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Many Facial Recognition Systems Are Biased, Says U.S. Study
A study found most commercial facial recognition algorithms are biased, and falsely identify African-American and Asian faces 10 to 100 times more frequently than...
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Multiplication Hits the Speed Limit
A problem "around since antiquity" may have been resolved by a new algorithm.
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City Incentivizes Car 'Connected' Technology for Study
The Columbus, OH, City Council approved a program that will ask 1,300 residents to equip their vehicles with "connected" technology that allows them to communicate...
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Princeton Researchers Listen In on the Chemical Conversation of the Human Microbiome
New computer algorithms that can detect biosynthetic gene clusters by analyzing and interpreting metagenomic sequencing data from the tissues or excretions of human...
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Neural Network for Elderly Care Could Save Millions
Researchers have developed a risk adjustment model to predict how frenquently elderly people will seek treatment from a healthcare center or hospital.
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Recognizing Kin
Researchers are using convolutional neural networks pre-trained on faces from the largest visual database of families to date, to identify people's relatives.
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Wetlands, Crops Can Mitigate Storm Damage to Coastal Cities
A new computer model shows that coastal cities can avoid some wind destruction from major weather events if they have functional wetland ecosystems and agricultural...
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Advanced Technology May Indicate How Brain Learns Faces
Researchers have demonstrated that deep convolutional neural networks operate similarly to the way human brains do, in terms of identifying faces.
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Spying on Hippos with Drones to Help Conservation
Researchers in Australia are using drones to help conservation efforts for hippos.
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Underground Fiber-Optic Cables Help Scientists Record Thunderquakes
Researchers have found that underground fiber-optic cables can be used to track thunderstorms.
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2019 ACM Fellows Recognized for Far-Reaching Accomplishments that Define the Digital Age
ACM has recognized 58 members by naming them 2019 ACM Fellows for their contributions to areas that underpin the defining technologies of the digital age.
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Researchers Criticize AI Software That Predicts Emotions
The AI Now Institute at New York University is urging a ban on the use of artificial intelligence that automatically analyzes facial expressions to influence hiring...
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Framework Brings Accuracy, Efficiency to Identifying Stop Words
An algorithmic approach for data analysis automatically recognizes uninformative words, known as stop words, in a large collection of text.
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Silicon Valley Is Listening to Your Most Intimate Moments
How the world's biggest companies got millions of people to let temps analyze some very sensitive recordings.
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3D-Printed Bunny Contains DNA Instructions to Make Copy of Itself
Researchers three-dimensionally-printed a polyester rabbit that contains DNA in which instructions for making copies of itself are stored.
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New Data Addresses Gap in Fusion Research
Researchers have developed a method of enhancing the accuracy of computer models used in simulations of laser-driven implosions.
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A World With a Billion Cameras Watching You Is Just Around the Corner
Industry researcher IHS Markit expects the number of cameras used for surveillance worldwide to rise above 1 billion by the end of 2021.
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Can We Identify Invasive Species Before They Invade?
Researchers have developed models for predicting patterns of damage by invasive insects that attack North American trees.
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Tech Aims to Predict Problems on Power Lines Before Disaster
A new diagnostic tool designed to detect power line problems is being used by utilities to address those problems before they become disasters.
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