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Researcher builds 'Game of Thrones' network model to predict character deaths

(TechXplore)—"The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword," says Lord Eddard Stark, the head of House Stark, the Lord of Winterfell, Lord Paramount and Warden of the North, and Hand of the King to King Robert ...

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Deep-learning algorithm recommends ingredients and recipes based on a photo of food

There are few things social media users love more than flooding their feeds with photos of food. Yet we seldom use these images for much more than a quick scroll on our cellphones.

Computer Sciences

16 hours ago
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Using deep learning to get computers to recognize beautiful places

(TechXplore)—A trio of researchers with the University of Warwick in the U.K. has used a deep learning algorithm to help a computer system better understand what constitutes a beautiful place. In their paper published in ...

Computer Sciences

Jul 19, 2017
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Method for modeling neural networks' power consumption could help make the systems portable

In recent years, the best-performing artificial-intelligence systems—in areas such as autonomous driving, speech recognition, computer vision, and automatic translation—have come courtesy of software systems known as ...

Computer Sciences

Jul 19, 2017
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Making data-driven 3-D modeling easier

A new computational method, to be demonstrated at SIGGRAPH 2017, is addressing a well-known bottleneck in computer graphics: 3D content creation. The process of 3D content creation is complex and tedious. GRASS, a new generative ...

Computer Sciences

Jul 19, 2017
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The future of artificial intelligence—two experts disagree

Artificial intelligence (AI) promises to revolutionise our lives, drive our cars, diagnose our health problems, and lead us into a new future where thinking machines do things that we're yet to imagine.

Computer Sciences

Jul 17, 2017
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Hybrid approach optimizes grid

The modern "smart" city, says Jie Liu, is a web of networks that should run like a healthy, well-tuned circulatory system.

Computer Sciences

Jul 14, 2017
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What an artificial intelligence researcher fears about AI

As an artificial intelligence researcher, I often come across the idea that many people are afraid of what AI might bring. It's perhaps unsurprising, given both history and the entertainment industry, that we might be afraid ...

Computer Sciences

Jul 14, 2017
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Lip-syncing Obama: New tools turn audio clips into realistic video

University of Washington researchers have developed new algorithms that solve a thorny challenge in the field of computer vision: turning audio clips into a realistic, lip-synced video of the person speaking those words.

Computer Sciences

Jul 11, 2017
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Generating ad hoc 'cache hierarchies' increases chip processing speed while reducing energy consumption

For decades, computer chips have increased efficiency by using "caches," small, local memory banks that store frequently used data and cut down on time- and energy-consuming communication with off-chip memory.

Computer Sciences

Jul 10, 2017
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Why do some neighborhoods improve more than others?

(Tech Xplore)—Researchers have put classical theories of urban change to the test with help from Google Street View and computer vision algorithms. By comparing photos of the same locations from 2007 and 2014, they identified ...

Computer Sciences

Jul 07, 2017
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Algorithm diagnoses heart arrhythmias with cardiologist-level accuracy

A new algorithm developed by Stanford computer scientists can sift through hours of heart rhythm data generated by some wearable monitors to find sometimes life-threatening irregular heartbeats, called arrhythmias. The algorithm, ...

Computer Sciences

Jul 07, 2017
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A computer that reads body language

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute have enabled a computer to understand the body poses and movements of multiple people from video in real time—including, for the first time, the pose of each ...

Engineering Computer Sciences

Jul 06, 2017
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Researchers tackle bias in algorithms

If you've ever applied for a loan or checked your credit score, algorithms have played a role in your life. These mathematical models allow computers to use data to predict many things—who is likely to pay back a loan, ...

Computer Sciences

Jul 04, 2017
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Data visualisation isn't just for communication, it's also a research tool

At the heart of the scientific method lies the ability to make sense from data.

Computer Sciences

Jun 27, 2017
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Brain-inspired supercomputing system takes spotlight in IBM, US Air Force Research Lab collab

(Tech Xplore)—IBM and the Air Force Research Laboratory are working to develop an artificial intelligence-based supercomputer with a neural network design that is inspired by the human brain.

Computer Sciences

Jun 24, 2017
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New algorithm generates folding patterns to produce any 3-D origami structure

In a 1999 paper, Erik Demaine—now an MIT professor of electrical engineering and computer science, but then an 18-year-old PhD student at the University of Waterloo, in Canada—described an algorithm that could determine ...

Computer Sciences

Jun 22, 2017
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Tensor2Tensor library to speed deep learning work

(Tech Xplore)—Google Brain Team's senior research scientist Lukasz Kaiser had an announcement on Monday, posted on the Google Research Blog, that translates into good news for those engaged in Deep Learning research.

Computer Sciences

Jun 21, 2017
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Reducing video files to one-tenth their initial size enables speedy analysis of laparoscopic procedures

Laparoscopy is a surgical technique in which a fiber-optic camera is inserted into a patient's abdominal cavity to provide a video feed that guides the surgeon through a minimally invasive procedure.

Computer Sciences

Jun 19, 2017
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Microsoft AI seriously at play with Ms. Pac-Man

Microsoft AI has won the maximum score of 999,990 points playing Ms. Pac-Man, surpassing the best human high-score record by four times. No human or AI has ever achieved this score.

Computer Sciences

Jun 16, 2017
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Algorithm eliminates blurred images caused by shaky footage

Duke University computer engineers have designed algorithms capable of sharpening video blurred by a shaky camera. Newly integrated into Adobe's After Effects video editing software, the solution is bringing relief to tripod-less ...

Computer Sciences

Jun 09, 2017
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The games people play smarten up AI

(Tech Xplore)—A team of researchers from Germany and the UK (RWTH Aachen University and Microsoft Research) have figured out how to give artificial intelligence a boost toward learning games at a faster pace. Just as we ...

Computer Sciences

Jun 08, 2017
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A board, some marbles and kids get feel of how computers work

(Tech Xplore)—Turing Tumble is a Kickstarter project that has taken off with much success. And the game has a mission. Paul Boswell designed it to teach kids about building mechanical computers. That is, it's a type of ...

Computer Sciences

Jun 06, 2017
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Can algorithms properly inform criminal sentencing?

In 2013, a man named Eric L. Loomis was sentenced for eluding police and driving a car without the owner's consent.

Computer Sciences

Jun 06, 2017
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Experts predict when AI will surpass humans in all tasks

(Tech Xplore)—Big questions about humanity's future also merit a side question over humanity's future alongside machines.

Computer Sciences

Jun 02, 2017
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