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Watson's Creator Wants to Teach AI a New Trick: Common Sense
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Watson's Creator Wants to Teach AI a New Trick: Common Sense

David Ferrucci built a computer that mastered Jeopardy!  Since then, he's been attacking a more challenging task.

Do Work-From-Home Developers Risk Burn-Out?
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Do Work-From-Home Developers Risk Burn-Out?

Developer activity has been "resilient" during the pandemic, says a GitHub report, which warns of the potential for burnout.

Learning Best Practices in the Shift to Digital Learning
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Learning Best Practices in the Shift to Digital Learning

Penn State faculty members have received an NSF grant to enhance online learning strategies and best practices in engineering, particularly to support and retain...

These Companies Are Hiring Data Science Interns During the Lockdown
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These Companies Are Hiring Data Science Interns During the Lockdown

Internships during the lockdown will help companies navigate the downturn using data for insights.

Student Team Designs Smart Mask that Monitors Vital Signs
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Student Team Designs Smart Mask that Monitors Vital Signs

Students from Cornell University designed a "smart" respiratory mask that prevents the spread of airborne diseases while monitoring the wearer's vital signs.

Web of Psychological Cues Tempt Users to Reveal More Online
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Web of Psychological Cues Tempt Users to Reveal More Online

A team of Penn State researchers identified a dozen cues that can influence a user's decision to reveal private information online.

Facial Recognition Software Predicts Criminality, Researchers Say
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Facial Recognition Software Predicts Criminality, Researchers Say

A group of Harrisburg University professors and a Ph.D. student have developed automated computer facial recognition software capable of predicting whether someone...

India's R&D Expenditures, Scientific Publications Are On the Rise
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India's R&D Expenditures, Scientific Publications Are On the Rise

India's gross expenditure in R&D has tripled between 2008 and 2018 driven mainly by the government sector, and scientific publications have risen to make the country...

Firms That Move Quickly to Add Robots Also Add Workers, Study Finds
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Firms That Move Quickly to Add Robots Also Add Workers, Study Finds

Study finds manufacturing companies that are quick to automate can thrive, but overall employment drops.

Unimpressed by Online Classes, College Students Seek Refunds
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Unimpressed by Online Classes, College Students Seek Refunds

Students at more than 25 U.S. universities are filing lawsuits against their schools demanding partial refunds on tuition and campus fees, saying they're not getting...

Women in IT More Likely To Be Promoted Than Men, Study Finds
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Women in IT More Likely To Be Promoted Than Men, Study Finds

Research examining how gender affects promotions in the IT industry finds that women are more likely to be promoted in general but less likely to benefit from performance...

Hottest Silicon Valley Startups Begin to Sell Themselves at a Discount
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Hottest Silicon Valley Startups Begin to Sell Themselves at a Discount

U.S. startups have had to reset their expectations in the wake of the coronavirus crisis, and more than a quarter are projected to run out of cash before the expected...

Wireless Innovator Andrea Goldsmith Is First Woman to Win the Marconi Prize
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Wireless Innovator Andrea Goldsmith Is First Woman to Win the Marconi Prize

The Marconi Society has awarded the 2020 Marconi Prize to Andrea Goldsmith for her pioneering contributions to the theory and practice of adaptive wireless communications...

The Cubicle Is Back. Blame (or Thank) the Coronavirus
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The Cubicle Is Back. Blame (or Thank) the Coronavirus

As businesses reopen, social distancing rules will lead to new partitions between workspaces, reminiscent of the fabric-clad dividers of the 1980s.

Data Will Show How Schools Are Responding to Coronavirus
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Data Will Show How Schools Are Responding to Coronavirus

The U.S. Department of Education has awarded Tulane University a $100,000 contract to collect data from approximately 150,000 school websites to see how the U.S...

Coronavirus Is Taking Its Toll on Tech's Unforgiving Work Culture
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Coronavirus Is Taking Its Toll on Tech's Unforgiving Work Culture

Silicon Valley's nonstop work culture clashes with work-from-home practices and the realities of family life.

Yuichiro Ajima of Fujitsu Honored for High-Dimensional Interconnect
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Yuichiro Ajima of Fujitsu Honored for High-Dimensional Interconnect

Yuichiro Ajima of Fujitsu will be awarded the Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon, a national honor in Japan, for his work on high-dimensional interconnect technology...

How to Tell Whether You're the Victim of a Bad Peer Review
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How to Tell Whether You're the Victim of a Bad Peer Review

Isn't it amazing how many papers would be acceptable for publication — if it weren't for their failure to cite one of the peer reviewers?

As Workers Spread Out to Halt the Virus, Robots Fill the Gaps
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As Workers Spread Out to Halt the Virus, Robots Fill the Gaps

Social distancing requires rethinking the layout of workplaces. A new breed of robots can help keep factories and warehouses running.

Grad Student Used a Neural Network to Write His Papers
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Grad Student Used a Neural Network to Write His Papers

A student working on a master's degree in business used GPT-2, the text-generating algorithm created by research lab OpenAI, to write essays for two different courses...
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