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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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How ChatGPT and Similar AI will Disrupt Education
Teachers are concerned about cheating and inaccurate information.
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Bowers CIS Community Celebrates Life of Juris Hartmanis
A dozen colleagues spoke about Hartmanis' significant contributions to the field of computer science.
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ML Algorithms Can Be Improved Significantly for Medical Purposes
Researchers at South Africa's University of Johannesburg have demonstrated that machine learning algorithms can be enhanced significantly for medical purposes. ...
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Balakrishnan Receives 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award From SIGCOMM
The ACM Special Interest Group on Data Communication has awarded its 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award to Massachusetts Institute of Technology scientist Hari Balakrishnan...
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AI Conferences Use AI to Assign Papers to Reviewers
The Toronto Paper Matching System calculates the affinity between submitted papers and reviewers' expertise by comparing the text in submissions and reviewers'...
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Scientists Develop Computational Approach to Understand How Infants Perceive Language
A team of cognitive scientists and computational linguists has developed a modeling framework based on large-scale simulation of infants' language learning process...
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Scientists Decode Neural Mechanisms of Computer Programming
Johns Hopkins University scientists mapped computer programmers' brain activity during coding exercises to uncover the underlying neural processes.
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CMU Scientists Solve 90-Year-Old Geometry Problem
The math puzzle was resolved by translating it into satisfiability problem.
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‘Ethically troubling.’ University Reopening Plans Put Professors, Students on Edge
Universities across the United States are grappling with how to reopen safely amid a pandemic.
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University Reopening Plans Under Fire
Hundreds of universities across the United States are poised to reopen their campuses this fall with a mix of online and in-person courses. Academics are dismayed...
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Carbonell Pioneered Use of Computers for Translation
The Distinguished Professor founded Carnegie Mellon University's Language Technologies Institute.
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NSF, NASA Announce Commitments to Support White House Strategic Plan on STEM Education
The National Science Foundation is expanding its diversity program to other federal agencies, and creating new graduate internship opportunities.
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These Scientists May Be Your Next Members of Congress
A growing number of aspiring candidates for U.S. congressional offices have a background in science.
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How AI Can Be a Force for Good
For the well-being of humanity, it is crucial that the power of artificial intelligence is used as a force of good.
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Academy to Deliver New Initiatives for Women and Girls in STEM
Australia has allocated $600,000 for the development of a roadmap for increasing engagement and participation of girls and women in science, technology, engineering...
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Kids See More Women in Science than Five Decades Ago
The study from Northwestern University was looking at gender stereotypes in science over years and how these develop in children.
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STEM is Losing Male LGBQ Undergrads
A recent study provides quantitative evidence that STEM fields have a problem retaining men who identify as part of the LGBQ community, while LGBQ women are actually...
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Filling the Pipeline For Computer Science Teachers
A shortage of computer science teachers is impeding state and local educators' adoption of new computer science mandates for students.
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Computer Scientists Have Created the Most Accurate Digital Model of a Human Face
Imperial College London researchers have automated the generation of three-dimensional morphable models used to represent human faces.
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