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Do You See What AI Sees? Study Finds That Humans Can Think Like Computers
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Do You See What AI Sees? Study Finds That Humans Can Think Like Computers

Artificial intelligence systems can be fooled by certain images, and new research shows that humans tend to agree with a computer's image classification choices...

They Didn't Buy the DLC: Feature that Could've Prevented 737 Crashes Was Sold As an Option
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They Didn't Buy the DLC: Feature that Could've Prevented 737 Crashes Was Sold As an Option

The crashed Lion Air 737 MAX and the Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX aircraft had more in common than aircraft design and the apparently malfunctioning flight system...

Pope Francis Helps Write Code Alongside Code.org Founder
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Pope Francis Helps Write Code Alongside Code.org Founder

Pope Francis tapped his way into computer history on Thursday (March 21) by contributing a line of code to an app aimed at promoting United Nations Sustainable...

Computer Scientists Create Reprogrammable Molecular Computing System
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Computer Scientists Create Reprogrammable Molecular Computing System

Computer scientists have designed DNA molecules that can carry out reprogrammable computations, which suggests that molecular self-assembly could be a reliable...

Tech Workers In China's Silicon Valley Face Burnout Before They Reach 30
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Tech Workers In China's Silicon Valley Face Burnout Before They Reach 30

Young employees and entrepreneurs constantly battle burnout at work in China's Silicon Valley, where tech firms typically expect employees to work long hours to...

NASA Cuts to Europa Mission Anger Planetary Scientists
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NASA Cuts to Europa Mission Anger Planetary Scientists

Planetary scientists are angry about NASA's decision to jettison a key instrument from its upcoming mission to Jupiter's moon Europa.

What to Know About ­.S. Computer Science Degrees
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What to Know About ­.S. Computer Science Degrees

U.S.-based graduate computer science programs offer international students access to cutting-edge technology and U.S. employers.

A Robotic Leg Learns to Walk Without Explicit Programming
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A Robotic Leg Learns to Walk Without Explicit Programming

A team of USC researchers have created an AI-controlled robotic limb that can be tripped up and then recover, a task the robot was never explicitly programmed to...

Researchers Discover New Material to Help Power Electronics
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Researchers Discover New Material to Help Power Electronics

A research team at Ohio State University have discovered a dual-personality material that displays in-plane electron and cross-plane hole conduction in thermopower...

U.S. Students Dominate in Computer Science, Study Says
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U.S. Students Dominate in Computer Science, Study Says

In a study of senior computer science majors in the U.S., China, India, and Russia, U.S. students are tops in skills, if not in gross numbers.

Stanford Helped Pioneer Artificial Intelligence. Now the University Wants to Put Humans at Its Center.
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Stanford Helped Pioneer Artificial Intelligence. Now the University Wants to Put Humans at Its Center.

A Stanford University scientist coined the term artificial intelligence. Others at the university created some of the most significant applications of it, such...

How Technology Can Combat Human Trafficking
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How Technology Can Combat Human Trafficking

Kristen Abrams and Nadya Bliss of Arizona State University recently helped organize a conference at the United Nations on how computational science and AI can help...

No Lie! Researcher Developing Online Polygraph
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No Lie! Researcher Developing Online Polygraph

Florida State University researcher Shuyuan Ho is working to create an online polygraph that uses machine-learning to identify liars and truthtellers based on the...

Report Examines Origins and Nature of 'Math Anxiety'
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Report Examines Origins and Nature of 'Math Anxiety'

Teachers and parents may inadvertently play a role in a child's development of math anxiety, according to a new report, and girls tend to be more affected than...

Optimizing the Human-Robot Workplace
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Optimizing the Human-Robot Workplace

An international team will study of how machines and workers will collaborate in 'smart factories' of the future.

Virtual Reality Platforms Emerge as Computer Science Teaching Tool
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Virtual Reality Platforms Emerge as Computer Science Teaching Tool

Schools are beginning to use virtual reality and augmented reality tools with students in computer science lessons, with some classes even teaching students how...

What Makes High Schoolers Want to Study STEM?
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What Makes High Schoolers Want to Study STEM?

What motivates high school students to become interested in and pursue careers in the STEM fields? An NSF-funded study aims to find out.

Republicans Want Kaspersky, Huawei Banned from Sensitive ­niversity Research Projects
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Republicans Want Kaspersky, Huawei Banned from Sensitive ­niversity Research Projects

If Kaspersky, Huawei and ZTE are suspected of helping Russia and China spy on U.S. government computer systems, they shouldn't be allowed near sensitive academic...

Ctrl-Alt-Stall: India's Engineers Struggle for Work as Jobs Crisis Worsens
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Ctrl-Alt-Stall: India's Engineers Struggle for Work as Jobs Crisis Worsens

Hundreds of thousands of engineers are churned out by India's education system each year, many with large loans and little prospect of finding a job in their field...

More Than a Single Answer: Preparing Students for Jobs of the Future
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More Than a Single Answer: Preparing Students for Jobs of the Future

Learning has shifted from solving a problem with a single answer to identifying problems in a given situation and offering multiple possible solutions, Andy Puttock...
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