UAH is hosting Tech Trek again this year. The weeklong residential camp promotes interest in the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields among eighth-grade girls. These photos were from a previous year. Michael Mercier | UAH After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, The University of Alabama in […]
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Faster computing results without fear of errors | MIT News
Researchers have pioneered a technique that can dramatically accelerate certain types of computer programs automatically, while ensuring program results remain accurate. Their system boosts the speeds of programs that run in the Unix shell, a ubiquitous programming environment created 50 years ago that is still widely used today. Their method […]
Labor Law: Employment discrimination and artificial intelligence, employers beware | Local Business News
By KAREN MICHAEL Special correspondent Employers continue to find new ways to automate business practices, including using software programs that provide for artificial intelligence (AI) in a variety of employment practices, including recruitment. These new technologies, while promising in many respects, have garnered the attention of the Equal Employment Opportunity […]
Scientists power miniature computer with algae for six months | Science & Tech News
Scientists have powered a miniature computer for six months using only the electrical current generated by algae. The computer doesn’t pack the power of a traditional processing unit but the researchers believe it could function as a reliable and renewable way to run small devices. It is the size of […]
Secret superheroes of EECS | MIT News
MIT’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science is a crucible for technological innovation, but one of the most important aspects of the program’s leading global status has nothing to do with computers or circuits, artificial intelligence, or algorithms. It has to do with an elite group of educators who […]
Pharmacovigilance and Drug Safety Software Market Mainly Focused on Dominant Players United BioSource Corporation, Sparta Systems, ArisGlobal LLC | Taiwan News
In Accordance with the latest MarketResearch.Biz’s Reports, presents a brand new market intelligence report on title “Global Pharmacovigilance and Drug Safety Software Market By Type, Application And Region | Competitive Analysis 2022“. The Pharmacovigilance and Drug Safety Software industry research report studies the trade extensively w.r.t company definition, Pharmacovigilance and […]
A one-up on motion capture | MIT News
From “Star Wars” to “Happy Feet,” many beloved films contain scenes that were made possible by motion capture technology, which records movement of objects or people through video. Further, applications for this tracking, which involve complicated interactions between physics, geometry, and perception, extend beyond Hollywood to the military, sports training, […]
Minnesota lawmakers seek to block big tech from using algorithms on children – Duluth News Tribune
ST. PAUL — Minnesota lawmakers of both parties are backing bills this session that would ban social media platforms from using algorithms to target children. Rep. Kristin Robbins, R-Maple Grove, who has three daughters, said she became particularly concerned about social media’s impact on minors after reading a series of […]
How can we reduce the carbon footprint of global computing? | MIT News
The voracious appetite for energy from the world’s computers and communications technology presents a clear threat for the globe’s warming climate. That was the blunt assessment from presenters in the intensive two-day Climate Implications of Computing and Communications workshop held on March 3 and 4, hosted by MIT’s Climate and […]
New program bolsters innovation in next-generation artificial intelligence hardware | MIT News
The MIT AI Hardware Program is a new academia and industry collaboration aimed at defining and developing translational technologies in hardware and software for the AI and quantum age. A collaboration between the MIT School of Engineering and MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, involving the Microsystems Technologies Laboratories and programs […]