: Meet the Top 10 Winners

12:21 | Jason Lopez | Mar 11th, 2008 |

During the awards dinner, Intel Chairman Craig Barrett joked, after seeing the quality of work from the high school finalists in the the Intel Science Talent Search 2008, that he felt like burning his Ph.D. dissertation. But the depth of research practiced by the finalists is astonishing. The winner ...
Intel Science Talent Search: Out of Their Brilliant Minds

07:53 | Jason Lopez | Mar 11th, 2008 |

The Intel Science Talent Search ends each year with 40 finalists gathering in Washington D.C. at the National Academy of Sciences in conjunction with the Society for Science and the Public. The finalists presented their projects on Sunday March 9th and Monday the 10th in a public exhibit. In this ...
Intel Science Talent Search: Alternative Energy

07:15 | Jason Lopez | Mar 6th, 2008 |

The Intel Science Talent Search culminates in Washington, D.C. this weekend. The high school science projects cover areas like engineering, math, physics, medicine and health, environmental science, zoology, and others. The research these students have engaged in is astonishing. Many projects will result in innovations, inventions, new treatments, ...
Intel Science Talent Search

09:19 | Jason Lopez | Mar 1st, 2008 |

Some of the future leaders in science and research in the U.S. will be recognized next week at the Intel Science Talent Search, where the search for the best high school scientists and their projects will convene in Washington, D.C. In this podcast PodTech’s Jason Lopez speaks with two ...
Financial Crimes: Battling Large-scale Online Fraud

14:14 | Paul Lancour | Oct 3rd, 2007 |

Join BearingPoint senior manager and technologist Karim Zerhouni to learn who the financial criminals are, what kind of damage they’re doing and what kind of tools they’re using to achieve large-scale money laundering and fraud on an international scale.

Growing in sophistication, online fraudsters are no longer rogue students but ...
Marching Order: Johnson & Johnson’s new CIO, LaVerne Council - Part 1

18:22 | editor | Apr 4th, 2007 |

Less than one year ago, LaVerne Council joined Johnson & Johnson, charged with crafting a new IT strategy to drive the global enterprise. In part one of this two-part podcast, join host John Gallant and Council, who takes audience questions and shares:
How she created her initial 90-day strategy
Ways ...

Sun Microsystems Supports Stanford Center for Ecological Studies

08:39 | editor | Jun 20th, 2006 |

PALO ALTO, June 20, 2006 (Podtech News) — Dave Douglas has recently been appointed as the VP of Eco-Responsibility at Sun Microsystems. He says that the educational research in green technologies not only benefits large companies like Sun, but can have a greater benefit society wide. He spoke with PodTech’s ...