Computer Theory

Welcome to the World of HyperautomationCredit: World Scientific Two centuries ago, the Industrial Revolution began to automate "blue-collar" work, allowing higher profits and wider societal improvements like the reduction of famine…

A Lancaster University computer scientist has been awarded a new fellowship to research an entirely new way of making large-scale computing systems more sustainable A Lancaster University computer scientist has been awarded a new…

IOP Publishing (IOPP) has launched a new, multidisciplinary, open access (OA) journal devoted to the design, development and application of artificial neural networks and brain-inspired systems towards advancing scientific discovery and…

USC researchers have developed a method that could allow robots to learn new tasks, like setting a table or driving a car, from observing a small number of demonstrations. Imagine if robots could learn from watching demonstrations: you…

Despite advances in natural language processing, AI still doesn't have the common sense to understand human language, finds a new USC study.Credit: ADRIANA SANCHEZ. Natural language processing (NLP) has taken great strides…

Credit: Source: Gerd Altmann via Pixabay The SARS-CoV-1 coronavirus pandemic has left a significant footprint on the global economy. For this reason, it had a substantial impact on the behaviour of all financial instruments,…

FAU team develops cost-efficient and high-resolution multi-spectral camera Intelligent cameras are the next milestone in image and video processing A team of researchers at the Chair of Multimedia Communications and Signal Processing at…

Imagine that you are a job consultant. You are sitting across from your client, an unemployed individual. After locating them in the system, up pops the following text on the computer screen; 'increased risk of long-term unemployment'.…

As much of Europe is engulfed by a second wave of Covid-19, and track and trace struggles to meet demand, modelling support tools are being increasingly used by policymakers to make key decisions. Most notably, models have been used to…

Credit: University of Birmingham Seismic waves, commonly associated with earthquakes, have been used by scientists to develop a universal scaling law for the sense of touch. A team, led by researchers at the University of Birmingham,…

Danish university lecturer experiments with banning screens in discussion lessons. In a new study, a UCPH researcher and her colleagues at Aarhus University analyzed the results, which include greater student presence, improved engagement…

New study explains how Artificial Intelligence, if not regulated, can be a threat to sustainable development Artificial Intelligence (AI) has generated considerable interest over the past few decades, owing to its promising applications…

New study led by Cleveland Clinic and Case Western Reserve published in Nature Physics CLEVELAND - Published in Nature Physics, findings from a new study co-led by Cleveland Clinic and Case Western Reserve University teams show for the…

A conversation between an AI engineer and a humanities researcherCredit: World Scientific What is Artificial Intelligence? What do the words 'artificial' and 'intelligence' mean? And what are the consequences of developing AI?…

Toddlers with high daily touchscreen use are faster to find targets that stood out during visual search compared to toddlers with no or low touchscreen use - according to new research. The research team, co-led by Dr Rachael Bedford of…

With its 2,500 participants, 1,300 presentations and over 300 sessions, the Econometric Society and Bocconi University Virtual World Congress, from 17 to 21 August, will be the largest ever online congress for economists. The…

By manipulating ultracold molecules mid-chemical reaction, researchers crack a molecular disappearing actCredit: Ni Lab/Harvard University In a famous parable, three blind men encounter an elephant for the first time. Each touches…

James W. Cortada exposes lessons learned from the past and addresses future issues in the ever-changing human-computer interaction.Credit: Springer Nature Living with Computers is the most recent book from the well-known expert in…

Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina find link between mental imagery and vision using artificial intelligence and human brain studiesCredit: Dr. Guenther Noack, 2015, reproduced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). …

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly deployed around us and may have large potential benefits. But there are growing concerns about the unethical use of AI. Professor Anthony Davison, who holds the Chair of Statistics at…