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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Tackling Society's Big Problems With Systems Theory
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Institute for Data, Systems, and Society doctoral program is underway.
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The 'smart City' Is Increasingly Global
Municipalities all over the world are building greater intelligence into their infrastructures.
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Real or Not? SC Study Finds Many Political Tweets Come From Fake Accounts
University of Southern California researchers found bots made up nearly 20% of the political conversation on Twitter during the U.S. presidential campaign season...
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Robovote Helps Groups Make Decisions sing AI-Driven Methods
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon and Harvard universities have launched an online service that enables optimal group decisions.
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The Fun Work of Technology Crystal Ball Gazing at Sc16
Next week's International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis will feature a workshop on Post-Moore Era Supercomputing.
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Paas Enables Greater Customization
Platform-as-a-Service environments foster development of custom cloud applications.
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Will Computer Vision Help France Take a Lead in Ai?
A key factor for France emerging as a leader for research and development in artificial intelligence is overcoming public concerns and outdated government regulations...
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China Adopts Cybersecurity Law Despite Foreign Opposition
China has green-lit a sweeping and controversial law that may grant Beijing unprecedented access to foreign companies' technology and hamstring their operations...
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Computer Science/stem Leaders Explain How to Spark STEM Interest in Youth
The time is ripe to encourage science, technology, engineering, and math interest in today's youth, according to scientists leading the SC16 international conference...
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Machine Learning to Help Physicians
New software from researchers at Germany's Fraunhofer Institute can aid physicians who must visually judge medical images to determine the course of cancer treatment...
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Automated Cars Could Threaten Jobs of Professional Drivers
Ronald De Feo has watched robots take factory jobs for years. Now he sees them threatening a new class of worker: People who drive for a living.
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When Women Are More Like Men, They Still Face STEM Bias
A new study found women with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics degrees in the 1970s—1990s did not have the same employment opportunities as men.
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Google Teaches 'ais' to Invent Their Own Crypto and Avoid Eavesdropping
Google Brain researchers say they have developed artificial intelligence technology that can form encryptions and communicate securely.
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New Research Center to Explore Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
The ethics center is being established at a time of growing international concern about the impact of artificial intelligence technologies.
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Mexico Taking S Factory Jobs? Blame Robots Instead
Donald Trump blames Mexico and China for stealing millions of jobs from the United States.
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Ddos Defenses Emerging From Homeland Security
Public, private, and academic researchers are collaborating on new distributed denial-of-service defenses.
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Supporting Prospective Women in STEM Starts With Accessible Mentors
A University of Washington study found an unwelcoming culture and a lack of mentors were the main deterrents to women considering science-related careers.
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The Stakes Are Rising in Google's Antitrust Fight With Europe
Google is locked in a six-year battle with Europe's antitrust officials. And the stakes for both sides are getting higher.
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Computer Scientist Ross Tate Working to Tame Java 'wildcards'
Cornell University professor Ross Tate has discovered that the Java programming language, designed to be safe, is actually quite insecure.
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