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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Programming Safety Into Self-Driving Cars
University of Massachusetts, Amherst professor Shlomo Zilberstein has been investigating ways of helping semi-autonomous systems to better make decisions.
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Lost Chunk of Pioneering EDSAC Computer Found
An original part of one of the United Kingdom's pioneering computers has been donated to a project that is working to rebuild the machine.
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'if We Want to Out Compete, We Have to Out Compute,' Witnesses Tell Congressional Science Committee
Experts in high-performance computing and science policy called for more funding for supercomputing resources and research.
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Microsoft Ecologists Compute Future of the Planet
Environmentally focused computer scientists at Microsoft Research Cambridge will discuss their work at an upcoming agriculture technology summit.
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British Army Creates Team of Facebook Warriors
The British army is creating a special force of Facebook warriors, skilled in psychological operations and use of social media to engage in unconventional warfare...
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Google Brain's Co-Inventor Tells Why He's Building Chinese Neural Networks
To chat with Andrew Ng I almost have to tackle him.
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German Professor Develops Method to Secure IoT Smart Device Data
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology professor Martina Zitterbart is developing a way to hide data transmitted on smart devices that will run on the Internet of Things...
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School Leaders Mostly Mystified by Computer Science Education
A disparity exists in the type of computer science education available to students in higher- versus lower-income schools, according to a new survey of U.S. teachers...
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Researchers Determine How the Brain Controls Robotic Grasping Tools
University of Missouri researchers suggest the cerebellum may play a critical role in controlling assistive robots for the disabled.
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Brain Power: Pitt Hosts All-Female Computer Programming Competition
Last weekend, the University of Pittsburgh Department of Computer Sciences hosted the "She Innovates" hackathon for women.
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I'll Be Back: The Return of Artificial Intelligence
The artificial-intelligence industry, a field that conjures up images of humanoid robots and self-aware computer systems, is making a comeback at Silicon Valley...
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China's Internet Population Hits 649 Million, 86 Percent on Phones
China had 649 million Internet users by the end of 2014, with 557 million of those using handsets to go online, said a government report on Tuesday, as the world's...
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Go and Rust: The Road Ahead For Two Young Programming Languages
Go and Rust are two rising programming languages that have top-of-the-line pedigrees, created by major forces in the technology industry.
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Computer Science Professor Gets Cyber Grant
The U.S. National Science Foundation is helping a California State Polytechnic University-Pomona professor to prepare undergraduates to work in cybersecurity.
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Nasa Has Its Sights Set on Europa
Yesterday, NASA announced its Fiscal Year 2016 budget request.
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AI Won't End the World, But It Might Take Your Job
There's been a lot of fear about the future of artificial intelligence.
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Associated Press Looks to Expand Its Automated Stories Program Following Successful Launch
In the last three months of 2014, the Associated Press published 3,000 articles on the earning reports of U.S. companies. Previously it could publish only 300.
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A Robot to Help Improve Agriculture and Wine Production
A group of European researchers is developing an autonomous robot to help manage vineyards.
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Ibm's Sophisticated Cryptographic Algorithm Protects Your Identity
Identity Mixer is a cloud-based technology that uses an algorithm to encrypt the certified identity attributes of a user.
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