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A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Why Human Brains Hold the Key to Smarter Artificial Intelligence
The European Union-funded INSIGHT project has gained a new understanding of how people solve problems, which one day could lead to smarter robots.
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Selfie With a View on 'cybernetics and Systems Analysis'
Dmitry Zaitsev sacrifices his ego to expose computer science achievements in Ukraine.
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Hacking, Cryptography, and the Countdown to Quantum Computing
Given the recent ubiquity of cyber-scandals—Colin Powell’s stolen e-mails, Simone Biles's leaked medical records, half a billion plundered Yahoo accounts—you might...
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Automated Screening For Childhood Communication Disorders
Researchers have used machine learning to develop a computer system that can automatically screen young children for speech and language disorders.
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Meet Rutgers' Radical Supercomputing Guru
Shantenu Jha and the Rutgers Advanced Distributed Cyberinfrastructure and Applications Laboratory team work at the intersection of computing and science.
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Worldwide Brain-Mapping Project Sparks Excitement, and Concern
Worries include how to coordinate research programs and resources from different countries.
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Battling Algorithmic Bias
How do we ensure algorithms treat us fairly?
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Researchers Find Common Traits That Account For Strong STEM Outcomes in Schools
Researchers have identified 14 components common to exceptional high schools with science, technology, engineering, and math programs.
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In Memoriam: Boris Trakhtenbrot, 1921-2016
The mathematician discovered and proved the Gap Theorem, as well as what is now called Trakhtenbrot's Theorem.
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Researchers Eye Gaming as Tool For Boosting Computer Science Skills, Diversity in Middle Schools
Researchers from North Carolina State University and the University of Florida plan to use a custom-designed videogame to improve educational outcomes in middle...
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Human Brain Map Gets a Bold New Update
Most of us think little of hopping on Google Maps to look at everything from a bird's-eye view of an entire continent to an on-the-ground view of a specific street...
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Media Lab Conference Addresses Gender Bias, Diversity, and Inclusion in STEM
U.S. Chief Technology Officer Megan Smith has called for a push against implicit gender bias and for greater diversity and racial equity in technology disciplines...
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Robot Reinforces Learning
Having students 'teach' their lessons to a classroom robot increases engagement.
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Q+a With the First Female Director of Mit's Largest Research Lab
Daniela Rus discusses her objectives as the first female director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory...
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Socieotechnical Changes Inspire pdating Acm's Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
ACM is updating the Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct to maintain its relevance as the conscience of computing.
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Virginia Tech Initiative With Qualcomm to Expose Students to STEM
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and chip manufacturer Qualcomm have are opening a new Thinkabit lab at the university's Northern Virginia campus...
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Self-Driving Cars Can Learn a Lot By Playing Grand Theft Auto
Several research groups are using the "Grand Theft Auto" video game to educate algorithms with potential application to self-driving vehicle navigation.
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Scientific Visualizations: A Bridge to Knowledge
A conversation with Chris Johnson, founding director of the Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute.
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Google's Clever Plan to Stop Aspiring Isis Recruits
Google has built a half-trillion-dollar business out of divining what people want based on a few words they type into a search field.
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