Problematic Relationship: Small Brain Models Distort Contact Intensity Between Neurons
Sep. 10, 2015 — Even the most powerful computers in the world can only simulate one percent of the nerve cells due to memory constraints. For this reason, scientists have turned to downscaled models. However, this …read more
Tinder-Tinkering Artificial Intelligence Could Lessen Left-Swiping
Sep. 9, 2015 — An artificial intelligence programme to improve Tinder suggestions has been developed by a post-doctoral researcher who was sick of swiping left. Signing up for an account was one of the first things …read more
Sep. 4, 2015 — Space is cold, dark, and lonely. Deadly, too, if any one of a million things goes wrong on your spaceship. It’s certainly no place for a computer chip to fail, which can happen due to the … read more
Building Efficiency Software Now Available
Sep. 2, 2015 — A set of automated calibration techniques for tuning residential and commercial building energy efficiency software models to match measured data is now available as an open source code. The Autotune … read more
New Technique Lowers Cost of Energy-Efficient Embedded Computer Systems
Sep. 1, 2015 — Electrical and computer engineers have developed a new technique for creating less-expensive, low-power embedded systems — the computing devices found in everything from thermostats to … read more
Aug. 27, 2015 — A new study found that three times as many female high school students were interested in enrolling in a computer science class if the classroom was designed to be less ‘geeky’ and more … read more
Graphics Processors Accelerate Pattern Discovery
Aug. 28, 2015 — Using normal graphics processors, a new program for identifying repeated patterns in complex networks significantly boosts search … read more
Close to the Point of More Efficient Chips
Aug. 28, 2015 — More efficient chips based on plasmonics are a step closer to reality through better control of the directional excitation of plasmons in a gold … read more
Aug. 26, 2015 — Researchers are using high-performance computing to simulate the processes that take place during the first moments of photosynthesis. Using quantum mechanics as the basis, computer scientists, … read more
Biophysicists Take Small Step in Quest for ‘Robot Scientist’
Aug. 25, 2015 — Biophysicists have taken another small step forward in the quest for an automated method to infer models describing a system’s dynamics — a so-called robot … read more
Issues Surrounding Security Tools for Software Developers
Aug. 24, 2015 — For software programmers, security tools are analytic software that can scan or run their code to expose vulnerabilities long before the software goes to market. But these tools can have … read more
Aug. 24, 2015 — Using computer vision, signal processing and privacy protection, a doctoral student, along with electrical and computer engineering professors, have developed “MEBook,” a combination of a … read more
Aug. 21, 2015 — With a new design that sandwiches a polar metallic oxide between insulating materials at the nanoscale, the resulting multiferroic superlattice could open the door for improved … read more
Social Security, Social Safety
Aug. 20, 2015 — Security and safety could be improved if researchers from very disparate disciplines – humanities, computer science and politics – were to work together, according to new research. Moreover, such … read more
New Internet Routing Method Allows Users to Avoid Sending Data Through Undesired Countries
Aug. 19, 2015 — Computer scientists have developed a method for providing concrete proof to Internet users that their information did not cross through specified, undesired geographic areas. Called Alibi Routing, … read more
Securing Data from Tomorrow’s Supercomputers
Aug. 18, 2015 — For the powerful quantum computers that will be developed in the future, cracking online bank account details and credit cards number will be a synch. But a team of cryptographers is already working …read more
Aug. 14, 2015 — Software may appear to operate without bias because it strictly uses computer code to reach conclusions. But a team of computer scientists has discovered a way to find out if an algorithm used for …read more
European Consortium Develops New Approaches for Dealing With Big Data
Aug. 14, 2015 — Big Data is a major factor driving knowledge discovery and innovation in our information society. However, large amounts of data can only be used efficiently if algorithms for understanding the data …read more
Aug. 13, 2015 — The microprocessor inside a computer is a single multipurpose chip that has revolutionized people’s life, allowing them to use one machine to surf the web, check emails and keep track of … read more
Eleven Security Flaws Found in Popular Internet Browsers
Aug. 13, 2015 — Researchers have developed a new cyber security analysis method that discovered 11 previously unknown Internet browser security …read more