Advance could enable artificial intelligence on household appliances while enhancing data security and energy efficiency
Tag: MULTIMEDIA/NETWORKING/INTERFACE DESIGN
New supercomputer installed at Stony Brook
The Ookami computer is available to researchers nationwide as a testbed for high-performance computing technology
Mullen receives funding to help cultural heritage institutions accept micro-donations
Lincoln Mullen, Associate Professor, History and Art History, received $49,949 from Grant for the Web for a project at Mason’s Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (RRCHNM). RRCHNM will create an open-source software module that enables cultural heritage…
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers and Editage unveil services
New Rochelle, NY, November 9, 2020–Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers, a leading international publisher of cutting-edge peer-reviewed journals, and Editage, the flagship brand of Cactus Communications (CACTUS), a technology company accelerating scientific advancement, have announced the author services being offered…
Tiny device enables new record in super-fast quantum light detection
Researchers have developed a tiny device that paves the way for higher performance quantum computers and quantum communications, making them significantly faster than the current state-of-the-art.
An underwater navigation system powered by sound
New approach could spark an era of battery-free ocean exploration, with applications ranging from marine conservation to aquaculture.
Researchers develop a high-power, portable terahertz laser
The development could bring powerful sensing and imaging capabilities out of the lab and into hospitals, airports, or other settings
Mathematical modeling of processes in neurons to assist the treatment of epilepsy and depression
Mathematical modeling of electro-mechanical processes in neurons to assist the treatment of epilepsy and chronic depression by focused ultrasound
Smart tablecloth can find fruit and help with watering the plants
Researchers have designed a smart fabric that can detect non-metallic objects ranging from avocadoes to credit cards, according to a study from Dartmouth College and Microsoft Research.
Smart tablecloth can find fruit and help with watering the plants
Interactive fabric senses everyday non-metallic objects
Researchers take a stand on algorithm design for job centers: Landing a job isn’t always the right goal
Imagine that you are a job consultant. You are sitting across from your client, an unemployed individual. After locating them in the system, up pops the following text on the computer screen; ‘increased risk of long-term unemployment’. Such assessments are…
Research lowers errors for using brain signals to control a robot arm
By measuring brain signals and implementing a clever feedback scheme, researchers from India and the UK have reduced the positional error in brain-controlled robot arms by a factor of 10, paving the way to greatly enhancing the quality of life…
CAMERA awarded £10 million for interactive and visual computing research
The University of Bath is thrilled to announce that CAMERA, the Centre for the Analysis of Motion, Entertainment Research and Applications , has been awarded over £10m to fund its research in Intelligent Interactive and Visual Computing until 2026. Support…
Cloud-based framework leads to improved efficiency in disaster-area management
For the first time, researchers have implemented a cloud-based, highly efficient control system to aid first responders in disaster-area management. When disaster strikes, nothing is certain. From hazardous chemical leaks to destroyed communications infrastructure, the terrain encountered by first responders…
National Science Foundation establishes a partnership to advance throughput computing
MADISON — Recognizing the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s leadership role in research computing, the National Science Foundation announced this month that the Madison campus will be home to a five-year, $22.5 million initiative to advance high-throughput computing. The Partnership to Advance…
UTA researchers develop geothermal de-icing technique for bridges at Arlington test site
A new way to de-ice bridges
Hazumi datasets for dialogue systems that recognize human sentiment released
A group of researchers from Osaka University has released multimodal human-system dialogue corpora Hazumi on the Informatics Research Data Depository of the National Institute of Informatics (NII). Currently, two datasets in Japanese are available for research and development (R&D) purposes…
‘What to expect when you’re expecting robots’
Book co-authored by Associate Professor Julie Shah and Laura Major SM ’05 explores a future populated with robot helpers
Player behavior in the online game EVE Online may reflect real world country
Virtual worlds may reflect social and economic behavior in the real world, according to a study published October 21, 2020 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Andres M. Belaza and colleagues from Ghent University, Belgium. People around the world…
UCF partners with Adobe to personalize reading experiences for students, adults
Early studies have shown researchers can accelerate some adults’ reading by more than 25% by personalizing the digital-reading experience
Hand-held device reads levels of cancer biomarker
Canadian researchers create technology that reads cancer biomarker like a blood-sugar monitor
Examining CBD use for conditions with proven therapies
What The Study Did: Testimonials posted on a social media site were analyzed to examine whether individuals are using the cannabis-derived chemical compound cannabidiol (CBD) in an attempt to treat diagnosable conditions that have evidence-based therapies. Authors: John W. Ayers,…
AI traffic congestion research earns Future Leaders Fellowship
Dr. Mauro Vallati has received a prestigious Future Leaders Fellowship for his innovative research into systems driven by artificial intelligence (AI) for urban traffic control
Robot swarms follow instructions to create art
Study shows that robot swarms can follow instructions to create paintings, suggesting that artists could incorporate such technology into their work
New discovery opens for breakthrough in laser technology
Aarhus University has received a grant from the Independent Research Fund Denmark to investigate nonlinear effects in semiconductor lasers — a stepping-stone to enable next generation higher-order modulation in fiber optic networks
Fellow at Sandia Labs appointed to National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories Fellow Gil Herrera has been appointed to the newly established U.S. National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee. Herrera is one of two committee members representing the Department of Energy national laboratories. He joins 20 others…
Wearable IT devices: Dyeing process gives textiles electronic properties
Computer scientists at Saarland University show how these special textiles can be produced in a comparatively easy way, thus opening up new use cases. “Our goal was to integrate interactive functionalities directly into the fibers of textiles instead of just…
Data science professor receives $1.25 million from Department of Defense
Justin Zhan develops algorithms to enhance computational speed and efficiency of applications requiring massive amounts of streaming data.
New algorithm could unleash the power of quantum computers
Fast-forwarding quantum calculations skips past the time limits imposed by decoherence, which plagues today’s machines
Predictive Science Research Gets Major Boost Thanks to the Department of Energy
The Oden Institute at UT Austin Selected by DOE for Major Predictive Science Research Cooperative
Tool helps clear biases from computer vision
Researchers at Princeton University have developed a tool that flags potential biases in sets of images used to train artificial intelligence (AI) systems. The work is part of a larger effort to remedy and prevent the biases that have crept…
Artificial intelligence in art: a simple tool or creative genius?
Intelligent algorithms are used to create paintings, write poems, and compose music.
Virtual Heidelberg Laureate Forum – Experiment to Experience
Over the past week, the diverse program of the Virtual Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF) materialized one session at a time. Many aspects of the actual Forum were mirrored and though replicating the depth of in-person exchanges is impossible, compelling alternatives…
Artificial intelligence in art: a simple tool or creative genius?
A study shows how language humanizes AI
The secretive networks used to move money offshore
Researchers have uncovered a highly unusual network pattern within the Panama Papers, showing how fortunes can be easily hidden in secretive offshore shell corporations, and how these remain difficult to trace and take down
New approach for earlier detection of Alzheimer’s
UTA computer scientist uses machine learning for earlier detection of Alzheimer’s disease
3D camera earns its stripes at Rice
Engineers develop Hyperspectral Stripe Projector to quickly merge depth, spectral data
Putting virtual rehab for stroke patients to the test
Researchers at the University of East Anglia have been putting virtual reality rehabilitation for stroke survivors to the test. They have created a new gaming platform which uses low cost videogame technology to improve the lives of stroke patients suffering…
Staying one step ahead to stop hackers in their tracks
US Army grant helps UH researchers develop techniques to detect, deceive cyber attackers
Web resources bring new insight into COVID-19
Researchers around the world are a step closer to a better understanding of the intricacies of COVID-19 thanks to two new web resources developed by investigators at Baylor College of Medicine and the University of California San Diego. The resources…
When bots do the negotiating, humans more likely to engage in deceptive techniques
Series of studies reveal conditions under which humans more likely to have virtual intermediaries act deceptively
Making raw data more usable
UTA computer scientist working to improve data science pipeline
MobiCom 2020 showcases latest innovations in mobile technology
Leading venue for mobile computing and wireless networking research goes virtual
Popular messenger services are extremely insecure
Study by TU Darmstadt and University of Würzburg: WhatsApp, Signal & Co: Billions of users vulnerable to privacy attacks
Smartphones can predict brain function associated with anxiety and depression
Passive monitoring of phone usage shows emotional state of mind
Pandemic spawns ‘infodemic’ in scientific literature
New policies, technologies could help make sense of flood of information
New ACM study gives most detailed picture to date of US bachelor’s programs in computing
Significant increases seen in software engineering enrollments
Middle-schoolers to learn computer-coding skills through UMass Lowell-led program
Initiative aims to build literacy, diversity in the field
Telehealth scales up during the pandemic to offer patient care in the safety of the home
The Medical University of South Carolina rapidly adapted telehealth technologies to meet the needs of its patients during the pandemic, report researchers in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
Bio-based resin invented by Lithuanian researchers: A breakthrough in rapid prototyping
Lithuanian researchers from Kaunas University of Technology and Vilnius University synthesised and tested a bio-based resin for optical 3D printing; the bio-based resin made from renewable raw materials proved to be universal for multi-scale 3D printing