Assistant Professor (Distributed Parallel Computing) - UMass Boston - Boston, MA
Boston, MA, United States
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Documentation Academy Aims to Empower Open Source Newcomers
Canonical's Open Documentation Academy aims to help newcomers participate in the open source community, offering mentorship and…
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Learning to Apply Data Science to Business Problems
One of the most exciting parts of data science is that it can be applied to many domains of knowledge, given our newfound ability to gather valuable data on almost...
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How a Nation of Tech Copycats Transformed Into a Hub for Innovation
The young programmer had an idea, and everyone thought it was nuts.
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Two-Dimensional Metamaterial Could Speed Up Computers
A team of scientists has proposed a two-dimensional metamaterial composed of silver elements, that refracts light in an unusual way.
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The First Person to Hack the Iphone Built a Self-Driving Car. In His Garage
A few days before Thanksgiving, George Hotz, a 26-year-old hacker, invites me to his house in San Francisco to check out a project he’s been working on.
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Supercomputer Benchmark Gains Adherents
A software program that ranks supercomputers on their ability to solve complex problems rather than on raw speed continues to gain traction in the high-performance...
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SynTouch Is Giving Robots the Ability to Feel Textures Like Humans Do
There's just nothing like holding a new product in your hands.
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Grandfather of Vr: The Virtual Can Show the Beauty of the Real
Thomas Furness is known as the pioneer who stood at the inception of what we know today as virtual reality.
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Hands-On With Microsoft's Hololens, One Year Later
One year after showing off HoloLens, Microsoft's augmented reality rig remains very much a work in progress.
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Spinoff 2016 Highlights Space Technologies Used in Daily Life on Earth
NASA technology is all around us, turning trash into oil, saving women from a deadly complication of childbirth, and putting the bubbles in beer.
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In Virtual Reality, Exercise Bike Becomes a Race Car
A new stationary bike from Boston startup VirZoom requires an unusual accessory while you’re pedaling: a virtual-reality headset, so you can turn your workout into...
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Twists and Turns in Path from Lab to Startup to Major Acquisition
How Berkeley Lab battery spinoff Seeo got acquired by a major multinational company.
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Artificial-Intelligence Research Center Is Founded By Silicon Valley Investors
A group of prominent Silicon Valley investors and technology companies said on Friday that they would establish an artificial-intelligence research center to develop...
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Scott Aaronson on Google's New Quantum-Computing Paper
Google researchers released a paper last week suggesting that the D-Wave computer exploits quantum phenomena. Scott Aaronson of MIT helps make sense of the new...
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Small Variations Mean Big Changes in Oxide's Insulator-to-Conductor Transformation
Scientists have identified a surprising non-uniformity in vanadium dioxide that could one day enable more energy-efficient technologies.
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To Get More Oomph From an Electron Gun, Tip It with Diamondoids
Scientists have increased the flow from electron guns 13,000-fold by applying a single layer of diamondoids — tiny, perfect diamond cages — to the's sharp gold...
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The Football Mouthguards of Tomorrow Will Detect Dehydration and Head Injuries
The humble mouthguard—that C-shaped piece of plastic that protects an athlete's teeth—has remained relatively unchanged for the past 60 years.
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China Wants to Replace Millions of Workers with Robots
China is laying the groundwork for a robot revolution by planning to automate the work currently done by millions of low-paid workers.
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The High-Stakes Race to Rid the World of Human Drivers
The race to bring driverless cars to the masses is only just beginning, but already it is a fight for the ages.
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Columbia Engineers Build Biologically Powered Chip
Columbia Engineering researchers have harnessed the molecular machinery of living systems to power an integrated circuit, opening the door to creating artificial...
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Storing Electricity in Paper
Researchers at Linköping University's Laboratory of Organic Electronics, Sweden, have developed power paper — a new material with an outstanding ability to store...
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