Author Archives: Gabriel Tamura

IBM’s newest quantum computer

IBM calls it Quantum System One, and by 27th of July has deployed two of them, one in Germany, and other in Japan.Read the full note in ZDNet: IBM’s newest quantum computer is now up-and-running: Here’s what it’s going to … Continue reading

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IBM acquisition of Red Hat completed

Since almost the appearance of GNU/Linux, Red Hat has been one of the most important private companies that has supported the development of the Open Source movement in general, and the GNU/Linux Operating System in particular. For 26 years, Red … Continue reading

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The vertiginous evolution of software-based technology

No other knowledge area or subject matter changes as fast as software-based technology. Software systems engineers and computing systems engineers are permanently challenged by these changes. However, it is important to distinguish which changes are really significant. Of course, the … Continue reading

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The new challenge of Amazon: hiring 50,000 new employees

George Anders, Editor of LinkedIn, published this article. Just unbelievable…

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Talk given in the 50th anniversary of Software Engineering

In 1968, a NATO’s Commission of Science defined Software Engineering as the application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software; that is, the application of engineering to software development. This year we are … Continue reading

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The 20 most influential programmers of all time

Los Ingenieros de Sistemas de Software utilizamos a diario lenguajes de programación, compiladores, intérpretes, editores, sistemas de control de versiones, manejadores de bases de datos, entornos de desarrollo, sistemas operativos, y en fin, un sinnúmero de otras herramientas de software. … Continue reading

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Paper accepted on the IEEE 12th Intl. Conf. on Research Challenges in Information Science

The Twelfth edition of the IEEE International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS), will be held on May 29-31, 2018, in Nantes, France. RCIS has become a recognized conference on research challenges in information sciences, targetting a wide range of … Continue reading

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Paper Accepted in DevOps 2018 in Toulouse, France

The first international workshop on software engineering aspects of continuous development and new paradigms of software production and deployment (DevOps 2018) will be held at the Château de Villebrumier, near Toulouse in France. This edition of the workshop is organized by Bertrand Meyer, … Continue reading

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Colciencias extended the Center of Excellence in Big Data and Analytics (CAOBA) contract for 2018

In December of 2017, Colciencias signed the extension of the contract for maintaining CAOBA, the Center of Excellence in Big Data and Analytics, until December 2018. Icesi University is part of CAOBA since its conception in 2016. Icesi has participated … Continue reading

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