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Improved use of databases could save billions of euro in health care costs
Billions of euro in health care costs – arising from osteoporosis-related bone fractures – could be saved by improved use of existing databases
Artificial emotional intelligence: a safer, smarter future with 5G and emotion recognition
Researchers introduce a 5G-enabled, AI-based emotion detection system and discuss its operation, applications, and potential security issues
Scientists discovered new physical effects important for the ITER reactor operation
Researchers discovered new effects, which affect the energy flow in the reactor
John Hennessy and David Patterson win the Frontiers of Knowledge Award in ICT
The award has gone in this 13th edition to the two scientists who turned computer architecture into a science and designed the processors that power today’s devices
CONCERT project: designing configurable collaborative robot to help workers
Researchers will develop configurable robots in order to preserve workers health in workplaces. Cobots will be validated in a construction scenario. Coordinated by IIT, CONCERT will last 3 years and has received 3 million euro by the European Union
A language learning system that pays attention — more efficiently than ever before
MIT researchers’ new hardware and software system streamlines state-of-the-art sentence analysis
Prestigious Sci-Tech Oscar goes to three former computer science PhD students
Three award winners earned their doctorates under Philipp Slusallek at Saarland University. The university professor and DFKI researcher has significantly advanced the award-winning ray tracing technology over the past two decades. Today, this technology provides many Hollywood movies and computer…
New AI-based tools enable quantum computers to ‘self-tune’ for unparalleled results
Developed by Q-CTRL, automated closed-loop hardware optimization improves performance autonomously in major step towards software abstraction
5G testing center for rapid connectivity to launch at Purdue’s Discovery Park District
The NineTwelve center is the first of its kind in the U.S. to create 5G rapid development for faster, low-cost 5G applications with the potential to transform businesses in one of the most vibrant, innovation-rich communities in the world.
The quantum advantage: a novel demonstration
Is a quantum machine really more efficient than a conventional machine for performing calculations? Demonstrating this ‘advantage’ experimentally is particularly complex and a major research challenge around the world1. Scientists from the CNRS2, the University of Edinburgh (Scotland) and the…
Civil engineers find link between hospitals and schools key to community resilience
Hospitals’ and schools’ collective recovery must be considered in the wake of a disaster
UTSA and Dell partner to spur innovation in cybersecurity and data science
(SAN ANTONIO, February 4, 2020) – The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) received a technology grant via special discounts from Dell Technologies to support advanced technologies and a new research infrastructure platform at the university. Through the substantial…
INL researchers publish book to prevent cybersecurity disruptions, train workforce
Two cybersecurity researchers at Idaho National Laboratory have published a new book to help train employees at public utilities to recognize cybersecurity vulnerabilities and develop measures to defend their networks from increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks. Countering Cyber Sabotage: Introducing Consequence-Driven, Cyber-Informed…
Aston University partners with Lumien to improve workplace mental health
A leading Birmingham-based software company that specialises in data analytics for workplace wellbeing has entered into a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) with Aston University with the aim of improving mental health in the workplace.
Tread tester
Sandia Labs and Goodyear develop means to test tires before they’re built
Team to develop automated-driving tech for people with cognitive impairments
LAWRENCE — A research team based at the University of Kansas School of Engineering is one of 10 semifinalists in the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Inclusive Design Challenge , which seeks to make self-driving cars accessible to people with disabilities.…
$4 million grant will help teach computer coding skills to rural Missouri students
MU’s eMINTS National Center earns grant to help advance STEM education in underserved Missouri school districts
“Liquid” machine-learning system adapts to changing conditions
The new type of neural network could aid decision making in autonomous driving and medical diagnosis.
How the brain is programmed for computer programming?
Countries around the world are seeing a surge in the number of computer science students. Enrolment in related university programs in the U.S. and Canada tripled between 2006-2016 and Europe too has seen rising numbers. At the same time, the…
Bentham Science launches new journal, ‘The Chinese Journal of Artificial Intelligence’
Bentham Science is pleased to announce the launch of new subscription-based journal, The Chinese Journal of Artificial Intelligence . The first issue of the journal will be available online by the start of the year, 2021. Dr. Dunwei Gong is…
NTU Singapore start-up commercialises AI that can detect leaks instantly in gas pipelines
A sensor network powered by an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm developed by scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) can accurately detect, in real-time, gas leaks and unwanted water seepage into gas pipeline networks. Successful in field trials conducted…
Designing customized “brains” for robots
A new system devises hardware architectures to hasten robots’ response time
2020 ACM Fellows recognized for work that underpins contemporary computing
International group composed of leaders across all of computing’s disciplines
Researchers use LRZ HPC resources to perform largest-ever supersonic turbulence simulation
A multi-institution team from Australia and Germany simulates turbulence happening on both sides of the so-called “sonic scale,” opening the door for more detailed and realistic galaxy formation simulations
Machine learning improves particle accelerator diagnostics
A new machine learning system can correctly diagnose particle accelerator component issues in real-time
Biologist collaborates on computational modeling tools to predict efficacy of cancer drugs
Project to model cancer pathways supported through $1.4 million renewal grant from the National Institutes of Health
Interactive game created by a Lithuanian team won World Summit Awards
An interactive educational game ‘Flight Across the Atlantic’ featuring the legendary flight of Lithuanian pilots was announced as one of the winners in the global digital innovation competition World Summit Awards (WSA)
How to harness artificial intelligence to boost business and make our world more human
Welcome to the World of Hyperautomation
Dr. Genova to study virtual reality job reentry training in traumatic brain injury
The National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research awarded a $599,103 grant to Helen Genova, Ph.D., of Kessler Foundation
A powerful computational tool for efficient analysis of cell division 4D image data
A joint research team co-led by City University of Hong Kong (CityU) has developed a novel computational tool that can reconstruct and visualise three-dimensional (3D) shapes and temporal changes of cells, speeding up the analysing process from hundreds of hours…
Graz research group develops health portal of the future
Can this digital medium make predictions about the individual information needs of users, recognize their cognitive abilities, and use this data to convey high-quality medical content in a comprehensible and clear manner? If Tobias Schreck, head of the Institute of…
BioAFMviewer software for simulated atomic force microscopy of biomolecules
Nowadays nanotechnology allows to observe single proteins at work. Under atomic force microscopy (AFM), e.g., their surface can be rapidly scanned, and functional motions monitored, which is of great importance for applications in all fields of Life science. The analysis…
Chemists describe a new form of ice
Scientists from the United States, China, and Russia have described the structure and properties of a novel hydrogen clathrate hydrate that forms at room temperature and relatively low pressure. Hydrogen hydrates are a potential solution for hydrogen storage and transportation,…
NIST software tool improves your doctor’s vaccination advice
Agency’s testing tools have increased the correctness and consistency of computerized vaccination recommendations.
High-five or thumbs-up? New device detects which hand gesture you want to make
The device, which combines wearable biosensors with artificial intelligence, could be used to control prosthetics or interact with electronic devices
Skoltech obtains State Registration for a full 5G base station software stack
State Registration marks a new milestone in the project pursued by Skoltech and its technology partners to build a platform for mass production of Russian 5G base stations
The fix is in
Giovanni Vigna and former students are developing a better way to address vulnerabilities at the source-code level
Graduate student’s BADASS code has astronomical benefits
Open-source code developed at UC Riverside is free, versatile, and easy to use
Big data and AI to unlock energy savings and help UK achieve its net zero ambitions
Lancaster University researchers will lead on the development of a new arsenal of artificial intelligence and data science tools that will unlock massive energy savings and help UK businesses in their goal of achieving net zero
Scientists discover a new complex europium hydride
A team of researchers from Russia, the United States, and China led by Skoltech Professor Artem R. Oganov has discovered an unexpected very complex europium hydride, Eu8H46. The paper detailing the discovery has been published in The Journal of Physical…
Augmented reality visor makes cake taste moister, more delicious
By manipulating the way light comes off food via an augmented reality visor system, researchers have tricked people into thinking slices of cake and spoonfuls of ketchup are more moist and delicious while eating them
New research fellowship aims to turn ICT sustainability on its head
A Lancaster University computer scientist has been awarded a new fellowship to research an entirely new way of making large-scale computing systems more sustainable
Artificial intelligence sets sights on the sun
Scientists from the University of Graz and the Kanzelhöhe Solar Observatory (Austria) and their colleagues from the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) developed a new method based on deep learning for stable classification and quantification of image quality…
SwRI receives $4 million contract to maintain supersonic training aircraft
Institute engineers continue to maintain integrity of T-38 Talon
Create a realistic VR experience using a normal 360-degree camera
Scientists at the University of Bath have developed a quick and easy approach for capturing 360° VR photography without using expensive specialist cameras. The system uses a commercially available 360° camera on a rotating selfie stick to capture video footage…
New computational method validates images without ‘ground truth’
WIF helps ensure ‘seeing is believing’ when it comes to the very small
“Electronic amoeba” finds approximate solution to traveling salesman problem in linear time
Researchers at Hokkaido University and Amoeba Energy in Japan have, inspired by the efficient foraging behavior of a single-celled amoeba, developed an analog computer for finding a reliable and swift solution to the traveling salesman problem — a representative combinatorial…
Reactive Video playback that you control with your body
Computer scientists have developed an entirely new way of interacting with video content that adapts to, and is controlled by, your body movement
DeepLabCut-Live! real-time marker-less motion capture for animals
Gollum in “The Lord of the Rings”, Thanos in the “Avengers”, Snoke in “Star Wars”, the Na’vi in “Avatar”: we have all experienced the wonders of motion-capture, a cinema technique that tracks an actor’s movements and “translates” them into computer…