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Intelligence Agency Opens $325,000 Advanced, Automated Fingerprint Gathering Competition
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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...

Inside the 20-Year Quest to Build Computers That Play Poker
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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.

For the Next Election, Don't Recount the Vote. Encrypt It
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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.

CS­ Professor Starts Club to Combat Stereotypes Against Women in Computer Sciences
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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...

$4.3 Million in Research Takes Aim at Devastating Citrus Disease
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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...

Berkeley Launches Riselab, Enabling Computers to Make Intelligent Real-Time Decisions
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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.

Finding Credibility Clues on Twitter
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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...

Inside the 20-Year Quest to Build Computers That Play Poker
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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.

­nhappy Developers Lead to Bad Code and Bad Processes
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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.

Vanishing Point: The Rise of the Invisible Computer
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Vanishing Point: The Rise of the Invisible Computer

Experts agree the steady advances of computer chip transistor shrinkage--faster chip speeds, greater efficiency, and less-expensive manufacturing--will soon reach...

Smart City Transport Systems
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Smart City Transport Systems

Researchers have developed a machine-learning program to accurately recreate and predict public transport use based on the distribution of land use and amenities...

I Can See Clearly Now
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I Can See Clearly Now

University of Utah researchers have created "smart glasses" with liquid-based lenses that can automatically adjust focus on what a person is seeing, whether it...

­.s. Intelligence Seeks a ­niversal Translator For Text Search in Any Language
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­.s. Intelligence Seeks a ­niversal Translator For Text Search in Any Language

The U.S. Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity's Machine Translation for English Retrieval of Information in Any Language program aims to give researchers...

New Project to Boost Sat Nav Positioning Accuracy Anywhere in the World
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New Project to Boost Sat Nav Positioning Accuracy Anywhere in the World

The University of Nottingham in the U.K. will participate in a four-year project using Global Navigation Satellite Systems to establish an architecture for the...

The AI that Learns Our Habits and Knows When People Cheat
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The AI that Learns Our Habits and Knows When People Cheat

For people who play the video game Counter Strike online, it's hard enough watching your back at the best of times. In the fast-paced first-person shooter, there...

How AI Is Changing Software Development
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How AI Is Changing Software Development

Artificial intelligence technologies like advanced machine learning, deep learning, and natural language processing will help build better software faster.

AI Could Transform the Science of Counting Crowds
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AI Could Transform the Science of Counting Crowds

The University of Central Florida has been developing artificial intelligence solutions to relieve crowd scientists from the task of manually counting heads.

Medical, Scientific Image Analysis Vastly Improved By New Software
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Medical, Scientific Image Analysis Vastly Improved By New Software

University of Missouri researchers have developed that very quickly and accurately analyzes any series of images.

This App Offers Personal Recommendations While Keeping Your Data Private
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This App Offers Personal Recommendations While Keeping Your Data Private

A personalized news recommendation application collects data about the user to suggest relevant stories without sending any personal information to a remote server...

App Improves Medication Adherence For Heart Stent Patients
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App Improves Medication Adherence For Heart Stent Patients

University of Illinois at Chicago researchers have developed software that helps heart patients with drug-eluting stents correctly take their medications.
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