Computer Scientists

A Vermont border agent’s death was the latest violence linked to the cultlike Zizian group
2 months, 1 week ago

A Vermont border agent’s death was the latest violence linked to the cultlike Zizian group

In the wooded outskirts of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, a perplexed landlord noticed odd sights at two of his rental properties. They are associates of LaSota, also known as “Ziz.” …

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Law Enforcement Death Car Border
Computer Scientists Find a Key Research Algorithm's Limits
3 years, 7 months ago

Computer Scientists Find a Key Research Algorithm's Limits

Many aspects of modern applied research rely on a crucial algorithm called gradient descent. Gradient descent is an essential tool of modern applied research, but there are many common problems …

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Research Problems Function Descent
A Texas County Clerk’s Bold Crusade to Transform How We Vote
4 years, 7 months ago

A Texas County Clerk’s Bold Crusade to Transform How We Vote

It was not the first time Dana DeBeauvoir had moved a room full of men. The “unpleasantness” began in 2002, when the lingering debacle of Florida's butterfly ballots prompted Congress …

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Voting Election Computer Texas
Finally, a Problem Only Quantum Computers Will Ever Be Able to Solve
6 years, 9 months ago

Finally, a Problem Only Quantum Computers Will Ever Be Able to Solve

Early on in the study of quantum computers, computer scientists posed a question whose answer, they knew, would reveal something deep about the power of these futuristic machines. In a …

Wired
Classical Problems Quantum Computers Scientists
HOW DOES ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LEARN?
7 years, 2 months ago

HOW DOES ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LEARN?

This approach is designed to speed up the process of learning, as well as refining the output created by AI systems. Artificial intelligence tool that transforms famous paintings into different …

DailyMail
London Machine Learning Japan Intelligence
Computer Scientists Demonstrate The Potential For Faking Video
7 years, 9 months ago

Computer Scientists Demonstrate The Potential For Faking Video

Computer Scientists Demonstrate The Potential For Faking Video Enlarge this image Supasorn Suwajanakorn via YouTube/Screenshot by NPR Supasorn Suwajanakorn via YouTube/Screenshot by NPR An update from the Wild Wild West …

NPR
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FBI investigation continues into ‘odd’ computer link between Russian bank and Trump Organization
8 years, 1 month ago

FBI investigation continues into ‘odd’ computer link between Russian bank and Trump Organization

CNN — Federal investigators and computer scientists continue to examine whether there was a computer server connection between the Trump Organization and a Russian bank, sources close to the investigation …

CNN
Marketing Organization Russia Internet
Scientists are on the verge of creating an EMOTIONAL computer
8 years, 9 months ago

Scientists are on the verge of creating an EMOTIONAL computer

Scientists are closer to creating a computer with emotions. Researchers in Russia are expected to reveal an emotional computer within a year and a half, which will be able to …

DailyMail
Emotional Machine Person Robot
LaMem website scans your photos to reveal how recognisable you are
9 years, 4 months ago

LaMem website scans your photos to reveal how recognisable you are

Some people claim they never forget a face, while others can't remember someone they met just hours before. Computer scientists have developed an online tool that scans images of people, …

DailyMail
Computer Score Scored Human
Facial recognition technology can indentify you in complete darkness
9 years, 8 months ago

Facial recognition technology can indentify you in complete darkness

Criminals operating under the cover of darkness had better watch out. It uses a ‘deep neural network system’ that works a little like the human brain to analyse infrared images …

DailyMail
Technology Images Face Deep
How MINECRAFT is teaching robots to do the laundry
9 years, 9 months ago

How MINECRAFT is teaching robots to do the laundry

And the Minecraft robots could solve problems in unfamiliar domains much faster than those powered by standard planning algorithms domain and gave the robot a task to solve, such as …

DailyMail
Planning Help Brown Algorithm
Hackers use radio signals to steal private information from PCs OFFLINE
10 years, 5 months ago

Hackers use radio signals to steal private information from PCs OFFLINE

Experiment means new protective measures will have to be found But computer scientists from Ben-Gurion University, Israel, have found a way to attack machines and 'steal' data, called the AirHopper …

DailyMail
Data Software Computer Radio
Computer scientists turn smartphone into gunfire tracking device
11 years, 11 months ago

Computer scientists turn smartphone into gunfire tracking device

New Delhi, April 28: Researchers have developed a new device which helps users track gunfire with their smartphones, popping a map of the neighbourhood on its screen pointing in the …

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Smartphone Module Computer Scientists
Computer Scientists Find New Shortcuts for Infamous Traveling Salesman Problem
12 years, 2 months ago

Computer Scientists Find New Shortcuts for Infamous Traveling Salesman Problem

Not long ago, a team of researchers from Stanford and McGill universities broke a 35-year record in computer science by an almost imperceptible margin — four hundredths of a trillionth …

Wired
Computer Salesman Problem Traveling
Vulnerabilities detected in some apps on Google Play
12 years, 6 months ago

Vulnerabilities detected in some apps on Google Play

Computer scientists from Germany’s Leibniz University of Hannover and Philipps University of Marburg have found that apps downloaded by as many… Computer scientists from Germany’s Leibniz University of Hannover and …

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