Computer Sciences
Over the past decade or so, deep-learning approaches have become increasingly efficient in processing static data such as images. However, these techniques have been found to be somewhat less effective in analyzing temporal ...
Oct 25, 2019 feature
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Computer Sciences
An attack against speech recognition systems with manipulated audio files used to work only via a data interface. Now, all it takes is playing the secret messages via loudspeakers.
Oct 23, 2019
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Engineering
Say what? Laser plasma balls that can talk? The Pentagon? How, and for what? The answer is that instead of beaming a flashing light or shouting over a loudspeaker to keep people away from sensitive areas, new technology is ...
Aug 03, 2019 weblog
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Machine learning & AI
Scientists at the U.S. Army's corporate research laboratory are developing a new algorithm that could improve image and audio identification for intelligence gathering on the battlefield.
Jul 31, 2019
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Computer Sciences
Microsoft Research Asia has been drawing applause for pulling off text to speech requiring little training—and showing "incredibly" realistic results.
May 29, 2019 weblog
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Machine learning & AI
Researchers at Stanford have recently explored the use of machine learning to measure the severity of depressive symptoms by analyzing people's spoken language and 3-D facial expressions. Their multi-model method, outlined ...
Dec 04, 2018 feature
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Robotics
Researchers at the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) in South Korea have recently developed a neural network model that can generate sequences of co-speech gestures. Their model, trained on 52 hours ...
Nov 14, 2018 feature
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Robotics
An unconventional company called HumanMachine has recently devised a unique theatre production called Improbotics, which involves both human performers and machines. This is the latest of a series of projects and initiatives ...
Sep 20, 2018 feature
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Security
Could smartphone motion sensors be used by cybercriminals to record speech? It is a question that many academic and industry researchers are working to answer in order to ward off this kind of malicious use before it happens.
Jun 15, 2018
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Computer Sciences
Google has offered interested tech enthusiasts an update on its Tacotron text-to-speech system via blog post this week. In the post, the team describes how the system works and offers some audio samples, which Ruoming Pang ...
Dec 29, 2017 report
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