Recent Research Updates
JULY 2024
One of the new AI models is Meta Chameleon, which provides 34B and 7B language models that support text-only outputs and mixed-modal input. Furthermore, Meta Multi-Token Prediction is a pre-trained language model with multi-token prediction for code completion. Another recent release is Meta JASCO, a generative text-to-music model with more controllability that takes in different conditioning inputs.In addition to these models, Meta is making available more Responsible AI (RAI) artifacts, such as studies, data, and code, with the goal of evaluating and enhancing how well geographic and cultural preferences are represented.
The three-day Management Education and Research Colloquium (MERC), a scholars’ conclave, came to an end on Sunday at the Indian Institute of Management Kashipur (IIM Kashipur).For the 4th edition of MERC at IIM Kashipur, 300 papers were selected from 720 entries for the final round. Following evaluation, Somnath Chakrabarti, academic dean and MERC convenor at IIM Kashipur, awarded certificates and cash prizes worth Rs 25,000, Rs 20,000, and Rs 15,000 to the first three winners.
Google will begin accepting applications for the new Google Academic Research Awards (GARA) program on June 27, 2024. Global support for innovative basic and applied research in computing and technology is the goal of GARA. Unrestricted gifts up to $150,000 USD will be given to selected projects.
We are accepting applications in the following categories this year:
- Creating ML benchmarks for climate problems.
- Making education equitable, accessible and effective using AI
- Quantum transduction and networking for scalable computing applications.
- Society-centered AI.
- Trust & safety
- Using Gemini & Google’s open model family to solve systems and infrastructure problems
Apply between June 27 — July 17, 2024 at 11:59:59pm AoE (UTC-12).
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The most recent model in the cutting-edge Claude family of AI models, Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet, is one-fifth as expensive as Claude 3 Opus and has higher intelligence.
Claude 3.5 Sonnet is offered by the artificial intelligence (AI) safety and research firm.The widest range of high-performing foundation models (FMs) from top AI firms are available on Amazon Bedrock, together with the corporate security and capabilities users want to swiftly develop and implement generative AI apps. With cutting-edge vision, the multimodal Claude 3.5 Sonnet also performs exceptionally well when analyzing images, especially when interpreting.
The Sudha Gopalakrishnan Brain Centre at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras will get US$ 5 million (about INR 41 crore) in assistance for research thanks to the Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited, a Canadian financial company founded by IIT Madras alumni Prem Watsa. A high-throughput histology pipeline created by the Sudha Gopalakrishnan Brain Centre at IIT Madras can turn entire human brains into petabyte-scale, high-resolution digital images. These distinct, first-in-class datasets of different human brains provide an unparalleled, detailed perspective at the cellular level throughout the whole brain, according to the official press release.
Following the UGC’s approval of biannual admissions. It was declared yesterday by UGC chairman Jagadesh Kumar that admission to Indian universities can henceforth be offered twice a year. According to TG Sitharam, chairman of the AICTE, universities are prohibited from holding two academic sessions in a year by the “no clause in UGC rules.” The statutory authority emphasized the necessity and potential for approving a college to offer admission twice in this regard.
December 2023
A major new partnership that will train the next generation of scientists specialising in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to promote sustainable agriculture has received a £10.6 million funding boost. The SUSTAIN Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) received the award from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) as part of a £117 million package for AI research. The partnership involving the universities of Aberdeen, Lincoln, Strathclyde and Queens University Belfast aims to transform the UK agri-food sector’s approach to sustainability while ensuring that everyone in the UK has access to food that is nutritious, delicious, affordable, and safe.
The University Grants Commission has revised the rates of fellowship amount under the UGC fellowship schemes. Check the new amount of the Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and the Senior Research Fellowship (SRF). The selection for the award of fellowship to students will be made on the basis of the merit of each UGC NET JRF or CSIR NET JRF examination.
Faculty and research scholars in the NC State College of Education, including the Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research and the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, were awarded $42,138,265 in external funding to support 66 projects in the 2022-23 academic year, setting a new record for total dollar amount awarded in a single year. Funding awarded during the 2022-23 fiscal year brings the total amount of external research funding within the college to over $119 million that is supporting 175 active projects.
Fujitsu announced a new technology for automated generation of AI solutions, offering users the possibility to customize AI innovation components offered via the “Fujitsu Kozuchi (code name) – Fujitsu AI Platform.” Fujitsu will start offering the new technology via Fujitsu Kozuchi to users in Japan by December 2023 and plans to roll out services to the global market in the future. The new technology represents part of Fujitsu’s framework for Composite AI for solving customers’ increasingly complex problems by combining different AI innovation components including for functions like demand forecasting and production scheduling.
Large language models such as ChatGPT are trained using texts—or datasets—from sources like websites, news articles, scientific papers and books. Researchers have been training these models on increasingly more data to improve their performance and versatility. But quantity does not always equal quality, says Swabha Swayamdipta, a USC assistant professor of computer science, who recently won an Intel Rising Star Faculty Award (RSA) for her research in natural language processing and machine learning.
A University of Missouri researcher will expand her study on how to use cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to lessen both insomnia and alcohol use disorder simultaneously, thanks to a new $2.2. million grant from the National Institutes of Health. In CBT for insomnia, participants learn about how insomnia develops, the factors that maintain their symptoms, and how to avoid insomnia moving forward.
To foster collaborations in education and skills training, the education ministers of India and Australia held the first-ever Australia India Education and Skill Council (AIESC) meeting at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar.The two ministers also presented different agreements between India and Australian higher educational institutions. Australia’s Innovative Research Universities (IRU) – a network of six public universities – will explore the possibility of offering their degrees to Indian students within India. The IRU includes Flinders University, Griffith University, James Cook University, La Trobe University, University of Canberra and Western Sydney University.
A total of 58 current and former faculty of Missouri S&T are among the top researchers in their field as measured by their career research records, and 72 current or former Missouri S&T researchers were among the best in their fields in 2022, according to a recent analysis of standardized citation indicators of the Elsevier Data Repository published by Stanford University. The top 2% includes approximately 210,000 individuals from a field of over 9.6 million authors worldwide who have at least 5 papers published in the Elsevier Scopus database.
Researchers suggest a new method that employs deep learning to create three-dimensional holograms from two-dimensional colored images. Holograms provide a three-dimensional (3D) view of objects, offering a level of detail that two-dimensional (2D) images cannot match. Their realistic and immersive display of 3D objects makes holograms incredibly valuable across various sectors, including medical imaging, manufacturing, and virtual reality.
November 2023
Goddard’s GIANT optical navigation software helped guide the OSIRIS-REx mission to the Asteroid Bennu. Optical navigation uses observations from cameras, lidar, or other sensors to navigate the way humans do. This cutting edge technology works by taking pictures of a target, such as Bennu, and identifying landmarks on the surface. GIANT software—that’s short for the Goddard Image Analysis and Navigation Tool—analyzes those images to provide information, such as precise distance to the target, and to develop three-dimensional maps of potential landing zones and hazards.
Amazon Ads introduces a new AI-powered image creation tool to boost ad performance. A recent Amazon survey revealed that nearly 75% of struggling advertisers cite the creation of ad creatives as their main challenge. Amazon Ads introduced a generative AI-powered image generation tool in beta to aid advertisers in creating more engaging ads. The new feature uses generative AI to create lifestyle-oriented images, which can increase click-through rates by up to 40%.
National Institute of Technology (NIT) Nagaland is recruiting for Junior Research Fellow jobs in Northeast.
Post Name: Junior Research Fellow
Last Date: 05.11.2023
Educational Qualification: M.E./M.Tech. in VLSI Systems / Microelectronics and VLSI Design / Electronics and Communication Engineering with at least 65% marks or 6.5 CGPA (on a scale of 10). Candidate should have GATE/NET qualification. Candidate should have experience in Verilog coding with system implementation of logic circuits on FPGA Boards.
Forbes announced today the beta launch of Adelaide, its purpose-built news search tool using Google Cloud. The tool offers visitors AI-driven personalized recommendations and insights from Forbes’ trusted journalism. The launch makes Forbes one of the first major news publishers to provide personalized, relevant news content recommendations for its global readers leveraging generative AI. The tool generates individualized responses to user queries based exclusively on Forbes articles, and is built using Google Cloud Vertex AI Search and Conversation.
The Yale School of Medicine has announced it will launch the Stephen and Denise Adams Center for Parkinson’s Disease Research, a new center dedicated to change the way Parkinson’s disease is diagnosed and treated. There is a deep bench at Yale centered on the cell biology of Parkinson’s and related pathways, so it’s the perfect time and the perfect place to transform health care for Parkinson’s disease.
In response to a surge in generative artificial intelligence (AI), NVIDIA made significant updates to its Jetson platform for edge AI and robotics. The updates focus on the Isaac Robot Operating System (ROS) framework and Metropolis, two primary components of the platform. Furthermore, generative AI can recognize and interact with elements it hasn’t been trained on, which is the focal point of NVIDIA’s announcement. Generative AI has already shown its power in various applications, such as video search, real-time asset tracking, autonomous planning, robot navigation, imitation learning for robots, defect inspection, and natural human-robot interaction. NVIDIA has discovered that these advancements can also be leveraged at the edge. The company is pushing the boundaries of computer vision through generative AI.
MSU officially opened the Agricultural Autonomy Institute, the nation’s first and only interdisciplinary research center focused on autonomous technologies to enhance on-farm precision and efficiency. The Agricultural Autonomy Institute builds on and expands MSU’s longstanding precision agriculture efforts and history of innovation in the field. The institute serves as a hub for researchers across campus interested in technologies such as robotics, artificial intelligence and remote sensing that have potential to increase agricultural precision, production and profitability.
Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) researchers at the Centre for Research on Start-ups and Risk Financing (CREST) developed an ‘Intelligence Platform on Government Funding Schemes for Start-ups’ to boost the start-up sector. The portal has been unveiled with the aim of strengthening the start-up sector by providing entrepreneurs with a comprehensive overview of government-funding opportunities. The government-funding information platform for start-ups contains comprehensive details on more than 100 schemes from various ministries and departments. The schemes have already benefited nearly 10,000 start-ups.
All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) has started the AICTE PG 2024 scholarship registration. Candidates who want to apply can register now at the official website pgscholarship.aicte-india.org
The Indian government has recently launched a scholarship scheme aimed at supporting post-graduation students who meet the required academic standards. The scholarship is aimed at supporting full-time GATE and CEED-qualified students admitted to AICTE-approved Institutions. According to the official notification, the last date to fill out the AICTE PG 2024 scholarship application form is 30 November 2023 and the Institute shall complete the procedure of student data verification and approval for eligibility for the receipt of the scholarship on or before 15th December 2023.
Last Date: 30 November 2023
Fully autonomous rides are now available to Uber customers in Phoenix via a partnership of the ride-hailing platform and Waymo. Uber customers in Phoenix who request a ride on the app may have the opportunity to experience Waymo Driver self-driving car technology. This means that there will be no human driver behind the wheel of the autonomous vehicle (AV). Once the Waymo vehicle arrives, riders can unlock the vehicle and start their trip, all through the Uber app. In case any assistance is needed during the ride, 24/7 customer support will be accessible both through the Uber app and inside the Waymo vehicle.
Facebook AI Research (FAIR) is dedicated to advancing the field of socially intelligent robotics. The primary objective is to develop robots capable of assisting with everyday tasks while adapting to the unique preferences of their human partners. FAIR’s multifaceted approach emphasizes the importance of merging AI, AR, VR, and robotics to create a future where technology seamlessly augments our daily experiences and empowers us in previously unimagined ways.
AVer Information Inc., an award-winning provider of education technology and Pro AV solutions, is thrilled to unveil its latest AI Auto Tracking PTZ Camera family, setting a new standard in Pro AV tracking. This innovative lineup includes three distinct models designed to cater to a wide range of professional needs: the TR211, TR315, TR335, TR315N, and TR335N. The AVer AI Auto Tracking PTZ Camera family is designed to revolutionize the broadcasting, streaming, and recording experience, offering advanced AI processing for unparalleled precision and flexibility. These cameras introduce proprietary functions such as Presenter Mode, Zone Mode, and Hybrid Mode tracking, making them the ultimate choice for various user preferences, scenarios, and user requirements.
October 2023
The ACM Prize in Computing recognizes an early to mid-career fundamental innovative contribution in computing that, through its depth, impact and broad implications, exemplifies the greatest achievements in the discipline. The award carries a prize of $250,000. Financial support for the award is provided by Infosys Ltd. The ACM Prize in Computing was previously known as the ACM-Infosys Foundation Award in the Computing Sciences from 2007 through 2015.
Deadline: December 15, 2023 – End of Day, Anywhere on Earth (AoE), UTC -12
The awards program offers unrestricted funds and AWS Promotional Credits to support research at academic institutions and non-profit organizations in areas that align with our mission to advance customer-obsessed science.We are seeking to fund machine learning research on the following topics in information security:
- Threat, intrusion, and anomaly detection for cloud security
- ML for malware analysis and detection
- Finding security vulnerabilities using ML
- Protecting and preserving data privacy in the cloud etc.,
Timeline: September 21, 2023 – November 1, 2023 (11:59PM Pacific Time)
NYU Tandon researchers led by computer science and engineering professor Claudio Silva are exploring knowledge transfer, perceptual grounding, perceptual attention, and user modeling to develop dynamic, intelligent agents that can assist with complex tasks.
The global 6G market is poised for remarkable growth, with projections reaching a value of $679.6 billion by 2040, fueled by an extraordinary Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 68.6%. Starting from a base year of 2030, this report presents a comprehensive overview of the market, offering insights into expected revenue, market trends, and challenges.The report delves into the intricate details of the global 6G market, analyzing trends and providing estimates for the period from 2031 to 2040.
This annual award is given to a woman in computer science and/or engineering who has made significant contributions in research, or her profession, and especially in outreach to women. This award recognizes work in areas of academia and industry/government research labs that has had a positive and significant impact on advancing women in the computing research community and is targeted at women that are relatively early in their careers. Nominations are due each year on January 30.
This award recognizes service in the areas of government affairs, professional societies, publications or conferences, and leadership that has a major impact on computing research. Nominations are typically due in December.
International Fellowships have been in existence since 1917. The program provides support for women pursuing full-time graduate or postdoctoral study in the United States to women who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents, and who intend to return to their home country to pursue a professional career.
Funding: $20,000–$50,000
Opens: August 1 every year
Deadline: November 15 every year
Doctor of Philosophy is the highest academic degree award after a course of study by universities. Candidates need to apply individually to IITs providing admission in Phd courses. Financial Assistance will be as per MHRD norms. Full-time Scholars admitted to Ph.D. and M.S. programmes are eligible for the Half-time Teaching/Research Assistantship (HTRA).
Application open: September 2023.
Last date: March 2024
Vellore Institute of Technology Research Entrance Examination (VITREE) is conducted for admission to various Ph.D./Direct Ph.D. programmes in VIT group of Institutions. VITREE – January 2024 session will be conducted on 10th December 2023 in 33 cities across India. The duration of the examination will be 2 hours. All questions will be Multiple Choice Questions and one mark for right and ‘0’ mark for the wrong answer.
Last date: 30 November 2023
The University of Denver (DU) is a private research university in Denver, Colorado. Founded in 1864, it is the oldest independent private university in US. Candidates need to apply individually to University of Denver providing admission in Phd courses.
Course : Computer science
Deadline: Nov 1, 2023
Microsoft on Thursday said it would integrate OpenAI’s soon to be released Dall-E 3 image creation tool into its Bing search engine, in its latest effort to use artificial intelligence to compete with the almighty Google. Dall-E uses machine learning technology to generated digital images from natural language descriptions and the third version, due to be released in October, will use ChatGPT to make it easier for users to get what they want.
In cloud computing, commercial providers make computing resources available on demand to their customers over the Internet. This service is partly offered “serverless,” that is, without servers.
September 2023
From text-generating ChatGPT to voice-activated Siri, artificial intelligence-powered tools are designed to aid our everyday life — as long as you speak a language they support. These technologies are out of reach for billions of people who don’t use English, French, Spanish or other mainstream languages, but researchers in Africa are looking to change that. In a study published August 11 in the journal Patterns, scientists draw a roadmap to develop better AI-driven tools for African languages.
Quantum material: University of California
New research shows a possible way to improve energy-efficient computing.It shows that electrical stimuli passed between neighboring electrodes can also affect non-neighboring electrodes. Known as non-locality, this discovery is a crucial milestone toward creating brain-like computers with minimal energy requirements.
Smart Rust: American Chemical Society
Pouring flecks of rust into water usually makes it dirtier. But researchers have developed special iron oxide nanoparticles called ‘smart rust’ that actually makes it cleaner. The magnetic nanoparticles attract different pollutants by changing the particles’ coating and are removed from water with a magnet. Now, the team is reporting a smart rust that traps estrogen hormones, which are potentially harmful to aquatic life
New feature that allows users to send higher-quality images on the messaging platform. The upgrade will be rolled out worldwide over the next few weeks, enabling users to send higher-resolution images from Android, iOS, or the web. Recipients on any platform will be able to identify these higher-quality images through a small icon.
Tesla has been flexible with software-locked batteries, even temporarily increasing range to aid owners during natural disasters. This leaves the possibility of capacity unlocking, an option that makes sense from a business and consumer perspective.
Noel Schulz, Edmund O. Schweitzer III Chair in Power Apparatus and Systems in the WSU School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, has been named the inaugural recipient of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Women in Technology and Leadership Award. The award recognizes women technologists for their outstanding contributions to engineering and technology and the empowerment of diverse populations.
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has formulated new criteria for assessing equivalence and accrediting degrees acquired from international universities. According to the latest directives, the higher education regulator has placed restrictions on degrees obtained through distance and online learning modes, along with those acquired through franchise agreements.
AICTE has collaborated with the Jio Institute to introduce a faculty development programme on AI and data science. The initiative will offer academic leaders and senior faculty members a deep understanding of AI and Data Science while also emphasizing the ethical considerations of utilizing AI tools for immersive learning. The programme will provide intensive training to 40 selected AICTE members, including faculty.
University of the West of Scotland offers a comprehensive Research Program to advance knowledge and skills in the dynamic field of Science ,computing and Engineering.
Intake: September 2023
Generative AI has emerged as a game changer in the field of marketing, transforming the way brands interact with their customers, analyze data and make strategic decisions. And while the technology is still in its nascency, generative AI is rapidly evolving. With it comes a plethora of opportunities for marketers.
The quantum computer operates and how its powers can solve multiple problems at a speed that will change humanity’s future. Quantum computers, based on quantum physics, are expected to complete some calculations millions of times faster. It is predicted to help climate change and create nuclear fusion reactors that produce clean, renewable energy without radioactive waste or meltdown threats. In addition to business analysis and the multiple problems humanity faces, the computer will also analyze biological processes and solve incurable diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.
August 2023
The global artificial intelligence market size was valued at USD 136.55 billion in 2022 and is projected to expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 37.3% from 2023 to 2030. The continuous research and innovation directed by tech giants are driving the adoption of advanced technologies in industry verticals, such as automotive, healthcare, retail, finance, and manufacturing.
The American Educational Research Association (AERA) seeks nominations for the 2024 AERA Awards. The submission deadline for the 2024 AERA-wide awards is Thursday, October 12, 2023, at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time. To be eligible for consideration, unless otherwise noted, all nominations must be submitted electronically, using the AERA award nomination e-form, on or before the deadline.
This prize will be given to one young investigator in recognition of their excellence in the science and application of remote sensing technology.
Schedule:
Open for nomination: 10 August 2023
Nomination deadline: 31 December 2023
Winner announcement: 30 April 2024
Quantum computing, AI and blockchain naturally coincide, as quantum computing will help bring new levels of computational power and efficiency as data growth and accumulation for industry solutions are on the rise. By the end of 2024, about 75 percent of enterprises will operationalize AI, driving a 5x increase in streaming data and analytics infrastructures, according to Gartner.
Also, the global blockchain AI market size is projected to reach USD 973.6 million by 2027 as AI and blockchain are being used to improve the customer experience through health information management systems, and trends such as securing sensitive data for natural language processing algorithms, for example.
Cybersecurity is the protection to defend internet-connected devices and services from malicious attacks by hackers, spammers, and cybercriminals. The practice is used by companies to protect against phishing schemes, ransomware attacks, identity theft, data breaches, and financial losses.
Look around today’s world, and you’ll see that daily life is more dependent on technology than ever before. The benefits of this trend range from near-instant access to information on the Internet to the modern conveniences provided by smart home automation technology and concepts like the Internet of Things.
Dayalbagh University application form has released for PhD Admission, 01 September 2023 is the last date for registration.
Admission to Ph.D. Programme will be conducted in following disciplines only: Music – (Vocal & Sitar & Tabla), Sanskrit, Hindi, Home Science, Drawing & Painting , English, Dept. Foundation & Pedagogical Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Footwear, Accountancy and Law, Applied Business Economics, Zoology, Botany, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science, Psychology, Economics and Management.
Inviting Online Applications for Ph.D. Entrance Test for DU, JNU, BHU and BBAU – 2023
Last date: 08 September 2023.
5G technology is the latest advance in mobile technology, the fifth generation of cellular network standards. It’s the latest operating standard for mobile hardware, characterized by faster data speeds, low-latency communication, and higher mobile device data caps.
5G networks can handle a significantly greater bandwidth because it adds lower and higher frequencies to the mobile spectrum.
The Cloud Awards program has been identifying and celebrating the most innovative organizations, technologies, individuals and teams since 2011. The annual awards program terminates in October and accepts nominations throughout the year.
Deadline: 20 Oct 2023
This award provides financial support for the winner to attend an international conference in the field of robotics to be held in 2024, in order to hold a presentation, present a poster, or both.
Application deadline: 31 January 2024
The global facial recognition market size was valued at USD 5.15 billion in 2022 and is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14.9% from 2023 to 2030.Technology is improving, evolving, and expanding at an explosive rate. Technologies such as biometrics are extensively used to enhance security. These are used across various applications, such as access control, attendance tracking, security, and surveillance. Biometrics are universal, unique, and measurable and thus can be used to provide security solutions.
AI is the defining technology shaping the next generation of computing and the largest strategic growth opportunity for AMD. We are laser focused on accelerating the deployment of AMD AI platforms at scale in the data center, led by the launch of our Instinct MI300 accelerators planned for later this year and the growing ecosystem of enterprise-ready AI software optimized for our hardware.
July 2023
AI can now be trained to realistically imitate the voices of celebrities. The Planet Money podcast explores this new world of synthetic voices. Thanks to advancements in artificial intelligence, computers are starting to sound like real humans. AI can now be trained to realistically imitate the voices of celebrities, loved ones, even our co-workers.
A Research Fellow opening is available in the research group of Dr Jin Yueming, at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, National University of Singapore (NUS). The Research Fellow will work closely with the Principal Investigator (PI) on one or more research projects.
Job Requirements: Possess a PhD degree in electrical engineering, computer science, or computer engineering, biomedical engineering, etc.
Location: Kent Ridge Campus
Organization: College of Design and Engineering
Department: Biomedical Engineering
The University of Oslo, in collaboration with Aarhus University, invites applications for a fully-funded 3-year PhD fellowship, related to the Anthropology of Human Security in Africa, starting on January 2nd 2024. The PhD fellow will work in the field of medical and environmental anthropology. In particular, we encourage projects that innovatively connect health challenges (e.g., epidemics of non-communicable diseases such as cancer, diabetes, malnutrition, mental health and child development issues; emerging viral diseases in humans and animals.
Application Deadline: 1st October 2023.
Apple’s hyped demo of the Vision Pro headset was all about watching huge virtual movie screens in your living room and disappearing in beautiful simulated natural environments — distinctly unsocial activities. Unlike other headsets, there are no handheld controllers — you navigate the digital world by looking at the objects of interest and pinching your fingers. You are immersed, you are entertained, and you are very much alone.
New York University is seeking a Post-Doctoral Associate to work on a multidisciplinary project funded by the ASPIRE Virtual Research Institute in Precision Medicine at NYU Abu Dhabi and will be supervised by Prof. Farah Shamout in collaboration with the other project Principal Investigators. The researcher is expected to have (i) a strong background in machine learning, and (ii) motivation to pursue multidisciplinary research at the intersection of machine learning and healthcare.
Location : Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
End Period : 15 JUL 2023
Academic Discipline : Computer science,Mathematics and Statistics
Job Type : Academic Posts, Postdocs, Research Related, Research Associate
The UK-based Galleri trial uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) based algorithms to analyse blood samples. This enables the early detection of 50 types of cancers. Examples like this are many, and they make it increasingly clear that it is time for biopharma and medtech to transition. In other words, embrace modern technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, and advanced statistical analyses to remain competitive.
The company specializes in detecting and monitoring harmful digital content using cutting-edge AI-powered tools. The successful fundraising was spearheaded by leading firms U.S. Venture Partners (USVP) and Foundation Capital. Trust Lab, renowned for its technologically advanced Internet safety measures, is primarily tasked with keeping the digital realm safer for users by tracking and measuring harmful content. Their impressive client portfolio includes the European Commission, the European Union, In-Q-Tel, and numerous high-profile social media companies and marketplaces.
James Flynn, research associate professor at the University of Houston, has been awarded a $1.2 million research grant by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. The award will support Flynn and his team’s research project aimed at assessing the impacts of biomass burning, wind-blown dust pollutants and soot on air quality in Texas. Biomass burning can include wildfires, agricultural burning, prescribed burns, etc.
Intel announced the release of its newest quantum research chip, Tunnel Falls, a 12-qubit silicon chip, and it is making the chip available to the quantum research community. In addition, Intel is collaborating with the Laboratory for Physical Sciences (LPS) at the University of Maryland, College Park’s Qubit Collaboratory (LQC), a national-level Quantum Information Sciences (QIS) Research Center, to advance quantum computing research.
The Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Department at the National University of Singapore (NUS) is seeking qualified applicants for the position of Research Engineer to join our team and contribute to our research activities in the field of hybrid bonding and interposer development.
Location : Singapore
End of period : 15 Jul 2023
Job Type : Research Related, Other Research Related
OpenAI’s ChatGPT is making waves in the rapidly evolving world of AI tools, prompting Web3 companies to leverage the technology for blockchain exploration. On Wednesday, leading blockchain platform developer Alchemy announced the launch of its latest project, AlchemyAI—a GPT-4 plugin for blockchain analysis.
Smart cities use the latest information and communication technologies for citizens to share information, improve operational efficiency and provide better quality government services than ever before.These cities use computer and internet technology to promote economic growth and vastly improve the quality of life for citizens. One of the technologies used extensively in smart cities is blockchain technology.
June 2023
Campaigners have welcomed plans to increase the minimum stipend for doctoral students funded by UK Research and Innovation to £18,622.The increase, which will apply to PhD students funded by UKRI from the start of the 2023-24 academic year, represents a five per cent rise.
Rare diseases (RDs) are defined as those that occur in one for every 2,000 people in the European Union and less than 200,000 people in the United States each year. To date, about 7,000 RDs have been identified; however, the diagnosis of RDs remains a challenge. A new Frontiers in Neurology study describes the outcomes of an automated artificial intelligence (AI)-based methodology to diagnose Pompe disease, known as Rare Disease.
The National Science Foundation- AI Institute for Agent-based Cyber Threat Intelligence and Operation (ACTION), this cutting-edge research center aims to revolutionize the way mission-critical systems are protected against sophisticated cyber threats. The institute is set to begin operations on June 1
The Critical and Emerging Technology initiative (iCET) with India allows the US another opportunity to partner with a country looking to compete with China’s technological advances. The US is also keen to be a global frontrunner for future technologies such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing and 6G.
Experts expect the first DNA data center to be up and running within five to ten years. They are talking about synthetic DNA. Data won’t be stored as zeros and ones in a hard drive but in the base pairs that make up DNA: AT (adenine and thymine) and CG (cytosine and guanine).
Google just unveiled its latest AI advancements, product releases and innovations — including the highly anticipated launch of “PaLM 2,” Google’s largest AI language model to date. As CEO Sundar Pichai took the stage yesterday for the opening keynote at Google I/O 2023, he noted that “AI is having a very busy year” — a phrase some might call an understatement.
Chiplets rapidly gained traction because smaller chips are cheaper to make, while bundles of them can top the performance of any single slice of silicon.The strategy, based on advanced packaging technology, has since become an essential tool to enabling progress in semiconductors. And it represents one of the biggest shifts in years for an industry that drives innovations in fields like artificial intelligence, self-driving cars and military hardware.
Quantum dots in semiconductors such as silicon or gallium arsenide have long been considered hot candidates for hosting quantum bits in future quantum processors. The development of robust semiconductor spin qubits could help the realization of large-scale quantum computers in the future.
Using a $1 million federal grant, Yale and the University of Connecticut will develop a proposal for a national “engine” for quantum technology and jobs. The grant is part of the NSF Engines program, a national effort to turn cutting-edge research into new technologies that create jobs and promote economic growth.
The Center for Technology and Economic Development (CTED) at New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) invites applications from individuals to be appointed as a Research Assistant for a one-year period. The Academic Disciplines are Business & Economics, Economics & Econometrics, Engineering & Technology, Computer Science, Physical Sciences, Mathematics & Statistics.
May 2023
The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) has announced a Clinical Trials and Registries Research Award. Researchers who meet the eligibility requirements are encouraged to submit their trial for consideration by the May 8, 2023 deadline. The winner will be invited to make a presentation during the Opening Session of the SCCT Annual Scientific Meeting (SCCT ASM) on Friday, July 28, 2023. The winner will be notified by June 1, 2023, and will receive $10,000 in prize money, as well as full professional SCCT membership for one year.
The potential of the quantum cryptography and network market is vast, with increasing demand for secure communication and data transfer in various industries. The adoption of quantum cryptography solutions is gaining momentum, particularly in sectors such as finance, healthcare, and defense. The emergence of quantum-based computing and communication technologies is opening up new opportunities for businesses and governments to improve security and reliability, while the development of quantum computing technology is expected to play an increasingly important role in the market.
An excellent opportunity is available for a Research Officer, Senior Research Officer or Research Assistant to join the Naik Lab, Immunology Division at Australia’s pre-eminent biomedical research institute. This position is available for 2 years in a full time capacity. Salary is Research Employee Level A6 – B6 ($93,841 – $125,339) or Research Support Employee Level RSE5 – RSE 6 ($73,621 – $92,345) depending on experience. Up to 17% superannuation and very attractive salary packaging options are available.
Application Closing Date: May 15, 2023.
GL Communications Inc., a global leader in telecom test and measurement solutions, addressed the press regarding their advanced network analysis tool – PacketScan™ HD. This network appliance captures and analyzes high-speed Ethernet traffic over a range of network speeds including 1 Gbps, 10 Gbps, 25 Gbps, 40 Gbps, and 100 Gbps. With PacketScan™ HD, network professionals can accurately and effectively examine their network performance, ensuring optimal operations and minimal disruptions.
The average cost of a cyber breach in 2022 was $4.35 million. It is predicted that cybercrime will cost the global economy around $7 trillion in 2022, which is expected to rise to $10.5 trillion by 2025. As technology continues to advance, so do the tactics of cybercriminals. With attacks becoming more sophisticated and frequent, cybersecurity has become a top priority for individuals and organizations alike. However, with the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), there is hope for better solutions in combating cybercrime.
BingX, one of the leading crypto exchanges, is excited to announce its support for the launch of SUI Mainnet and its Spot Listing on 3 May 2023. Sui is a Layer 1 blockchain redesigned and built from the ground up, allowing creators and developers to more easily build experiences that satisfy future Web3 users. Sui is a decentralized proof-of-stake blockchain with horizontally scalable throughput and storage, allowing for high-speed and low-cost application development.
Revenue growth slowed for cloud-computing giants again in the first quarter. But companies like Microsoft (MSFT) and Google-parent Alphabet (GOOGL) are homing in on new services tied to artificial intelligence software and generative AI to re-accelerate sales growth.
Starburst, the data lake analytics platform, today announced a new integration with dbt Cloud, the fastest and most reliable way to deploy dbt. With the integration, which includes an enhanced adapter between dbt Cloud and Starburst’s SaaS offering, Starburst Galaxy, dbt users can now easily build data pipelines spanning multiple data sources on one central plane.
The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration selected eight universities to receive cooperative agreements totaling $100 million to establish nine Stewardship Science Academic Alliances (SSAA) Centers of Excellence to support research activities in areas of physical sciences and engineering.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has named Georgia State University Associate Professor Natalie King one of the 2023 recipients of its Alan T. Waterman Award, the nation’s highest honor for early-career scientists and engineers. This award recognizes King’s groundbreaking scholarship in science, technology, engineering and mathematics education that transcends disciplinary boundaries and directly impacts local and global communities.
Developers want to move quickly and they want security to be “a natural part” in every step of the software development life cycle. Generative AI can play a pervasive role in helping cybersecurity keep up the pace, according to Brian Roche, chief product officer at Veracode. “Generative AI will be part of everything we do, part of developers’ vernacular, and the way that they work from now and into the future,”.
CLOUDSUFI, a Google Cloud Partner and business solutions company, launched its Generative AI Innovation Lab powered by Google Cloud. The new hub, with a capacity of over 500 qualified AI professionals, is focused on empowering enterprises to build and adapt Generative AI solutions.
April 2023
Quantum computing will surge and become increasingly important in the technology industry. While traditional computer science may struggle to solve the most difficult problems that we face, quantum computing takes advantage of quantum physics to bring problem-solving to a new level.
New research studies from Volpara Health demonstrated the important role artificial intelligence plays in objective breast density assessment, cancer risk assessment, and mammography quality evaluation to personalize and optimize breast cancer detection at the recent 2023 European Congress of Radiology (ECR).
A senior professor of Anna University said there was no emphasis on Dearness Allowance, while stipulating that only those with AICTE scale of pay would be considered eligible to apply for the faculty positions in the cadres of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor.
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has issued a clarification over the eligibility criteria for promotions under Career Advancement Scheme (CAS). “Eligible permanent faculty members can guide Ph.D. scholars during their probation period also,” the commission said in a notice.
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) recently awarded researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine $10.2 million to study the effectiveness of an individualized model of hemodialysis, a procedure in which the blood is cleaned by a dialysis machine.
Faculty of medicine researchers are among the UBC recipients of Research Excellence Clusters funding for 2023/24.Funding is awarded through Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters (GCRC) competitions.
Researchers have built the first ever map showing every single neuron and how they’re wired together in the brain of the fruit fly larva.This huge step forwards in science will ultimately help us understand the basic principles by which signals travel through the brain at the neural level and lead to behavior and learning.
The research shows that policies in the category related to data protection seem to affect health information sharing the most. In states that make the protection of data less costly, HIE usage increases by 18%. Enacting legislation that has patients participate by default leads to a 16% increase in usage.
The Ship Technology Excellence Awards celebrate the greatest achievements and innovations in the industry. The programme provides a platform to recognize the people and companies that are driving change.
Key Dates:
February – Research begins.
April 14 – Submission deadline.
May 22 – Excellence Award winners announced.
SmartSimple Software, a leading provider of cloud-based solutions for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) management, announced the launch of SmartSimple Cloud +AI. This groundbreaking product introduces transformative, end-to-end AI support throughout the entire CSR and ESG program management lifecycle, streamlining the process, and further reducing administrative burden.
On-line applications are invited from faculty of AICTE approved Institutions (except pharmacy & architecture) for admission to full time Ph.D/ ME/M.Tech courses in different Quality Improvement Programme (QIP) Centres of IISc/IITs/IIMs/NITs etc.
Last date for submitting Online Application: 25 March, 2023.
Researchers have recently found a new enzyme that turns atmospheric hydrogen into electricity. The research published in the journal Nature explains atmospheric hydrogen oxidation by enzymes.
March 2023
Scientists at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University Of Miami Miller School Of Medicine, in collaboration with international researchers, have developed a cutting-edge AI algorithm for advanced computational analysis of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) and other cancers. This research, published in the journal Nature Cancer, holds the potential to lead to new and personalized treatments for patients with otherwise lethal forms of cancer, including GBM, a deadly type of brain cancer, and certain breast, lung, and pediatric cancers. The AI algorithm, called the SPHINKS network, identifies potential therapeutic targets for cancers with precision, offering new and accurate opportunities in the clinical setting.
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Tech2Heal SAS, a subsidiary of AI/ML Innovations, won the 2023 Innovation Grand Prize at the L’Encéphale Medical Congress in Paris for its Alakin ARPC platform. The platform is a comprehensive remote patient care solution that facilitates connected care delivery and is available in 8 languages. It includes features like a clinical dashboard, mobile app, scheduling management, telemedicine, and more. The platform’s flexibility and customization options make it adaptable to various healthcare settings.
Tuomas Sandholm wins AAAI Award for AI contributions to organ exchanges. He used AI to improve the scalability and flexibility of organ matching, leading to thousands of life-saving transplants. The award recognizes the positive impact of AI on human life and comes with a $25,000 prize.
General Atomics has teamed up with Bharat Forge and 114ai in India to work on projects in aerostructure manufacturing, drones, and artificial intelligence. The partnership aims to develop new technologies in these fields.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a cloud-connected AI ultrasound device for musculoskeletal imaging. The device uses AI to quickly identify, highlight and measure tendon structures in the foot, ankle, and knee to speed up injury diagnoses and treatment.
MBZUAI, a university in Abu Dhabi, celebrated its first graduation with 52 students from 24 countries having received their post-graduate degrees in AI fields of computer vision and machine learning on 30th Jan.
The global AI in drug discovery market is expected to grow to $4197.5 million by 2028 with a 41.5% CAGR from 2022-2028, according to Vantage Market Research. The report offers market analysis and guidance for players in the market.
OpenAI has launched a new tool for detecting AI-generated content. The tool is crucial in addressing potential risks posed by AI-generated content and ensuring responsible and safe use. With AI models like ChatGPT constantly expanding in creativity, this anti-detection tool is a significant step towards safe and responsible AI use in content generation.
Faculty members have until March 27 to submit letters of intent for the 2023 Incubating Interdisciplinary Initiatives award program, which funds new, multidisciplinary research projects. The program is supported by the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation and awards up to $50,000 to promising UO research teams. The program is open to faculty members from all academic disciplines and puts a priority on ideas with high potential to lead to future external funding.
WatchGuard® Technologies, a global leader in unified cybersecurity, today announced the release of its new Firebox T25/T25-W,T45/T45-POE/T45-W-POE, and T85-POE tabletop firewall appliances. With more memory and faster processing speeds for enhanced throughput, this new line of Firebox products enables WatchGuard partners, MSPs, and IT administrators to securebranch offices, office equipment, remote devices, retail point-of-sale (POS) software, and remote users from complex and emerging threats, while minimizing network configuration and management requirements.
Finnish vendor Nokia, together with Japanese companies NTT Docomo and NTT, announced that they have achieved two key technological milestones on the path to future 6G systems. Nokia said that the first tech milestone is the implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) into the radio air interface, effectively giving 6G radios the ability to learn. The second is the utilization of new sub-terahertz (sub-THz) spectrum to boost network capacity, the vendor added.
Products with ChatGPT and other OpenAI models are hitting the market, and not just at Microsoft. IT management software provider Atera, among others, is launching an integration with OpenAI designed to allow enterprise IT administrators to create scripts to help automate tasks. The integration will be launching in limited beta and focus on script generating capabilities
Tezpur University released the latest job notification for the recruitment of a Junior Research Fellow vacancy. The candidate that is interested and fulfills all the eligibility are required to send their applications in the prescribed format (enclosed as Annexure-I) along with detailed biodata stating clearly name and contact address of the candidate, programme attended, percentage and year of passing degree (from HSLC onwards) and name of the institute/college/university to the Principal Investigator through email to dmohanta1973@gmail.com on or before 15/03/2023.
February 2023
AI is changing industries by using complex algorithms and machine learning to automate tasks and improve decision-making. It helps businesses process large data and gain valuable insights, leading to more efficient operations and better customer experiences. AI is being used in many sectors such as healthcare, finance, retail, and education for tasks like disease diagnosis and fraud detection. AI is shaping the future of the market and the economy..
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Companies are using AI to improve security measures and detect potential threats to prevent shootings. AI-powered cameras analyze facial expressions, body language, and other cues to determine if someone may pose a threat. AI can also analyze data from various sources to identify potential threats. However, the use of AI in security is a complex issue that requires careful consideration and ethical guidelines.
AI is expected to result in job displacement in some industries but also create new jobs in areas like data analysis and software development. AI can improve productivity and support economic growth, but society must address the challenges of AI-driven job displacement and support workers transitioning to new roles.
The University of Sheffield and AstraZeneca developed AI, DrugBAN, to improve drug-target prediction and speed up drug discovery. DrugBAN predicts interaction between candidate drugs and protein molecules and has greater accuracy, offering insights into drug-protein interactions. It is trained on human body protein and drug substructures, predicting new medicine behavior based on learned interactions, and can determine if a drug will target cancer proteins or unintended targets in the body.
It refers to innovative technologies and approaches to diagnose, treat, and manage cancer. These include immunotherapy, CAR-T therapy, AI, liquid biopsy testing, vaccines, personal combinations of treatments, and precision medicine. AI is being used to analyze medical data and make predictions about cancer behavior, helping doctors make informed decisions. Precision medicine uses genomic information to inform diagnosis and treatment. These new tools have the potential to improve cancer diagnosis and patient outcomes.
January 2023
Ecto-Life will make C-sections and premature births history.Ecto-Life will help reduce human suffering and reduce C-sections.It is the brainchild of Hashem Al-Ghaili, who is a science communicator and biotechnologist from Berlin. His facilities would allow couples to conceive babies and be true biological parents.
Generative AI is rapidly becoming a reality.Leading generative AI tools are: DeepMind’s Alpha Code (GoogleLab), OpenAI’s ChatGPT, GPT-3.5, DALL-E, MidJourney, Jasper, and Stable Diffusion, which are large language models and image generators.
This article will focus on Google’s (Alphabet’s), Deep Mind’s Alpha Code which is a new AI system for developing computer code, which can achieve average human level performance in solving programming contests.
ChatGPT technology is built upon OpenAI’s GPT3 AI platform which houses some of the world’s largest language models, using both supervised and unsupervised AI learning techniques. Read more…
Automated drug discovery, as enabled by AI, can significantly improve ROI by accelerating drug discovery and repurposing, as well as improving the reproducibility of results.Read more…
From data scientists to software developers, these positions offer challenges and opportunities to work with up-and-coming and market-leading technology companies.
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December 2022
Researchers have developed a new computer framework that holds promise in the work to discover new drugs. Their framework uses an artificial intelligence method called convolutional neural network to provide global information about potential novel drug candidates. The team developed a fingerprint-embedding framework for drug-target binding affinity prediction (FingerDTA), with the capability to find novel drug candidates.
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Dr Pierre-Antoine Dugué awarded the Victorian Cancer Agency Mid-Career Research Fellowship worth $681,808. It is currently difficult to predict which prostate tumours are likely to progress, which is a considerable challenge for treatment decisions. To improve the subtyping of prostate cancer and prediction of outcomes, Dr Dugué and his team will apply machine learning methods to genome-wide genetic and epigenetic data measured in prostate tumors from Australian men who are part of an extensive epidemiological and clinical research resource.
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The recent developments from researchers at CEA-LETI have been focused on the use of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) for creating an optical laser beam steering device. MEMS devices are on the micrometer length scale and are used in a number of industries for their small footprint and high performance. Optical-phase arrays are particularly useful for autonomous vehicles as they do not contain any moving optical components so they are not as affected by vibrational instabilities that are highly problematic in moving vehicles. Now the CEA-LETI team has been applying this technology for LIDAR beam steering devices. Read more…
Coherent Market Insight has published a new research study “Global Smart Machines Market Size, Share, Price, Trends, Growth, Report and Forecast 2022-2027” provides a complete ‘120 Pages’ analysis of the global Smart Machines Market. It addresses questions regarding the current size of the market and its predicted valuation at the end of the forecast period. The research also assesses the segments of the global Smart Machines Market.
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Most self-driving vehicle companies, like Cruise, Waymo and Waabi, use synthetic data for training and testing perception models with speed and a level of control that’s impossible with data collected from the real world. Parallel Domain, a startup that has built a data-generation platform for autonomy companies, says synthetic data is a critical component to scaling the AI that powers vision and perception systems and preparing them for the unpredictability of the physical world.
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November 2022
The Yass Prize and STOP Awards Initiative will provide more than $11 million this year in order to support education organizations that are beating the odds at delivering exceptional 21st century learning opportunities to students and families. Read more…
Researchers from the University of Maryland and Salesforce claim that not storing sensitive data is the most secure practice in their recent work, “Burn After Reading: Online Adaptation for Cross-domain Streaming Data.” Read more…
Researchers at MIT have developed a sensor, about the size and shape of a WiFi router, which they say can help track Parkinson’s patients’ breathing while they sleep. Tracking is completely contact-free, and the device alerts caregivers to any progression of the condition—and could also be used to diagnose Parkinson’s. Read more…
New research led by the University of Glasgow’s School of Psychology and Neuroscience presents an approach to understand whether the human brain and deep neural networks recognize things in the same way. Read more…
The laboratory of Dr. Djellel Difallah in the Division of Science, New York University Abu Dhabi, seeks a research assistant to join a new lab focused on human-machine learning. Read more…
Graphic representation of human skin cells being reprogrammed into induced-pluripotent stem cells, then neurons that are exposed to stress hormones and subsequently observed by the study team. Read more…
October 2022
MotorTrend, the leading global automotive media company, announced today that it is joining leading software company, BlackBerry Limited to launch the Software-Defined Vehicle Innovator Awards. The new awards program looks to celebrate the innovators and pioneers who are leading the automotive industry’s once-in-a-century transformation from hardware to software which will redefine how cars are designed, built, driven and experienced. With BlackBerry’s help, we want to highlight the pioneers, leaders and experts who are doing the most important work in the space, and effectively shaping our automotive future.” Nominations are now open for the following three Software-Defined Vehicle Innovator Awards (SDVI) categories: Pioneer, Leader and Domain Expert.
Read more…The new Azure Space Connectivity offerings will incorporate cloud technology with satellites to support digital transformation. Microsoft has announced that they are providing new products as a part of their Azure Space Connectivity offerings to incorporate their cloud technology with satellite efforts that will enhance its Microsoft Cloud connectivity and support digital transformation. The announcement placed focus on a preview of the Azure Orbital Cloud Access, a new service to support connectivity from the cloud to more locations. Microsoft also took this opportunity to announce the general availability of Azure Orbital Ground Station and the company’s partner-focused efforts to support the digital transformation of satellite communication networks.
Read more…Dell announced that it is expanding its longstanding partnership with leading open source software products provider Red Hat to simplify the deployment and management of on-premises, containerized infrastructure in multi cloud environments. This collaboration provides IT (Information Technology) organizations and their developers with a fully Dell-managed, on-premises Container-as-a-Service solution on Dell infrastructure. This means that customers can meet the needs of developers without having to build and manage their own physical infrastructure. Delivered as a subscription, the new solution also comes with an assigned APEX Customer Success Manager supporting customers throughout their APEX experience.
Read more…ARC officially moved ARC Reactor to V1.2 which allows developers to ingest any code from any EVM (Ethereum Virtual Machine) chain, and instantly display the code as a functional and editable diagram. Developers can immediately visually audit the code, with all exceptions and dependencies brought to light as well as how each module interacts with each other. From there, the software developer can edit, add and build code functions, collaborate with other developers, test the code and ship it to any EVM chain. ARC Reactor’s objective is to create a new GUI terminal for creating, auditing, building, maintaining, collaborating and shipping of all smart contracts and code. While the team have initially chosen to focus on the burgeoning EVM ecosystem first, their roadmap includes other all significant languages and ecosystems including Solana, Cosmos, PolkaDot, Hedera, Java, Python, Ruby, React and more.
Read more…Huawei unveiled the upgraded capabilities of its Intelligent Cloud-Network Solution at the “Intelligent Cloud-Network, Unleashing Digital Productivity” summit. These capabilities, which center on three major scenarios —CloudFabric 3.0, CloudCampus 3.0, and CloudWAN 3.0— are provided to meet network development trends. Huawei also released the L3.5 Data Center Autonomous Driving Network White Paper, together with IEEE-UAE Section and pioneering customers, to contribute to the thriving data communications industry and unleash digital productivity.
Read more…September 2022
The company has teamed with Archer Aviation on systems for its ridesharing eVTOL aircraft. Urban-air mobility (UAM) developer Archer Aviation selected Honeywell to provide flight-control actuation and thermal-management systems for its Maker electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.
The Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network (BCAN), announced its first-ever Translational Clinical Trial Award (TCTA) to support patient-oriented research to transform bladder cancer care. The award will provide a maximum of $3 million in funding over 36 months bringing a renewed sense of urgency to help bladder cancer patients and families. It is designed to spark changes to the standard of care in bladder cancer, decrease overtreatment, and significantly impact patient outcomes.
Read more…The US Navy has awarded an agreement to Torch.AI to provide artificial intelligence (AI) and data infrastructure software capabilities to Navy’s Digital Warfare Office (DWO). The next-generation ecosystem will deliver AI and machine learning (ML) capabilities to the US warfighting naval forces.
Read more…Deep Instinct, the first company to apply end-to-end deep learning to cybersecurity, today delivered Deep Instinct Prevention for Applications, an agentless, on-demand, antimalware solution for the enterprise that is device and operating system agnostic. This new offering revolutionizes threat protection beyond the endpoint with flexible, deploy anywhere, in-transit file scanning via API to quickly return a malicious versus benign verdict at enterprise speed. It protects any web application or cloud storage from malicious content while fully ensuring data privacy.
Read more…Microsoft Research’s Robot Learning group is releasing MoCapAct, a large library of pre-trained humanoid control models along with enriched data for training new ones. This will enable advanced research on artificial humanoid control at a fraction of the to compute resources currently required. MoCap is an animation technique widely used in the entertainment industry for decades. It involves recording the motion of several keypoints on a human actor’s body, such as their elbows, shoulders, and knees, while the actor is performing a task of interest, such as jogging.
Read more…August 2022
Google’s new Machine Learning Guided Optimization (MLGO) is an industrial-grade general framework for integrating machine-learning (ML) techniques systematically in a compiler and in particular in LLVM, an open-source industrial compiler infrastructure that is ubiquitous for building mission-critical, high-performance software. Read more…
HLA loss of heterozygosity (HLA-LOH) is a phenomenon that occurs in some cancer cells to help them to evade detection by the immune system. HLA alleles that encode the antigen-presentation machinery are deleted from the genomes of these cells, effectively hiding them from detection by the immune system. With the success of immunotherapies such as immune checkpoint inhibitors, understanding immune evasion in cancers is more important than ever. Read more…
In the case of complication-prone procedures like those to correct spinal deformities and degeneration, for example, Medtronic has developed the UNiD Spine Analyzer software, which not only helps surgeons plot out a plan of attack for complex spine surgeries but also predicts how a patient will react to the surgery in the ensuing months’. Read more…
To demonstrate the potential for deep-learning architecture to support early and reliable identification of cystic hygroma from first trimester ultrasound scans. Cystic hygroma is an embryonic condition that causes the lymphatic vascular system to develop abnormally. It’s a rare and potentially life-threatening disorder that leads to fluid swelling around the head and neck. Read more…
Identifying the severity and grade of the neoplasia during diagnosis is essential before proceeding with treatment. Unfortunately, the presence of inflammation in the colorectal region makes it difficult for endoscopists to classify the type of IBD neoplasia (IBDN). This leaves biopsy as the only viable option, which is associated with high risks and often leads to inaccurate diagnoses, highlighting the need for a simpler diagnostic technique with high accuracy. Read more…
Northwell Health will be tapping Google’s cloud, artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies to develop new predictive analytics capabilities around patient care and operations. As part of this partnership, Northwell Health will leverage Google Cloud as its preferred cloud platform for infrastructure modernization and to build an interoperable data platform with AI and ML capabilities. Read more…
July 2022
At inference, the objective is to recognize novel classes defined by an unbounded or open vocabulary. Due to the difficulty of the OVD problem, several types of weak supervision for novel categories are commonly utilized, such as additional image-caption pairs to increase the vocabulary, image-level labels on classification datasets, and pretrained open-vocabulary classification models like CLIP. Read more…
A research team led by Rice University neuroengineers has created wireless technology to remotely activate specific brain circuits in fruit flies in under one second. In a published demonstration in Nature Materials. Brown University and Baylor College of Medicine used magnetic signals to activate targeted neurons that controlled the body position of freely moving fruit flies in an enclosure. Read more…
Guofei Gu, professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University, is the lead principal investigator of a research team that has received a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Resilient and Intelligent Next-Generation Systems (RINGS) program to enhance the security of future wireless and mobile network systems. Read more…
The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research announced eight outstanding research projects to receive its latest class of ASPIRE awards. Grantees from top academic institutions in six countries (Australia, Austria, Canada, Netherlands, Switzerland, and USA) were awarded more than $2 million. Read more…
The Office of Research on Women’s Health at the National Institutes of Health has awarded a $3.2 million grant to the Virginia Commonwealth University Institute for Women’s Health in support of junior faculty from across VCU who will develop as researchers in women’s health. Read more…
Benjamin (Ben) Belfore, a newly minted Ph.D. in electrical engineering, recently received good news. A device he fabricated – a spin polarized photocathode – was recorded as second best in the world. The device was tested and certified at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York. Read more…
Tech firm Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ: NVDA) has introduced Quantum Optimized Device Architecture (QODA), a unified programming platform for enabling breakthroughs in quantum research and development in finance, health, HPC (high-performance computing), and AI (artificial intelligence) fields. Read more…
May 2022
The scientists used deep reinforcement learning, where the control algorithm learns to make a sequence of decisions. Thus, the algorithm leverages assumptions learned by a neural network to find shortcuts to good sequences, even if there are billions of possibilities. But the researchers want the system to learn a strategy that reduces fuel consumption and limits the impact on travel time at the same time, which can be conflicting. Read more…
Researchers using deep learning tools to analyze chest radiographs found that they could predict patient costs at one, three and five years and identify high-risk patients, enabling health systems and payers to target care management and preventive health and develop cost and reimbursement plans. Read more…
Using artificial intelligence in a completely novel way, the method has been shown to successfully prevent up to 92 per cent of files on a computer from being corrupted, with it taking just 0.3 seconds on average for a piece of malware to be wiped out. Read more…
For robots and artificial intelligence systems, manipulating deformable objects presents a huge challenge. Consider the series of steps that a robot must take to shape a ball of dough into pizza crusts.It must keep track of the dough as it changes shape, and at the same time, it must choose the right tool for each step of the work. These are challenging tasks for current AI systems, which are more stable in handling rigid-body objects, which have more predictable states. Read more…
The researchers further noted that machine-learning CDSS methods are rarely evaluated in clinical practice, so they sought to assess how a CDSS would impact the antibiotic prescription behavior of general practitioners (GPs) and the success of their urinary tract infections (UTI) treatments. Because the CDSS would contain data on all types of UTI patients, including those with complications, the researchers hypothesized that its use could facilitate better clinical decision-making. Read more…
July 2021
The Cancer Research Institute (CRI), a U.S. nonprofit organization dedicated to saving more lives through the discovery and development of powerful immunotherapies for all cancers, announced today that it has awarded more than $28.5 million in research grants. Read more…
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $3,041,583 in funding to five institutions to develop science-based approaches to evaluate the potential human health and environmental impacts of new biotechnology products.Read more…
Researchers at Google’s DeepMind and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) have unveiled the most exhaustive database yet of the proteins that form the building blocks of life.Read more…
Researchers are developing new artificial intelligence techniques to protect algorithms from vulnerabilities and provide better patient care.Read more…
Researchers describe a new type of camera technology that, when aimed at an object, can rapidly retrieve 3D images, displaying its chemical content down to the micrometer scale.Read more…
Google researchers applied this framework for continuous adverse event prediction in an ICU setting with success because it has advantages over single-tasking or naïve multi-tasking especially when there are low training data scenarios.Read more…
June 2021
Julia, a comparatively advanced software language, has recently experienced widespread popularity. It has equivalent speed and functionality to C programming, as well as the ability to perform analytical and numerical computations. Read more…
April 2021
KFUPM in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced a fully funded scholarship for the students who wants to pursue Masters(MS) and Doctor of philosophy (PhD), according to the institute of objective studies, New Delhi on Wednesday. Read more…
Admission to PhD programmes offered by Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) is on and will continue till early May at most IITs. Read more…
The Center for Global Business announces that Roxanne Jaffe, a doctoral candidate in the department of management and organization, has received the 2021 PhD International Research Award. Read more…
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras, has launched the STEM women scholars’ and researchers’ development (STEWARD) initiative focussed on mentoring women PhD research scholars at all levels. Read more…
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning is already shaping our future, and the demand for talented engineers is skyrocketing. According to the Market Research Future report, the machine learning market is projected to be worth almost $31 billion by 2024. Read more…
March 2021
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay), an Institute of Eminence, invites applications from well qualified Indian nationals (including Persons of Indian Origins (PIOs) and Overseas Citizens of India (OCIs) and Foreign Nationals* for Faculty positions at the level of Professor / Associate Professor for following Departments / Centers / Schools and Inter-disciplinary programs. Read more…
22 faculty members / researchers of Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati) have been featured among World’s Top 2% Scientists List created by Stanford University and released on 16th October 2020 in the journal PLO. Read more…
Providing a leg-up to the rapidly growing developer community in India, Microsoft-owned GitHub has announced a grant of ₹1 crore to support and fund India-based open source maintainers and contributors working on building world-class software using open source tools. Read more…
The growth rate of the Mobile Artificial Intelligence Market to estimate its development throughout the forecast period. Most importantly, the report in addition identifies the historical, current, and future developments which might be predicted to persuade the improvement ratio of the Mobile Artificial Intelligence market. Read more…
Monitoring the progression of multiple sclerosis-related gait issues can be challenging in adults over 50 years old, requiring a clinician to differentiate between problems related to MS and other age-related issues. To address this problem, researchers are integrating gait data and machine learning to advance the tools used to monitor and predict disease progression. Read more…
The International Selection Committee for the European Young Researchers’ Award 2019-2020 appointed by the EuroScience Board, has selected Michael Bossetta as the recipient of the European Young Researchers’ Award for PhD students and Valentina Sessini as the recipient of the European Young Researchers’ Award for Postdocs. Read more…
National Science Foundation director says his priority is to advance research into future, ensure inclusivity and continue global leadership in science and engineering. Read more…
The PhD candidate is responsible of developing a design, prototype and experimental validation of the backscatter communication and power transfer system in collaboration with the B-CRATOS project team. Read more…
Adversarial examples and attacks have become a hot topic of discussion at artificial intelligence and security conferences. And there’s concern that adversarial attacks can become a serious security concern as deep learning becomes more prominent in physical tasks such as robotics and self-driving cars. However, dealing with adversarial vulnerabilities remains a challenge. Read more…
A leader from oncologist-founded trial tech specialists COTA shares how advanced data analysis can benefit cancer researchers and patients alike. Read more…
All regulatory bodies including the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), University Grants Commission (UGC) and National Council for Teachers Education (NCTE) will be merged to form the HECI. Read more…
Online applications for CSIR JRF/NET are invited twice a year. First session is conducted in June, while the second session is conducted in December. Read more…
Already a gifted college professor, sought-after lecturer, and celebrated author, Catina Bacote, M.F.A., now adds Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship winner to her impressive curriculum vitae, as the Assistant Professor of English in St. John’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences was recently announced as a recipient of the Fellowship for Literature. Read more…
The programme will be launched this July and will be open to IIT and IISc graduates from India during its initial phase. Read more…
KDAI has 2 PhD vacancies with application in chemical engineering and energy systems. Read more…
February 2021
Analytics Insight has listed the top 10 data scientists who have made their way as maestros to 2021.Read more…
John J. Leonard is an American roboticist and professor of Mechanical and Ocean Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His robotic research addresses the problems of navigation and mapping for autonomous mobile robots. Read more…
AICTE has invited online applications from qualified and experienced employees of Central/State Governments/Universities /Autonomous Bodies/PSUs for filling vacancies on deputation basis. Read more…
According to a report shared by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, data science expertise will drive a 27.9 per cent rise in employment in the field by 2026. Read more…
Networking giant Cisco is partnering with Nasscom FutureSkills Prime and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) to offer 20,000 virtual internship opportunities in cybersecurity. Read more…
A research team used a cable to entangle qubits located in different quantum nodes. This could go a long way in creating a powerful cluster of quantum devices. Read more…
Technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) helped augment human efforts to take on everything from health to cybersecurity. Read more…
With decades of experience in information technology, the new artificial intelligence division seeks to work together with companies to create new and novel solutions using cutting-edge technology. Read more…
American First Credit Union (AFCU) awarded Dale M. from Riverside, CA, its second annual grand prize of $50,000 from their savings program called Big Prize Savings. Read more…
JagranJosh.com presents Season 1 of Education Awards (March 2021). These awards are intended to acknowledge and applaud the efforts of Educational Leaders and Teachers who displayed excellence in education during the COVID-19 induced lockdown. Read more…
Yang Liu, assistant professor of computer science and engineering has received $1 million in funding from the NSF and Amazon for research on the long-term effects of human interactions with artificial intelligence (AI) systems used to support decision -making. Read more…
The Global Brain Computer Interface Market is expected to grow at a CAGR of around 13.8% from 2020 to 2027 and reach the market value of over US$ 3,476.3 Mn by 2027.Read more…
Bosch will work with Microsoft on a software platform for vehicles, as it strives to get a foot in the door to the fast-growing market for electromobility and automated driving technologies. Read more…
There are various ML roles that provide an aspirant a learning edge and are professionally rewarding. Analytics Insight listed the top machine learning salaries in India in February 2021. Read more…
UGC NET is a national-level exam conducted in order to select candidates for only Assistant Professor or both Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and Assistant Professor in Indian universities and colleges. Read more…
Upholding a Kerala High Court judgment, the Supreme Court has held that Ph.D is mandatory for the post of Associate Professor(Re-designated as Assistant Professor)after 5.3.2010 as per the AICTE Regulations Read more…
The Edison Awards are operated by the Edison Universe, a non profit organization with the mission of recognizing, honoring and fostering innovations and innovators. Read more…
With the advent of 5G communication technology and its integration with AI, we are looking at the dawn of a new era in which people, machines, objects, and devices are connected like never before. Read more…
Volkswagen AG on Thursday said it will use Microsoft’s cloud computing services to help it streamline its software development efforts for self-driving cars.Read more…
Terra Quantum AG said its discovery “upends the current understanding of what constitutes unbreakable” encryption and could have major implications for the world’s leading technology companies, such as Alphabet Inc.’s Google, Microsoft Corp., and International Business Machines Corp. Read more …
Julia, a comparatively advanced software language, has recently experienced widespread popularity. It has equivalent speed and functionality to C programming, as well as the ability to perform analytical and numerical computations. Read more…
January 2021
On Dec. 14, the Sanford and Susan Greenberg Prize to End Blindness honored 13 scientists who have made extraordinary headway in the worldwide battle against blindness. Read more…
The use of quantum algorithms in artificial intelligence techniques will boost machines’ learning abilities. Read more…
Companies need to fast realise the fact that if they aim to maintain the requisite competitive edge in this highly volatile environment, implementing an Artificial Intelligence-driven HR tech framework is inevitable. Read more…
As digital transformation provides industry with unparalleled opportunities, here are 6 technologies transforming trends across diverse industries at large. Read more…
All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), conducted a national level brainstorming ATAL Conclave, convened to enhance the quality of Faculty Development Programmes (FDPs) for upgrading the skills of teaching staff in emerging areas in technology. Read more…
The free online course can be taken by students, professionals and anybody interested in learning on the provided topics. This particular free online course on artificial intelligence is being offered by GLS University. Read more…
December 2020
Zoom Video Communications Inc , the video-conferencing services provider, said on Wednesday it would expand its presence in Singapore by opening a research and development centre, where it will hire hundreds of engineering staff. Read more…
Three faculty members of the College of Arts & Sciences have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.Fellows are recognized for their research; teaching; services to professional societies.Read more...
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced that by 2025, it will help 29 million people globally grow their technical skills with free cloud computing skills training.Read more...
Mercedes Pelegrín García, a young researcher from the “Integrated Urban Mobility” Chair, has been awarded by two renowned international societies on Operational Research.Read more…
The Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur has decided to introduce three new master’s programs in cybersecurity in addition to a dedicated centre for the discipline.Read more…
The University Grants Commission on behalf of Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities , Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment on Thursday invited applications from eligible candidates for National Fellowship for Persons with Disabilities (NFPwD) for the selection year 2020-21. Read more…
The Infosys Science Foundation (ISF) has awarded the 12th Infosys Prize 2020 to six eminent scientists for their outstanding contributions to science, research and improving the world. Read more…
The Venous Association of India has recently introduced the Servier Young Researchers’ Award for national candidates and international candidates. Read more…
A well-respected Google researcher said she was fired by the company after criticizing its approach to minority hiring and the biases built into today’s artificial intelligence systems.Read more…
PayPal will work with Nanyang Technological University’s Strategic Centre for Research in Privacy-Preserving Technologies & Systems (SCRIPTS) to further cryptography research in secure multiparty computation (MPC) in Singapore.Read more…
An international team of researchers has proved that water can exist in two different liquid states. Read more…
November 2020
Five city researchers have made it to the top 200 ranks across the world in their fields, as per data complied by a professor from Stanford University. The rankings were published in journal PLOS Biology recently. Read more…
IT Hyderabad has opened online applications for PhD admission 2021. there are a total of 15 subjects that IIT Hyderabad PhD Applications are open for. Among other subjects, IIT-H also offers a PhD in Artificial Intelligence. IIT Hyderabad or IIT-H is a public technical and research university located in Sangareddy district, Telangana, India. Read more…
Garg, professor of computer science in IIT Delhi, says that to study algorithmic research, one need to be extremely good in mathematics and have the natural instinct to solve puzzles and problems.
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he job posting for the Pre-Doctoral Researcher with Google Research India for Bengaluru location is now live on Google’s careers site. A 24-month role, the Pre-Doctoral Machine Learning Researcher job role has been designed to give candidates a hands-on experience working on challenging problems together with research scientists and engineers. Read more…
Proteins are the workhorses of our cells, and their movement controls a vast array of biological processes. One of the main tools for studying protein motion is called single-molecule Forster Resonance Energy Transfer (smFRET). Read more…
October 2020
Johnson & Johnson today announced that it is accepting applications for its 2021 Women in STEM2D (WiSTEM2D) Scholars Award, aimed at supporting assistant or associate academic professors. Read more…
In the post-Covid world the demand for data scientists and analysts is set to grow. According to experts, not just traditional sectors like IT and banking will demand data scientists. Read more…
Logically, a social enterprise using advanced AI to tackle misinformation, and Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology – Delhi (IIIT-D), a leading research-orientated state university with a specialism in computer science, have launched an ambitious two-year research partnership. Read more…
The final day of RAISE 2020–‘Responsible AI for Social Empowerment 2020’summit witnessed discussion on themes like leveraging AI for pandemic preparedness. Read more…
An IEEE Fellow and ACM Fellow, Sarkar is Chair of the School of Computer Science and the Stephen Fleming Chair in the College of Computing at Georgia Institute of Technology. Sarkar started his career in IBM Research in 1987 after obtaining his Ph.D. from Stanford University. Read more…