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Among Elite 5% of CMMI-Compliant Organizations FALLS CHURCH, Va., May 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Keymind, a division of Axiom Resource Management, announces that it has been successfully appraised at the highest level, Maturity Level 5 version 1.3, of Capability Maturity Model Integration for Development© (CMMI-DEV). Keymind is one of the first U.S. small businesses to achieve this recognition and ranks within the top 5% of global organizations reporting CMMI 5 results....

Microsoft, Carnegie Mellon researchers explore distributed sensemaking People who have already sifted through online information to make sense of a subject can help strangers facing similar tasks without ever directly communicating with them, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Microsoft Research have demonstrated. This process of distributed sensemaking, they say, could save time and result in a better understanding of the information needed for whatever goal users might...

PITTSBURGH, May 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnegie Speech, the intelligent language learning company, today announced the appointment of its new CEO, Paul Musselman, and the closing of a $3.4M series B round of financing. Mr. Musselman joins Carnegie Speech with more than 15 years of executive management and global experience in strategy, corporate development, finance and sales. He has held various executive roles in strategic development at major technology firms including Intel...

Current research ethics focuses on protecting study participants, but according to bioethicists from Carnegie Mellon University and McGill University, these efforts fail to prevent problems that undermine the social value of research. Published in Science, CMU's Alex John London, and McGill's Jonathan Kimmelman and Benjamin Carlisle argue that current research ethics frameworks do not flag drug trials that, while not putting patients at risk, produce biased evidence. As an example, they...

PITTSBURGH, May 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Current research ethics focuses on protecting study participants, but according to bioethicists from Carnegie Mellon University and McGill University, these efforts fail to prevent problems that undermine the social value of research. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20020422/CMULOGO) Published in Science, CMU's Alex John London, and McGill's Jonathan Kimmelman and Benjamin Carlisle argue that current research ethics frameworks do...

COLUMBIA, S.C., May 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Companion Data Services, LLC (CDS), which operates one of the largest and most secure health care data centers in the world from its Columbia, S.C., headquarters, has achieved a Maturity Level 3 rating of the Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute's Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI). CMMI is a collection of best practices that help organizations improve their processes by providing a...

'Livehoods' reflect both geography and the people who frequent an area The millions of "check-ins" generated by foursquare, the location-based social networking site, can be used to create a dynamic view of a city's workings and character, Carnegie Mellon University researchers say. In contrast to static neighborhood boundaries and dated census figures, these "Livehoods" reflect the ever-changing patterns of city life. Researchers from the School of Computer Science (SCS) have developed...

PITTSBURGH, April 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnegie Mellon University alumnus Patrick Wilson (A'95) will deliver CMU's keynote address for its 115th Commencement at 11 a.m., Sunday, May 20 in Gesling Stadium. Wilson, a critically acclaimed, award-winning actor, was most recently seen in Paramount Pictures' Young Adult and also starring in the CBS drama, A Gifted Man. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20020422/CMULOGO) "The breadth and depth of Patrick's work demonstrates...

NEW YORK, April 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- BNY Mellon, the global leader in investment management and investment services, has named Suresh Kumar as its chief information officer (CIO), effective immediately. Currently CIO for the company's Financial Markets and Treasury Services businesses, as well as its Pershing LLC unit, Kumar is a member of the company's global Operating Committee and reports to Kurt D. Woetzel, BNY Mellon's head of global operations and technology, and...

PITTSBURGH, April 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute (SEI) has announced the software engineering thought-leaders who will keynote SEPG Europe 2012 to be held June 5-7, 2012, in Madrid, Spain. The five experts who will share their passion on software quality and process performance are Jan Bosch, Chalmers University of Technology; Angel Jordan, Carnegie Mellon University; Anita Carleton, Software Engineering Institute; Andrew Nolan,...