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Basic Logic Research Crucial For Computer, Software Engineering
The success of informatics would have been impossible without the groundwork provided by logicians; and, in turn, computer sciences keep posing new interesting...
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Darpa's Most Challenging Robot Contest Set For June 2015
Will robots ever be able to save the day in the aftermath of a tsunami or nuclear meltdown? The U.S. military has been trying to find out.
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The Quadriplegic Who Moved His Hand
Ian Burkhart was 19 and fearless and horsing around in the surf with friends on vacation in North Carolina’s Outer Banks when he mistimed a dive and a wave drove...
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E-Voting Experiments End in Norway Amid Security Fears
Norway is ending trials of e-voting systems used in national and local elections.
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Collaborative Learning--For Robots
A new algorithm enables independent agents to collaborate on a machine-learning model without aggregating data.
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Riken's K Computer Tops 2014 Supercomputer Rankings
The K computer at Japan's RIKEN institute took the top spot in the 2014 Graph 500 supercomputer rankings.
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Cassini Celebrates 10 Years Exploring Saturn
It has been a decade since a robotic traveler from Earth first soared over rings of ice and fired its engine to fall forever into the embrace of Saturn.
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Robots Compete in Disaster Scenarios
The DARPA Robotics Challenge pitted teams from around the world against each other in a series of disaster-themed tasks.
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Big Data Meets Big Science
Next-generation scientific instruments are forcing researchers to question the limits of massively parallel computing.
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Science Dmz: Faster, More Secure High-Performance Computing
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service is planning to award a contract for the construction of a Science DMZ network.
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Internet Traffic Congestion Real, But Sporadic, Study Says
A new study suggests Internet congestion can be a problem, but it is often intermittent and temporary.
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Google's Sundar Pichai Is the Most Powerful Man in Mobile
At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January, Samsung introduced new software for its tablets, called the Magazine UX.
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The Quest For Ethical Algorithms
Imperial College Intelligent Systems and Networks Group deputy head Jeremy Pitt is working to endow algorithms with a sense of ethics.
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Computer Spots Rare Diseases in Family Photos
Doctors faced with the tricky task of spotting rare genetic diseases in children may soon be asking parents to email their family photos.
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.s. Intelligence Agency Wants Brain-Like Algorithms For Complex Information Processing
The U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence wants to develop technology that will enable computers to think like humans.
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Google Glass Snoopers Can Steal Your Passcode With a Glance
Newly developed software uses video from wearable devices such as Google Glass and smartwatches to read PIN codes typed onto an iPad from almost 10 feet away.
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Researchers nveil Experimental 36-Core Chip
The more cores—or processing units—a computer chip has, the bigger the problem of communication between cores becomes.
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Microsoft Makes Bet Quantum Computing Is Next Breakthrough
Modern computers are not unlike the looms of the industrial revolution: They follow programmed instructions to weave intricate patterns.
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Introducing the Vacuum Transistor: A Device Made of Nothing
In September 1976, in the midst of the Cold War, Victor Ivanovich Belenko, a disgruntled Soviet pilot, veered off course from a training flight over Siberia in...
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