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Computer Sciences
A deep learning method to automatically enhance dog animations
Researchers at Trinity College Dublin and University of Bath have recently developed a model based on deep neural networks that could help to improve the quality of animations containing quadruped animals, such as dogs. The ...
Nov 26, 2021
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Robotics
A Q-learning algorithm to generate shots for walking robots in soccer simulations
RoboCup, originally named the J-League, is an annual robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) competition organized by the International RoboCup Federation. During RoboCup, robots compete with other robots soccer tournaments.
Nov 25, 2021
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Computer Sciences
Lack of process makes challenging decisions made by algorithm difficult
In 2020, as a result of COVID-19 restrictions on students sitting exams in person, the United Kingdom's school exam regulator, Ofqual, used an algorithm to determine their final year grades.
Nov 24, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
New algorithm efficiently diagnoses shale fracture results from fiber-optic data
Millions of barrels of oil are produced daily from U.S. shale reservoirs. Yet this quantity is small in comparison to the actual amount of oil locked away in these subsurface rocks. The oil and gas industry has put fiber-optic ...
Nov 24, 2021
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Other
Creating 3D indoor maps with a wearable backpack system
In case of an emergency, up-to-date information about the inside of buildings needs to be readily available for first responders. UT researcher Samer Karam developed a wearable mapping system (the ITC-Backpack) that can map ...
Nov 24, 2021
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Computer Sciences
Transit network design model for bus frequency planning
Despite the emergence of many new mobility options in cities around the world, fixed route transit is still the most efficient means of mass transport. Bus operations are subject to vicious and virtuous cycles. Evidence of ...
Nov 24, 2021
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Computer Sciences
New method gives rapid, objective insight into how cells are changed by disease
A new "image analysis pipeline" is giving scientists rapid new insight into how disease or injury have changed the body, down to the individual cell.
Nov 23, 2021
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Computer Sciences
The limitations of AI-generated text
Artificial intelligence has reached a point where it can compose text that sounds so human that it dupes most people into thinking it was written by another person. These AI programs—based on what are called autoregressive ...
Nov 23, 2021
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Computer Sciences
Avoid a privacy nightmare with 'Lean Privacy Review'
When Google launched its own attempt at a social network—Google Buzz—back in 2010, the company initially suffered a PR nightmare. "WARNING: Google Buzz Has A Huge Privacy Flaw," read Business Insider. It turned out, Google ...
Nov 21, 2021
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Robotics
A soft magnetic pixel robot that can be programmed to take different shapes
Magnetic soft robots are systems that can change shape or perform different actions when a magnetic field is applied to them. These robots have numerous advantageous characteristics, including a wireless drive, high flexibility ...
Nov 19, 2021 feature
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Researcher seeks to understand the regret behind social media use
It started as a desire to spend less time on social media.
Nov 18, 2021
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Computer Sciences
Testing sensors in fog to make future transportation safer
Self-flying drones and autonomous taxis that can safely operate in fog may sound futuristic, but new research at Sandia National Laboratories' fog facility is bringing the future closer.
Nov 18, 2021
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Other
Risk of genome data being tied to photos on social media found to be very small
A trio of researchers from Washington University in St. Louis and Vanderbilt University has found a low risk for people being tied to photographs on social media sites after having their genomes analyzed by certain institutions. ...
Nov 18, 2021 report
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Computer Sciences
Theoretical breakthrough could boost data storage
A trio of researchers that includes William Kuszmaul—a computer science Ph.D. student at MIT—has made a discovery that could lead to more efficient data storage and retrieval in computers.
Nov 16, 2021
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