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Findings also illustrate how individuals can train their brains to handle injuries more efficiently For the first time, scientists at Carnegie Mellon University's Center for Cognitive Brain Imaging (CCBI) have used a new combination of neural imaging methods to discover exactly how the human brain adapts to injury. The research, published in Cerebral Cortex, shows that when one brain area loses functionality, a "back-up" team of secondary brain areas immediately activates, replacing not...

CHANTILLY, Va., Jan. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The CMMI Institute, a subsidiary of Carnegie Mellon University's Carnegie Innovations, has approved the re-appraisal of TASC at maturity Level 5 of its Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI). The CMMI rating is internationally recognized as the defining industry standard for software and systems development and management. Maturity Level 5 is the highest level in the CMMI rating system. (Logo:...

BETHESDA, Md., Jan. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital Management, Inc., (DMI), a leading provider of mobile solutions and services for smart devices, announced today that it has been appraised at Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Maturity Level 3 for Services. The CMMI for Services model, governed by Carnegie Mellon's CMMI Institute, previously the Software Engineering Institute, provides a comprehensive integrated set of guidelines for providing superior services. The...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) will work with the academic community to begin a series of national-level discussions to focus on the return of manufacturing to the United States as a result of increased shale development. The inaugural event of the Manufacturing Renaissance Series will be hosted by Carnegie Mellon University's Scott Institute for Energy Innovation on January 10, 2013, in Pittsburgh,...

Carnegie Mellon develops method to detect where people's gazes converge What is everyone looking at? It's a common question in social settings because the answer identifies something of interest, or helps delineate social groupings. Those insights someday will be essential for robots designed to interact with humans, so researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute have developed a method for detecting where people's gazes intersect. The researchers tested the method...

GARLAND, Texas, Dec. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has renewed its Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI(®)) Level 3 certification rating for Development at the company's Intelligence and Information Systems (IIS) business. This CMMI Level 3 certification enables IIS to further drive customer success across all sites through efficient program execution built on integrated common processes. "This is a huge achievement that demonstrates our continued...

PITTSBURGH, Dec. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Mary Poppendieck, award-winning author and expert on Lean software development, will deliver a keynote address at the Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute's annual software architecture conference. The SEI Architecture Technology User Network (SATURN) 2013 Conference, which will be held April 29 through May 3, 2013, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, will feature three keynote addresses by leaders in the field of software architecture....

PITTSBURGH, Dec. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University will offer its world-class MBA in a new blend of online and on-site formats beginning in the fall of 2013. The FlexMBA program creates a new model for online business education, combining in-person sessions, online classes and self-paced learning to deliver the same coursework, faculty, team interaction, personal leadership coaching and career services found in the school's...

NEW YORK, Nov. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Downtown Brooklyn last week transformed into ground zero for the world's largest student hacking contest and other cyber security games, all part of the ninth annual Polytechnic Institute of the New York University (NYU-Poly) Cyber Security Week (CSAW). (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20091027/NY99197LOGO ) The hundreds of finalists who converged on the NYU-Poly campus had bested 10,000 competitors in preliminary rounds of seven...

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Months of dedication and hard work in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) paid off tonight for four students named National Finalists in the Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology, the nation's premier research competition. A biophysics research project on brain signals earned top honors and the $3,000 Individual scholarship for Jiayi Peng of Chappaqua, New York. Research on the tumor suppressing...