Software Industry Contributes €1 Trillion to EU GDP, Supports 12.7 Million EU Jobs
October 09, 2018
Software’s impact on the EU growing faster than the overall the European economy, new study shows...
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Software Industry Contributes €1 Trillion to EU GDP, Supports 12.7 Million EU Jobs
October 09, 2018
Software’s impact on the EU growing faster than the overall the European economy, new study shows...
Your One-Stop-Shop for Software Training Opportunities
September 12, 2018
Software.org: the BSA Foundation is excited to announce the creation of TransformYourTrade.org, a website to connect early and mid-career workers with software training opportunities and resources across the country....
Helping the Software Workforce Look More Like America with Girls Who Code
August 10, 2018
Software.org’s Girls Who Code class graduated yesterday, and we couldn’t be prouder of the work they’ve accomplished this summer. Our class of 23 DC-area high school girls spent the past seven weeks learning coding languages to create websites, program apps, and control robots. We also...
Software.org Joins Partnership on AI
August 01, 2018
The Partnership on AI is a multistakeholder organization that brings together academics, researchers, civil society organizations, and companies to examine questions to better understand AI’s impacts on people and society....
Software.org Aims to Inspire Girls to Code
June 21, 2018
With software jobs expected to grow dramatically in the coming years, efforts to diversify the technology workforce must expand even more quickly today. That’s why Software.org: the BSA Foundation is returning to the classroom this summer to help high school girls from across the Washington...
As Software Enhances Manufacturing — and Our Entire Economy — New Focus on Skills Is Needed
June 19, 2018
The ongoing discussions about the future of work and preparing for the jobs of tomorrow ignores one very important fact: In many places that future has already arrived. Planning for the future is important, but we also need to focus right now on ensuring that...
Software.org Celebrates Its First Year
April 09, 2018
We celebrated our first anniversary this week – and what a year it was. Take a look at all the ways we’re working to educate policymakers and society about software’s impact and prepare the workforce for the future. Reports and Issue Briefs Software.org conducts original...
Transforming the World With AI
March 22, 2018
On Tuesday, Software.org sponsored a Washington Post event called Transformers: Artificial Intelligence. The event convened researchers, technology innovators, and business leaders to explore AI policies, the future of work, and ethical and societal issues related to AI. Among the highlights: Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and...
Maximizing the Benefits of AI, From Business and Beyond
March 20, 2018
AI-based systems already are helping promote incredible economic progress around the world by making business processes faster, seamless, and more efficient. AI-based tools are enabling an unprecedented number of business applications, with algorithmic models, natural language processing, deep learning, cognitive computing, machine learning models, and...
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