Computer Theory

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…

Can machines be agents with the capacity for autonomous action? Can they be creative and produce something genuinely new? Philosopher Professor Thomas Müller from the University of Konstanz and physicist Professor Hans Briegel from the…

China's National Center for Trauma Medicine creates a clinical decision support system based on big data to help predict individual trauma patient outcome Chinese researchers from The Trauma Center of Peking University People's Hospital…

Credit: S Paesani A team of physicists at the University of Bristol has developed the first integrated photon source with the potential to deliver large-scale quantum photonics. The development of quantum technologies…

Artificial intelligence and primary care research: A scoping review Artificial intelligence methods are being utilized in radiology, cardiology and other medical specialty fields to quickly and accurately process large quantities of…

Researchers from Michigan State University released a study on "sextortion" - a lesser-known internet crime that poses a threat to adults and minors - that sheds light on the importance of protecting the public from online criminals.…

New research project to develop novel AI hardware; a completely new kind of computer system that mimics how the human brain is built. The artificial neural networks can increase computer performance by up to 100,000 times compared to modern…

Cryptocurrencies have been treated as a financial terra incognita - they enjoyed growing interest but also raised concerns due to their virtuality. The use of statistical methods utilizing correlation matrices to analyze the hundred…

A team of computer scientists from the University of Konstanz develops online platform for the registration and enquiry of free critical care beds all over Germany Computer scientists in the team led by Professor Daniel Keim, professor of…

New insights into phase transitions using artificial intelligenceCredit: Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo, Japan - Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have used machine learning to study spin models, used in physics to…

Fake Facebook ads placed by Russians in 2016 earned 9 times more clicks than typical adsCredit: Courtesy: Chris Vargo/CU Boulder Facebook users flipping through their feeds in the fall of 2016 faced a minefield of targeted advertisements…

Credit: Photo credit of UTSA Chris Combs, the Dee Howard Endowed Assistant Professor in UTSA's Department of Mechanical Engineering, is one of 40 young researchers who will receive a grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific…

Credit: Kimberly L. Oremus et al., Nature Sustainability. Feb. 24, 2020 Policymakers will need to step up to the challenges caused by significant shifts in fish species distributions caused by climate change. Tropical countries stand to…

Death in the 21st century: What is left behind Social media pages and accounts often turn into memorials when someone dies, giving people a chance to still feel connected to those they've lost. But after we're gone, who owns the information…

Bias in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning programs is well established. Researchers from North Carolina State University and Pennsylvania State University are now proposing that software developers incorporate the concept…

Credit: Photo by Mika Baumeister on Unsplash EAST LANSING, Mich. - Does the common stereotype for "organized crime" hold up for organizations of hackers? Research from Michigan State University is one of the first to identify common…

Even the smartest of smart cars have issuesCredit: Free via Px Here: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/655303 EAST LANSING, Mich. - The emergence of smart cars has opened the door to limitless possibilities for technology and innovation -…

A $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation will help Portland State provide better information to agencies that manage wildfires, water quality and biodiversity conservation. The grant will pay to conduct user needs…

A machine-learning algorithm can help select the best channel for communication over a wireless network of resource-constrained devicesCredit: Tokyo University of Science The wireless Internet of Things (IoT) is a network of devices in…

Credit: University of Illinois Department of Aerospace Engineering Many of today's scientific processes are simulated using computer-driven mathematical models. But for a model to accurately predict how air flow behaves at high…