New homes are increasingly being outfitted with solar panels, heat pumps, rechargeable batteries and other means of producing and storing heat, electricity and gas, all of which interconnect with the electrical grid. At the level of an entire neighborhood, these…
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EU research funding in the millions for Saarbrücken-based computational linguist
People infer things beyond what is literally said – and everyone makes his or her own assumptions. This fact poses a major difficulty for computers. For her research project on this topic, Vera Demberg has received the prestigious ERC Starting…
Battery-free Game Boy runs forever
Button pressing and solar energy power the retro gaming device
UBICOMP/ISWC 2020 highlights new visions for anywhere & everywhere computing
Top-line research on mobile and wearable technologies to be presented
GCS coordinates projects to build Pan-European HPC Competency Network
The EuroCC and CASTIEL projects, coordinated by the Gauss Centre for Supercomputing, aim at creating a Europe-wide network of national high-performance computing competence centers.
Managing data flow boosts cyber-physical system performance
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a suite of algorithms to improve the performance of cyber-physical systems – from autonomous vehicles to smart power grids – by balancing each component’s need for data with how fast that data…
True holographic movie is within grasp
Holographic movies, like the one R2D2 projected of Princess Leia in the Star Wars: A New Hope, have long been the province of science fiction, but for most of us, the extent of our experience with holograms may be the dime-sized stamps on our passports and credit cards.
True holographic movie is within grasp
Researchers produce dynamic holographic projection using ‘metasurface’ material
NSF backs first community platform for smarter wireless
Rice researchers developing tools to make networks, mobile applications more intelligent
Mark conducting collaborative research on intelligent full-duplex cognitive radio networks
Brian L. Mark, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, is set to receive $241,361 from the National Science Foundation for a project in which Mason will be responsible for the development of machine learning-based spectrum sensing techniques as a key component…
White House, NSF, and DOE announce over $1 billion in awards for AI and QIS Research
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced over $1 billion in awards for the establishment of 12 new artificial intelligence (AI) and…
Journalists invited to cover the Virtual HLF this September 21-25
Traverse separation with a diverse online scientific program
Video is not always effective in science communication
Audiences shown a video about coral reefs had less willingness to pay (WTP) for conservation than when shown a slideshow of texts and photographs. The findings suggest the importance of the type and amount of information used in science communication.…
Computer scientist makes big data more accessible
UTA researcher working to make data more usable and accessible
Researchers develop new detection method to protect Army networks
Army researchers developed a novel algorithm to protect networks by allowing for the detection of adversarial actions that can be missed by current analytical methods. The main idea of this research is to build a higher-order network to look for…
Children think robots can help the elderly — but not their own grandparents
Researchers also found that robots that look too much like humans can be scary for kids
Network of sounds: New research reveals the magic secret of human networks
Synchronization, in which a complex system operates as one body, is an important phenomenon that takes place in an enormous range of scales — from subatomic particles to galaxies. In biology, fish, birds, and even cells synchronize in order to…
Fitness watches generate useful information, but increase patient anxiety
How does measuring our sleep, exercise and heart rates using various apps and fitness watches affect us? Self-quantifying may better the understanding of our individual health, but according to a new study, it also gives rise to anxiety. The researchers h
Ghasempour receives 2020 Marconi Society Young Scholar Award
ECE alum honored for Ph.D. work on terahertz wireless network connection
ACM Interactions special issue explores design and technology during and after coronavirus pandemic
Technology designers from around the world discuss how we must respond in academia, industry, family life, and more
NIST’s post-quantum cryptography program enters ‘selection round’
Chosen algorithms will become part of first standard devised to counter quantum decryption threat.
A new MXene material shows extraordinary electromagnetic interference shielding ability
Drexel and KIST researchers report material can absorb EMI from electronic devices
Columbia data scientist designs better e-commerce systems
Receives NSF award to study and enhance consumer flexibility
Using cellular networks to detect at-risk areas for spread of COVID-19
Data from existing wireless networks can pinpoint potential hotspots
Using cellular networks to detect at-risk areas for spread of COVID-19
Data from existing wireless networks can pinpoint potential hotspots
New automotive radar spots hazards around corners
Using radar commonly deployed to track speeders and fastballs, researchers have developed an automated system that will allow cars to peer around corners and spot oncoming traffic and pedestrians. The system, easily integrated into today’s vehicles, uses Doppler radar to…
New automotive radar spots hazards around corners
Using radar commonly deployed to track speeders and fastballs, researchers have developed an automated system that will allow cars to peer around corners and spot oncoming traffic and pedestrians. The system, easily integrated into today’s vehicles, uses Doppler radar to…
Getting real with immersive sword fights
Sword fights are often the weak link in virtual reality (VR) fighting games, with digital avatars engaging in battle using imprecise, pre-recorded movements that barely reflect the player’s actions or intentions.
Research brings tech tutorials to people with visual impairments
Series of Dartmouth papers focus on human-computer interaction
Research brings tech tutorials to people with visual impairments
Series of Dartmouth papers focus on human-computer interaction
New technique may enable all-optical data-center networks
A new technique that synchronises the clocks of computers in under a billionth of a second can eliminate one of the hurdles for the deployment of all-optical networks, potentially leading to more efficient data centers, finds a new UCL-Microsoft study
A deep-learned E-skin decodes complex human motion
A deep-learning powered single-strained electronic skin sensor can capture human motion from a distance. The single strain sensor placed on the wrist decodes complex five-finger motions in real time with a virtual 3D hand that mirrors the original motions. The…
Google’s new light field video research showcases high-quality experience
Google is taking immersive media technology to the next level, showing a practical system for light field video. Wide field of view scenes can be recorded and played back with the ability to move around within the video after it…
Digitize your dog into a computer game
Researchers from the University of Bath have developed motion capture technology that enables you to digitise your dog without a motion capture suit and using only one camera.
Hunting in savanna-like landscapes may have poured jet fuel on brain evolution
Rife with obstacles and occlusions, terrestrial environments potentially helped give rise to planning circuits in the brain
Hunting in savanna-like landscapes may have poured jet fuel on brain evolution
Rife with obstacles and occlusions, terrestrial environments potentially helped give rise to planning circuits in the brain
Circular reasoning: Spiraling circuits for more efficient AI
Tokyo, Japan – Researchers from the Institute of Industrial Science at The University of Tokyo designed and built specialized computer hardware consisting of stacks of memory modules arranged in a 3D-spiral for artificial intelligence (AI) applications. This research may open…
National effort joins forces to build a secure smart home
Research focuses on strengthening trust around the household ‘Internet of Things’
NUS engineers quintuple the efficiency of moving data bits in silicon chips
The Green IC research team at the National University of Singapore (NUS) has developed an innovative technique that allows the transfer of bits (the basic unit of information in computing) across a silicon chip up to five times more efficiently…
NUS engineers quintuple the efficiency of moving data bits in silicon chips
The Green IC research team at the National University of Singapore (NUS) has developed an innovative technique that allows the transfer of bits (the basic unit of information in computing) across a silicon chip up to five times more efficiently…
Lightning fast algorithms can lighten the load of 3D hologram generation
Faster calculation method for next-gen augmented reality devices
Technology for cloud efficiency for databases during data-intensive COVID-19 pandemic
A Purdue University data science and machine learning innovator wants to help organizations and users get the most for their money when it comes to cloud-based databases.
Technology for cloud efficiency for databases during data-intensive COVID-19 pandemic
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A Purdue University data science and machine learning innovator wants to help organizations and users get the most for their money when it comes to cloud-based databases. Her same technology may help self-driving vehicles operate more…
Technology for cloud efficiency for databases during data-intensive COVID-19 pandemic
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A Purdue University data science and machine learning innovator wants to help organizations and users get the most for their money when it comes to cloud-based databases. Her same technology may help self-driving vehicles operate more…
Pioneer of modern datacenter design receives Eckert-Mauchly Award
Google’s Luiz Barroso recognized as visionary architect of warehouse-scale computing
Pioneer of modern datacenter design receives Eckert-Mauchly Award
Google’s Luiz Barroso recognized as visionary architect of warehouse-scale computing
Watcher’ tracks coronavirus in Cincinnati and beyond
Two University of Cincinnati students develop interactive dashboard to keep tabs on pandemic
UTA researchers optimize performance of networks of human-operated and autonomous vehicles
Better performance of autonomous vehicles
Researchers incorporate computer vision and uncertainty into AI for robotic prosthetics
Researchers have developed new software that can be integrated with existing hardware to enable people using robotic prosthetics or exoskeletons to walk in a safer, more natural manner on different types of terrain. The new framework incorporates computer vision into…
Otago and ESR collaboration gets funding to track COVID-19 spread and evolution in NZ
A collaboration between Otago & ESR has received a substantial government grant to lead an international team of scientists to sequence the genomes of all of New Zealand’s positive COVID-19 cases and track how the virus spread across New Zealand.…