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Tag: ALGORITHMS/MODELS
Understanding how electrons ‘dance’ in topological semimetals
UH physicist earns NSF CAREER Award to investigate materials’ fundamental aspects
New quantum algorithm surpasses the QPE norm
Osaka City University refines quantum computer-ready algorithm to measure the vertical ionization energies of atoms and molecules within 0.1 eV of precision.
Identifying cells to better understand healthy and diseased behavior
Graphical model an advance in common neuroscience bottleneck
Modelling speed-ups in nutrient-seeking bacteria
By considering how some bacteria will swim faster within higher nutrient concentrations, researchers have created a more accurate model of how these microbes search for nutrients
Global warming helps invasive species flourish – study models likely combined effects on ecosystems
Increased global temperatures help invasive species establish themselves in ecosystems, new research led by a Swansea University bioscientist has shown. The study, published by the Royal Society, gives an insight into the probable combined effects of species invasions, which are…
RIT’s Pratik Dholabhai earns NSF CAREER Award to study materials in solid oxide fuel cells
Assistant professor from RIT’s School of Physics and Astronomy receives prestigious grant
Patient wait times reduced thanks to new study by Dartmouth engineers
The first known study to explore optimal outpatient exam scheduling given the flexibility of inpatient exams has resulted in shorter wait times for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) patients at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center in Burlington, Mass. A team of…
Second-wave COVID mortality dropped markedly in (most) wealthier zones
Mathematical analysis of Europe and US deaths shows change from first wave
Cutting-edge scale-out technology from Toshiba will take Fintech and Logistics to new level
Multi-chip architecture points way to continued increases in performance of Toshiba’s optimization computer; potential to create a game-changing shift in complex financial transactions and robotics
How to spot deepfakes? Look at light reflection in the eyes
University at Buffalo deepfake spotting tool proves 94% effective with portrait-like photos, according to study
A joint effort to improve shoulder surgery
A Pitt bioengineer and orthopaedic surgeon develop a quantitative, individualized approach for capsule surgery following shoulder dislocation
A computational guide to lead cells down desired differentiation paths
A novel computer-guided design tool predicts combinations of transcription factors for more effective engineering of cell types with potential use in cell therapies and tissue modeling
After cracking the “sum of cubes” puzzle for 42, researchers discover a new solution for 3
The 21-digit solution to the decades-old problem suggests many more solutions exist.
Pain hides in our data
First study to use AI to find indicators of pain in patients’ vital signs data
Standard vital signs could help estimate people’s pain levels
Machine-learning models point to possibility of less-invasive and more precise pain treatment
Optimal design for acoustic unobservability in water
Until now, it was only possible to optimize an acoustic cloaking structure for the air-environment. However, with this latest research, Acoustic cloak designed by topology optimization for acoustic-elastic coupled systems, published in the latest Applied Physics Letters, it is possible…
Tracking cosmic ghosts
Frontera supercomputer, a community resource for IceCube Neutrino Observatory research, enables the discovery of new high-energy particle
Danish computer scientist has developed a superb algorithm for findin
One of the most classic algorithmic problems deals with calculating the shortest path between two points. A more complicated variant of the problem is when the route traverses a changing network–whether this be a road network or the internet. For…
Georgia Tech receives $2.2M in Toyota Research Institute robotics funding
Research projects to advance autonomous driving testbed, human-robot collaboration
Researchers modify air quality models to reflect polluted reality in Latin America
Computational models of air quality have long been used to shed light on pollution control efforts in the United States and Europe, but the tools have not found widespread adoption in Latin America. New work from North Carolina State University…
Can the digital advertising market achieve privacy without regulation?
New research shows that the ad networks may have natural incentives to safeguard consumer privacy
Key task in computer vision and graphics gets a boost
A Kanazawa University researcher finds a way to accelerate a fundamental problem in computing known as non-rigid point set registration
Researchers find AI can predict new atrial fibrillation, stroke risk
Research team includes Geisinger, Tempus scientists
Samara Polytech chemists have predicted more than 200 new carbon allotropes
One of the predicted substances turned out to be harder than a diamond
Neural networks need more than neurons, new project posits
By encoding a feature of biological intelligence called reinforcement learning, in which we iteratively learn from successes and failures, “deep neural networks” (DNNs) have revolutionized artificial intelligence with spectacular demonstrations of mastery in Chess and Go. But they struggle to…
Animal aggression depends on rank within social hierarchies
Humans and animals alike constantly size up one another. In the workplace, a new employee quickly learns which coworkers are the most respected — and therefore hold more power. Big brothers boss around little brothers. In nature, a dominant male…
Ecology: Gene drives may help control invasive grey squirrel in the UK
Existing gene drive technologies could be combined to help control the invasive grey squirrel population in the UK with little risk to other populations, according to a modelling study published in Scientific Reports. Gene drives introduce genes into a population…
University of Limerick, Ireland, research identifies secrets of Fantasy Premier League success
A new study by a team of researchers at UL has identified the underlying tactics used by the top-ranked competitors among the seven million players of Fantasy Premier League (FPL), the official – and world’s largest – fantasy football game.
A new foundation toward achieving the next generation of artificial intelligence
From signals to cognition
COVID-19 screening: A new model for assessing the efficiency of group testing
How best to evaluate the performance of a group testing strategy for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which involves pooling samples from multiple individuals in order to conduct a single RT-PCR test on the whole group? To do precisely that, scientists from…
Artificial intelligence reveals current drugs that may help combat Alzheimer’s disease
Analysis points to new treatment targets for the disease.
A new strategy for pooling COVID-19 tests to detect outbreaks early
Novel protocol draws on mathematical models that account for false-negative test results
Helping soft robots turn rigid on demand
New type of control system may broaden robots’ range of tasks and allow safer interactions with people
HL7 International and OHDSI announce collaboration
Health Level Seven International (HL7®) and the Observational Health Data Sciences and Informatics (OHDSI) network announced a collaboration to address the sharing and tracking of data in the healthcare and research industries by creating a single common data model. The…
Swiss statistical systems enhanced by big data
A huge volume of digital data has been harvested, stored and shared in the last few years – from sources such as social media, geolocation systems and aerial images from drones and satellites – giving researchers many new ways to…
A Thousand Brains introduces a novel theory of intelligence
A new book by Jeff Hawkins offers implications for AI and for the future of humanity – with foreword by Richard Dawkins
Researchers discover that privacy-preserving tools leave private data anything but
BROOKLYN, New York, Wednesday, March 3, 2021 – Machine-learning (ML) systems are becoming pervasive not only in technologies affecting our day-to-day lives, but also in those observing them, including face expression recognition systems. Companies that make and use such widely…
How does plastic debris make its way into ocean garbage patches?
Model predicts probability of plastic debris being transported from one ocean surface region to another
A Skoltech robot analyzes shoppers’ behavior
Researchers from Skoltech’s Intelligent Space Robotics Lab have proposed a novel method for customer behavior analytics and demand distribution based on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) stocktaking. Their research was published in the proceedings of the International Conference on Control, Automation,…
Scoot Over! Study Reveals E-Scooter Use in Washington D.C.
Researchers Build First Model to Track Travel Patterns that Captures Built Environment Variables More Precisely
Covid-19: How to do lockdown? Russian scientists may have an answer
Researchers modified the existing SIR class pandemic prediction model.
Cosmetic and consumer product formulation design: Automation, AI and machine learning webinar
Due to the global pandemic we have re-scheduled the in person Advances in Cosmetic Formulation Design II Conference to Summer 2022. To keep the community up to date, this webinar will focus on an emerging area of high interest to…
AI shows public attitude toward COVID-19 is more ‘infectious’ than disease itself
The more retweets, the more people believe it–even if it’s not true
Predicts the onset of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) using deep learning-based Splice-AI
Korea Brain Research Institute (KBRI, President Suh Pann-ghill) announced that the research team led by Dr. Jae-Yeol Joo discovered new cryptic splice variants and SNVs in PLCg1 gene of AD-specific models for the first time using Splice-AI. This research outcome…
New machine learning tool facilitates analysis of health information, clinical forecasting
Clinical research requires that data be mined for insights. Machine learning, which develops algorithms to find patterns, has difficulty doing this with data related to health records because this type of information is neither static nor regularly collected. A new…
NTU scientists develop laser system that generates random numbers at ultrafast speeds
An international team of scientists has developed a system that can generate random numbers over a hundred times faster than current technologies, paving the way towards faster, cheaper, and more secure data encryption in today’s digitally connected world. The random…
Imaging space debris in high resolution
Litter is not only a problem on Earth. According to NASA , there are currently millions of pieces of space junk in the range of altitudes from 200 to 2,000 kilometers above the Earth’s surface, which is known as low…
Getting ahead of climate change
Earth observation data could help the humanitarian community reduce the destruction of natural disasters
New discoveries on the containment of COVID-19 finds travel bans are of limited value
NYU Tandon researchers join collaboration with Politecnico di Torino revealing that after spread, travel bans are of limited value in thwarting the spread of COVID-19