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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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A 'flickr-Ing' View of the World, in 4-D
The Scene Chronology system enables an observer to navigate a virtual 3D space while using a slider control to move forward and backward in time.
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Cornell Research Steers Nyc Bikes to Needy Stations
Cornell University researchers have developed algorithms and data analysis tools to help rebalance the New York City Citi Bike system as efficiently as possible...
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Facebook Tells the Computer Who You Love
New algorithms can correctly identify a person's spouse, fiance, or other romantic partner, based on a map of Facebook friends, with about 70-percent accuracy.
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Precomputing Speeds Up Cloth Imaging
Cornell University researchers say they have extended the idea of repetition to make calculation of computer graphic models much simpler and faster.
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Computer Can Infer Rules of the Forest
A recently published study describes a computer algorithm that enables machines to infer stochastic reaction models without human intervention.
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Squishy Robots Evolve to Run
Researchers have released a video that shows the evolution of a creature into a galloping, soft robot over 1,000 generations.
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Free Program Makes Computer Graphics More Realistic
Cornell University researchers have developed a new version of Mitsuba, a free, open source rendering program used by computer graphics researchers worldwide.
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Computers Not Yet Able to nderstand Human Speech
Cornell University professor Lillian Lee discusses the progress in natural language processing and machine learning and the challenges that lie ahead.
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Solid-State Terahertz Devices Could Scan for Cancer
Cornell University researchers have developed a method of generating terahertz signals on an inexpensive silicon chip. The method uses mainstream CMOS technology...
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Chatty Robots Go Viral on Youtube
Cornell University students have used a Web-based chatbot called Cleverbot to set up an online chat between two robots, one male and one female.12