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Communicating Supercomputer Science at Sc15
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Communicating Supercomputer Science at Sc15

What is the greatest secret to connecting with the public and funders about computer science, even if its applications are clearly intended to transform and improve...

­ta Work to Safeguard Cyber-Physical Systems Made With Legacy Subsystems
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­ta Work to Safeguard Cyber-Physical Systems Made With Legacy Subsystems

University of Texas at Arlington professor has received a $397,907 U.S. Air Force grant to develop formal methods for identifying cyber-physical system mismatches...

Plant Scientists Tackle Big Data Problems at Workshop
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Plant Scientists Tackle Big Data Problems at Workshop

The first Genomic and Open source Breeding Informatics Initiative workshop focused on developing a solution to handling big data in plant research programs. 

Georgia Tech Trains Watson AI to "chat," Spark More Creativity in Humans
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Georgia Tech Trains Watson AI to "chat," Spark More Creativity in Humans

Georgia Institute of Technology researchers are using IBM's Watson to advance how computers could help humans creatively solve problems. 

Web Tool Helps People Visualize, Make Sense of Large Complex Datasets
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Web Tool Helps People Visualize, Make Sense of Large Complex Datasets

A new Web-based tool being developed at Carnegie Mellon University allows analysts to explore raw data through dynamic visualizations with minimal time delay. 

35 Innovators ­nder 35 2015
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35 Innovators ­nder 35 2015

The selection process for this package begins with hundreds of nominations from the public, MIT Technology Review editors, and our international partners.

Crash Test Simulations Expose Real Risks
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Crash Test Simulations Expose Real Risks

Researchers are developing computer models of vehicle crashes to provide more sophisticated information on how to improve restraints and other safety systems. 

The Dream Life of Driverless Cars
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The Dream Life of Driverless Cars

On a brisk afternoon in October, an oddly ­equipped Honda CR-V inched through London traffic.

Edward Snowden Explains How to Reclaim Your Privacy
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Edward Snowden Explains How to Reclaim Your Privacy

Last month, I met Edward Snowden in a hotel in central Moscow, just blocks away from Red Square.

Needed: More Women in Data Science
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Needed: More Women in Data Science

Stanford University brought together about 400 women to discuss data science and promote greater gender diversity in the field. 

Robot Toddler Learns to Stand By "imagining" How to Do It
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Robot Toddler Learns to Stand By "imagining" How to Do It

The ability of robots to carry out tasks and move about their environment is increasingly impressive, but they still face major challenges. 

Star Wars Characters Will Now Teach Your Kids to Code
From ACM TechNews

Star Wars Characters Will Now Teach Your Kids to Code

In an effort to bring coding to an ever-larger group of kids and students, Code.org partnered with Lucasfilm as part of its annual Hour of Code event.

Court Says Tracking Web Histories Can Violate Wiretap Act
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Court Says Tracking Web Histories Can Violate Wiretap Act

Federal courts have long given the government leeway to surveil and collect so-called "non-content" data—records of the senders and recipients of calls and emails...

The Gene Hackers
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The Gene Hackers

At thirty-four, Feng Zhang is the youngest member of the core faculty at the Broad Institute of Harvard and M.I.T.

Researchers Find Way to Create Wide Variety of New Holograms
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Researchers Find Way to Create Wide Variety of New Holograms

North Carolina State University researchers have developed techniques that can be used to create ideal geometric phase holograms for any kind of optical pattern...

To Infinity: How Pixar Brought Computers to the Movies
From ACM News

To Infinity: How Pixar Brought Computers to the Movies

Ed Catmull's office could be a window into the brain of Pixar.

Toyota's A.i. Research Efforts Could Mean Cars That Anticipate Traffic, Pedestrian Moves
From ACM TechNews

Toyota's A.i. Research Efforts Could Mean Cars That Anticipate Traffic, Pedestrian Moves

Toyota is making high-profile investments in artificial intelligence research and development that could yield many benefits in human-machine interaction. 

Baidu, the 'chinese Google,' Is Teaching AI to Spot Malware
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Baidu, the 'chinese Google,' Is Teaching AI to Spot Malware

Andrew Ng picks up his iPhone and opens an app called FaceYou.

Large Companies Game H-1b Visa Program, and Jobs Leave the ­.s.
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Large Companies Game H-1b Visa Program, and Jobs Leave the ­.s.

Théo Négri, a young software engineer from France, had come up with so many novel ideas at his job at an Internet start-up in San Francisco that the American entrepreneur...

Queen's University Professor to Unveil Self-Levitating Displays, Allowing Physical Interactions With Mid-Air Virtual Objects
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Queen's University Professor to Unveil Self-Levitating Displays, Allowing Physical Interactions With Mid-Air Virtual Objects

Queen's University researchers have developed BitDrones, an interactive swarm of flying three-dimensional pixels. 
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