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Israeli Scientist Wins Japan Prize For Cryptography Work
Adi Shamir, a professor at the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot, Israel, is one of three winners of the 2017 Japan Prize.
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Federal Workers Turn to Encryption to Thwart Trump
Federal employees worried that President Donald Trump will gut their agencies are creating new email addresses, signing up for encrypted messaging apps and looking...
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Um Researchers Awarded For Using Big Data in Medical Studies
The University of Michigan is receiving $3 million in funding from the Michigan Institute for Data Sciences to support three projects that will address issues in...
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Army, Industry Computer Scientists Gather For 'hackathon'
Researchers at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory's Network Science Collaborative Technology Alliance (NSCTA) recently held the first hackathon at the Adelphi Laboratory...
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Researchers Develop Wearable, Low-Cost Sensor to Measure Skin Hydration
North Carolina State University researchers have developed a wearable, wireless sensor that can monitor a person's skin hydration.
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Iu, Nswc Crane Partnering to Bolster National Defense Through 'smart Tech' Agreement
Indiana University and the U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, have entered into a collaborative research agreement to improve military sensor technology...
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Pollsters' Failures Signal Need For Changes
For opinion researchers, the unexpected outcomes of the Brexit vote and the U.S. presidential election signals it is time to reassess the kinds of data they gather...
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A New Approach to 3D Holographic Displays Greatly Improves the Image Quality
Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology say they have developed a three-dimensional holographic display whose performance tops that...
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In Not-Too-Distant Future, Brain Hackers Could Steal Your Deepest Secrets
In the beginning, people hacked phones.
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Computer Diagnoses Cataracts as Well as Eye Doctors Can
Scientists at Sun Yat-Sen University in China are using a new artificial neural network to recognize and diagnose congenital cataracts as accurately as eye doctors...
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Intelligence Agency Opens $325,000 Advanced, Automated Fingerprint Gathering Competition
The U.S. Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity's newest contest challenges participants to build an automated fingerprint collection system that matches...
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Inside the 20-Year Quest to Build Computers That Play Poker
Recent breakthroughs in artificial intelligence research raise questions about the threat that bots pose to the online gambling industry.
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For the Next Election, Don't Recount the Vote. Encrypt It
Let's be honest: The 2016 election wasn’t a sterling display of American democracy.
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CS Professor Starts Club to Combat Stereotypes Against Women in Computer Sciences
The computer science program at Colorado State University is making a concentrated effort to attract female students and create a more diverse and welcoming environment...
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$4.3 Million in Research Takes Aim at Devastating Citrus Disease
Clemson University researchers are working on a $4.3-million study aimed at protecting citrus crops from a bacterial disease that has affected at least 10 states...
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Berkeley Launches Riselab, Enabling Computers to Make Intelligent Real-Time Decisions
The University of California, Berkeley recently launched the RISELab, which aims to improve how machines make intelligent decisions based on real-time input.
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Finding Credibility Clues on Twitter
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have built a language model that identifies words and phrases that lead to strong or weak perceived levels of...
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Inside the 20-Year Quest to Build Computers That Play Poker
Four of the best professional poker players in the world spent most of January holed up at the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh, losing.
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nhappy Developers Lead to Bad Code and Bad Processes
Researchers at the University of Stuttgart in Germany have found unhappy developers adversely affect the development process and software products.
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