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New Shark Spotter Algorithm Lets Surfers Take to the Break With Confidence
Shark Spotter is an algorithm that uses video footage streamed from drones to detect sharks and alert swimmers.
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A Trick That Hides Censored Websites Inside Cat Videos
Slitheen is a new system that uses decoy routing to conceal banned websites inside of innocuous cat videos.
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Computer Geeks Develop Algorithm to Detect Defects in Fruits and Grade Them Automatically
A new image-processing technique automatically checks the quality of fruits based on their color and texture.
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French Election Is Facebook's Fake News Litmus Test
In the run-up to the first round of the French presidential election, the country's social media was awash in press reports of dubious origin.
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Alan Cooper Named 2017 Chm Fellow
Software designer and programmer Alan Cooper was named a 2017 Fellow of the Computer History Museum for "his invention of the visual development environment in...
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Margaret Hamilton Named 2017 Chm Fellow
Computer scientist Margaret Hamilton has been named a 2017 Fellow of the Computer History Museum.
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The Pentagon's Seek-and-Destroy Mission For Counterfeit Electronics
The Pentagon has known for years that a significant number of the replacement parts it buys for its missile guidance and satellite systems contain substandard counterfeit...
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Spyware That Can Identify What Films You Are Watching
New neural network-based detection algorithms can determine what movies people who use streaming services are viewing.
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Rice's Lydia Kavraki Wins ACM Athena Lecturer Award
Rice University professor and ACM Fellow Lydia Kavraki will receive this year's ACM Athena Lecturer Award.
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Can Early Experiences With Computers, Robots Increase STEM Interest Among Young Girls?
Six-year-old girls exposed to a computer-programming activity had more interest in technology and more positive outlooks about their own skills compared to non-participants...
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Wireless Power Could Enable Ingestible Electronics
Researchers have developed a method for wirelessly powering ingestible electronic devices.
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When Artificial Intelligence Evaluates Chess Champions
Jean-Marc Alliot at the Computer Science Research Institute of Toulouse in France has developed a system that directly ranks chess players based on the quality...
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Supercomputing: Probing the Future
A new automated probe system for gauging the performance of computer elements is designed to run 100 times faster than current supercomputers, while consuming far...
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How the pdate Framework Improves Security of Software pdates
New York University professor Justin Cappos has been developing The Update Framework (TUF) for eight years to help organizations update their software securely....
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New Dependent Routing Technique Helps Eliminate Algorithmic Bias
Researchers have developed a new method to counter algorithmic bias, with the goal of proving algorithms can guarantee fairness in resource allocation.
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New Method Enables More Realistic Hair Simulation
Disney researchers say they have developed a new method that makes it possible to realistically simulate hair by observing real hair in motion.
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Cuny Tutor Program Highlights Math, CS Careers to Nyc Students
A City University of New York program helps public school students learn science and math, and provides them with role models.
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Artificial Intelligence Expert Shares His Vision of the Future of Education
University of Idaho professor Joseph Qualls says he envisions education being transformed by artificial intelligence.
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Geeks V Government: The Battle Over Public Key Cryptography
Two graduate students stood silently beside a lectern, listening as their professor presented their work to a conference.
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