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Quantum Computing Is Going Commercial With the Potential to Disrupt Everything

April 19, 2017 by John Daniell
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Published By: Newsweek, 4/9/2017 >> View the Article << Summary IBM recently announced the IBM Q, which would be the first ever commercially available quantum computer. This is important because, if they fulfill their promise, quantum computers…
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Scientists Reveal New Super-Fast Form of Computer That “Grows As It Computes”

March 8, 2017March 8, 2017 by John Daniell
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Published By: University of Manchester, 3/1/2017 >> View the Article << Summary Researchers from the University of Manchester have demonstrated that it is possible to build a super-fast self-replicating computer. Because it is composed of DNA…
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Machine-Learning Algorithms Can Predict Suicide Risk More Readily Than Clinicians, Study Finds

March 7, 2017March 6, 2017 by Nnamdi Onwumere
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Published By: Newsweek, 2/27/2017 >> View the Article << Summary Human clinicians are known not to be very accurate at predicting suicides, so researchers are developing machine-learning algorithms that use multiple factors to identify short-term suicide risk.…
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AI Predicts Autism From Infant Brain Scans

March 3, 2017 by Anna Clark
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Published By: IEEE Spectrum, 2/15/2017 >> View the Article << Summary Researchers at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill have applied deep-learning algorithms to brain scans of children with a high risk of autism. Algorithms…
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New Algorithms by University of Toronto Researchers May Revolutionize Drug Discoveries

February 15, 2017February 16, 2017 by Anna Clark
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Published By: University of Toronto News, 2/6/2017 >> View the Article << Summary University of Toronto researchers have developed algorithms which can efficiently generate an accurate 3D image of a protein molecule from a set of…
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China to Develop Prototype Super, Super Computer in 2017

January 20, 2017January 20, 2017 by Anna Clark
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Published By: Phys.org, 1/17/2017 >> View the Article << Summary China is seeking to prototype an exascale computer (capable of a billion billion calculations per second) by the end of the year, thereby ensuring the country's…
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Unlocking Big Genetic Data Sets

November 16, 2016November 17, 2016 by Michael Morguarge
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Published By: Columbia University, 11/9/2016 >> View the Article << Summary Researchers at Columbia University are studying the use of machine-learning algorithms to predict the ancestry of individuals. They plan to use this algorithm to track trends…
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Faster Programs, Easier Programming

November 10, 2016November 11, 2016 by Michael Morguarge
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Published By: MIT News, 11/7/2016 >> View the Article << Summary Researchers from MIT's CSAIL and Stony Brook University are researching ways to make using multi-core computers easier. They have created a method for describing, in…
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Collaboration Yields Open Source Technology For Computational Science

November 1, 2016November 11, 2016 by John Daniell
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Published By: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 10/28/2016 >> View the Article << Summary The Eclipse Science Working Group has released five software projects focused on accelerating scientific progress via computing. The open-source projects make new solutions…
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Computer Scientists Find ‘Inexact Computing’ Can Improve Answers

October 31, 2016November 10, 2016 by Michael Morguarge
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Published By: Rice University News & Media, 10/20/2016 >> View the Article << Summary Researchers at Rice University are investigating whether the use of "inexact computing" can make supercomputers more energy efficient. They are seeking to optimize calculation…
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UA Uses Big Data to Solve Bus Woes in Brazil

October 19, 2016November 11, 2016 by John Daniell
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Published By: UANews, 10/12/2016 >> View the Article << Summary The University of Arizona is using big data to help resolve public transportation issues in Fortaleza, Brazil. The algorithms they have created help identify problem areas that…
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Can We Open the Black Box of AI?

October 13, 2016October 13, 2016 by Anna Clark
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Published By: Nature International Weekly Journal of Science, 10/5/2016 >> View the Article << Summary Scientists attempt to understand how computers think and learn in order to verify the reliability of large scale data analysis. This article covers…
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