The European Union-funded Cooperative Vehicle-Infrastructure Systems (CVIS) project has developed applications for a totally integrated, open-source Internet of cars. The CVIS project is part of the larger international movement to develop an intelligent transport system (ITS). “Right now, I’d say Europe has something of a lead in technology development and validation across a wide range of test sites,” says CVIS project coordinator Paul Kompfner. CVIS is tackling issues such as a mobile platform for infrastructure-to-car communication, car-to-car communication, mobile ITS, and mapping. The project has developed a complete communications infrastructure; a platform that can use any known communications infrastructure; attached a scalable, open, and partly open-source software chain to a scalable hardware chain; and created a series of application programming interfaces and an open application development suite for third-party software developers.
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Cultural biases are still hindering the progress of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers, according to an American Association of University Women report supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation. The report analyzed decades of research to accumulate recommendations for getting more women interested in STEM fields. Lead author Catherine Hill says that although the study recognizes differences in male and female brains, “none of the research convincingly links those differences to specific skills.” However, the report found several cultural factors, such as the fact that female postdoctoral applicants had to publish three more papers in prestigious journals, or 20 more in less-known publications, in order to be considered as productive as their male counterparts. The study also found research indicating that girls’ performance declines as a result of any suggestion that they are poor at math. The report says that girls are less confident about their math skills than boys with equal levels of achievement.
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