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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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Root Is a Little Robot on a Mission to Teach Kids to Code
Researchers from Harvard University's Wyss Institute say their robot is ready to teach both kids and adults how to code.
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Rules For Cyberwarfare Still nclear, Even as .s. Engages In It
When Defense Secretary Ashton Carter landed in Iraq for a surprise visit this week, he came armed with this news: More than 200 additional U.S. troops are headed...
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Self-Driving Cars, Meet Rubber Duckies
A course in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory aimed to create a fleet of duckie-adorned self-driving...
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Search Engine's Author Profiles Now Driven By Influence Metrics
"It’s important to be selective," says CEO Etzioni.
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Robotic Consensus
Planning algorithms for teams of robots fall into two categories: centralized algorithms, in which a single computer makes decisions for the whole team, and decentralized...
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Who's the Michael Jordan of Computer Science? New Tool Ranks Researchers' Influence
Last fall, the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Seattle, Washington, launched a challenge to Google Scholar, PubMed, and other online search engines...
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The Minecraft Generation
The extremely popular Minecraft computer game is turning children into a generation of computing tinkerers and engineers.
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Fair se Prevails as Supreme Court Rejects Google Books Copyright Case
The Supreme Court on Monday declined (PDF) to hear a challenge from the Authors Guild and other writers claiming Google's scanning of their books amounts to wanton...
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Attention Students: Put Your Laptops Away
As laptops become smaller and more ubiquitous, and with the advent of tablets, the idea of taking notes by hand just seems old-fashioned to many students today.
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Half of Mooc sers in Developing Countries Get Certificates
A survey found the use of massive open online courses is very different in emerging countries than in the U.S.
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Obama Announces Computer-Science-For-All Initiative
The White House on Tuesday announced a slate of initiatives to advance education in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields.
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niversities Aren't Doing Enough to Train the Cyberdefenders America Desperately Needs
U.S. universities may not be doing enough to prepare the next generation of cyberdefenders, suggests the findings of a new analysis from CloudPassage.
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Tech Companies Help Women Get Back to Work
Technology companies are leveraging internships and other programs to help women return to work and update the skills they need to be competitive.
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'new Rembrandt' Unveiled in Amsterdam
A portrait titled "the Next Rembrandt" is the end-product of an 18-month project that brought together data scientists, developers, engineers, and art historians...
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The Next Hot Job in Silicon Valley Is For Poets
Demand for chatting virtual assistants and other artificial intelligence products is creating favorable job prospects for writers, poets, comedians, and others. ...
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w Robot Capable of Helping Patients With Physical Therapy Regimen
The University of Wyoming's Debbie Kretzchmar and her husband James are training a robot called Baxter to function as a coach for patients undergoing physical therapy...
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Million-Dollar Babies
Experts in machine learning are in high demand because large technology companies use it in many activities.
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Bringing Women Back to Computer Science: w in National Spotlight Over Efforts
The University of Washington's Department of Computer Science and Engineering last year awarded 30% of its bachelor degrees in computer science to women.
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