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…
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New control architecture defends complex interconnected systems against cyberattacks
Researchers have developed a novel control architecture that defends complex, interconnected systems previously vulnerable to cyberattacks. Details were published in IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica . Distributed systems are becoming more and more essential in everyday life. From power plants…
Knowing the model you can trust – the key to better decision-making
As much of Europe is engulfed by a second wave of Covid-19, and track and trace struggles to meet demand, modelling support tools are being increasingly used by policymakers to make key decisions. Most notably, models have been used to…
QCLs exhibit extreme pulses
Extreme events in quantum cascade lasers enable an optical neuron system 10,000× faster than biological neurons
C4NGP leads new global alliance to develop universal PortML and standards for Sm
Common standards will accelerate digitalization and unify operations of global maritime and port industries
‘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
AI detects hidden earthquakes
New technology from Stanford scientists finds long-hidden quakes, and possible clues about how earthquakes evolve
FAU awarded U.S. AFOSR grant to improve learning and operation of AI systems
FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science Researchers Receive $653,393 U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research Grant for Better and Safer Artificial Intelligence
The gravity of play: Quantifying what we enjoy about games
Scientists develop a mathematical model to objectively analyze the appeal of different games and how it has changed throughout history
Aspiring cyber entrepreneur is latest EWF INI Fellow
INI student Ruchi Banerjee receives full-tuition fellowship to study information security at Carnegie Mellon University
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
An innovative method to tune lasers toward infrared wavelengths
Researchers at Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) have discovered a cost-effective way to tune the spectrum of a laser to the infrared
Bringing a power tool from math into quantum computing
Scientists design a novel quantum circuit that calculates the fast Fourier transform, an indispensable tool in all fields of engineering
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…
New editor-in-chief appointed for SPIE journal Optical Engineering
Adam Wax will lead the SPIE journal beginning in January 2021
Multi-state data storage leaving binary behind
Stepping ‘beyond binary’ to store data in more than just 0s and 1s
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.
Top computer scientists and statisticians launch Foundations of Data Science conference
First FODS conference opens virtually October 19
Diamonds are a quantum scientist’s best friend
The discovery of triplet spin superconductivity in diamonds has the potential to revolutionise the high-tech industry.
Deep learning gives drug design a boost
Rice translator expands metabolite prediction of chemical reactions in the human body
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
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…
AI taught to rapidly assess disaster damage so humans know where help is needed most
Researchers trained an AI to assess post-disaster building damage just by looking at aerial images of the aftermath
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
Spin clean-up method brings practical quantum computers closer to reality
Osaka City University develops a quantum algorithm that removes pesky spin contaminants from chemical calculations on quantum computers.
Columbia leads effort to develop a quantum simulator
The project is supported by a NSF Convergence Accelerator award that funds team-based, multidisciplinary initiatives addressing challenges of national importance
Metal wires of carbon complete toolbox for carbon-based computers
Metallic carbon circuit element enables work on faster, efficient carbon-based transistors
Staying one step ahead to stop hackers in their tracks
US Army grant helps UH researchers develop techniques to detect, deceive cyber attackers
Engineers pre-train AI computers to make them even more powerful
In 2016, a supercomputer beat the world champion in Go, a complicated board game. How? By using reinforcement learning, a type of artificial intelligence whereby computers train themselves after being programmed with simple instructions. The computers learn from their mistakes…
Researchers discover cyber vulnerabilities affecting bluetooth based medical devices
The Greyhound framework, named after the breed of dogs known for their hunting abilities, was designed and implemented by an SUTD-led research team to systematically sniff out security lapses in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth enabled devices.
Promising computer simulations for stellarator plasmas
Path to higher thermal insulation of the plasma / Reduction of plasma turbulence
All-optical method sets record for ultrafast high-spatial-resolution imaging: 15 trillion frames per second
New all-optical imaging technique with an unprecedented frame rate allows scientists to visualize ultrafast transient phenomena
New data processing module makes deep neural networks smarter
Artificial intelligence researchers at North Carolina State University have improved the performance of deep neural networks by combining feature normalization and feature attention modules into a single module that they call attentive normalization (AN). The hybrid module improves the accuracy…
Ultra-fast magnetic switching with potential to transform fibre optical communications
Researchers at CRANN and the School of Physics at Trinity College Dublin have discovered that a new material can act as a super-fast magnetic switch. When struck by successive ultra-short laser pulses it exhibits “toggle switching” that could increase the…
COVID-19 policy makers could learn more about accountability from industries like aviation
COVID-19 policy makers could learn more about transparency and accountability from industries like aviation, paper reveals
Pandemic spawns ‘infodemic’ in scientific literature
New policies, technologies could help make sense of flood of information
Scientists predicted new superhard materials
A group of Skoltech scientists used machine learning (ML) methods to predict superhard materials based on their crystal structure. The research was published in the Journal of Applied Physics . This work is supported by Russian Science Foundation. Superhard materials…
New ACM study gives most detailed picture to date of US bachelor’s programs in computing
Significant increases seen in software engineering enrollments
UMass Lowell prof to present TEDx talk on ‘Breaking Barriers’
Speaker series features prominent women in range of fields
Virtual tourism could offer new opportunities for travel industry, travelers
A new proposal for virtual travel, using advanced mathematical techniques and combining livestream video with existing photos and videos of travel hotspots, could help revitalize an industry that has been devastated by the coronavirus pandemic, according to researchers at the…
A new technique prevents errors in quantum computers
Even quantum computers make mistakes. Their computing ability is extraordinary; indeed, it exceeds that of classical computers by far. This is because circuits in quantum computers are based on qubits that can represent not only 0s or 1s, but also…
Quantum light squeezes the noise out of microscopy signals
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory used quantum optics to advance state-of-the-art microscopy and illuminate a path to detecting material properties with greater sensitivity than is possible with traditional tools. “We showed how to use squeezed…
Quantum algorithm proposed to solve Dyck language problems
A joint French-Russian-Latvian research saw light in Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics.
Scientists predicted new hard and superhard ternary compounds
Scientists from the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech), Institute of Solid State Chemistry and Mechanochemistry (ISSC SB RAS), Pirogov Medical University and Yerevan State University have predicted new hard and superhard ternary compounds in the tungsten-molybdenum-boron system using…
A molecular approach to quantum computing
New research demonstrates how the use of molecules in quantum computing leads to fewer errors
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.
New theory hints at more efficient way to develop quantum algorithms
Method to further understanding of the quantum state space
NSF backs first community platform for smarter wireless
Rice researchers developing tools to make networks, mobile applications more intelligent
Researchers set sights on theory of deep learning
DOD-funded team is developing guiding principles for popular form of AI
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…