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The verdict is in for the Yahoo! 2012 Key Scientific Challenges Program. Thirty exceptional PhD students have been selected to receive this prestigious award in its fourth year.
Read more The Evolution of Hack U™ (March 13, 2012)Yahoo! has been bringing the excitement of Hack U™ to university campuses for over five years. Hack U™ is not about perfect code – it’s about learning new things, fostering community, inspiring creativity and bringing a cool idea to life.
Read moreYahoo's Signal Predicts Presidential Election: Obama Over Romney (February 22, 2012)The 2012 presidential election race is in full swing, but Yahoo has predicted a winner already.
Read moreA Sneak Peek Inside Four Silicon Valley Tech Labs - Popular Mechanics (February 22, 2012)While swinging through the country's top tech hub, PM paid a visit to the research labs of General Motors, Google, Yahoo, and VW/Audi to get an early look at their latest projects.
Read more'Scientific' model projects Obama victory in November (February 22, 2012)Prediction season is upon us, and some folks at Yahoo! are forecasting President Obama's re-election in November.
Read moreYahoo’s Prediction Engine Calls Presidential Race In Favor Of Obama (Sorry, Mitt) (February 22, 2012)Using smarty-pants economists and computer scientists, Yahoo analyzed historical data and says the math points to the prez taking the White House this fall.
Read moreYahoo economists: Obama reelection's in the bag (February 22, 2012)The elections are still nine months away, but a couple of economists say their data already point to an Obama victory.
Read more2011 Key Scientific Challenges Graduate Student Summit - Talks Now Available (February 13, 2012) Read moreYahoo! Key Scientific Challenges Program 2012 (January 25, 2012)Yahoo! Labs is thrilled to announce the launch of our fourth annual Key Scientific Challenges Program.
Read moreAnalysing the past, present and future of Yahoo Labs (January 18, 2012)WIRED.CO.UK interviews Prabhakar Raghavan about the beginnings of Yahoo! Labs and its role in shaping the future of the Internet.
Read moreYahoo! Labs Announces 2012 Big Thinkers Speaker Series (November 30, 2011)We've lined up our 2012 Big Thinkers Speaker Series with some of the most prominent and distinguished individuals in academia.
Read moreFeatured Research Insight: Does Content Matter? (November 29, 2011)This is the first in a new series of research insights provided by the researchers of Yahoo! Labs. In this piece, we explore the question of content in Internet multimedia.
Read moreHack U™ in Amman, Jordan (November 29, 2011)Recently, the Princess Sumaya University for Technology - PSUT in Jordan hosted the region’s first Hack U™ event.
Read moreBig Thinker Wendy Kellogg at Yahoo! Labs (November 21, 2011)Wendy Kellogg, one of the founders of the Social Computing Group at IBM's T. J. Watson Research Center, recently visited Yahoo!’s Sunnyvale campus to give a talk entitled “Social Intelligence for a Smarter Planet.”
Read moreHack U™ Michigan: Real Time Tracking, Answers, and Games (November 16, 2011)A team of Yahoos from Academic Relations, University Recruiting and the Developer Network recently wrapped up the 2011 Hack U™ season at the University of Michigan.
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