Software Engineering

There is nothing quite like a quarantine to make one itch to do something useful. Three PhD students from the Department of Mathematical Sciences have done just that. The trio of statisticians have repurposed their tedium and isolation…

Credit: © Nam Cao Pollen: essential for the pollination of many plants, but the bane of allergy sufferers. Pollen warning services provide information about daily exposure and allergy risk and are an important source of…

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…

David Silver recognized for breakthrough advances in computer game-playingCredit: Association for Computing Machinery ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, today announced that David Silver is the recipient of the 2019 ACM…

Study indicates a large number of apps may be vulnerable to hacking COLUMBUS, Ohio - A team of cybersecurity researchers has discovered that a large number of cell phone applications contain hardcoded secrets allowing others to access…

Customers and partners including Volkswagen, DENSO, KYOCERA, Jülich Supercomputing Centre, Menten AI, and others join to offer hybrid quantum expertise to those responding to pandemic D-Wave Systems Inc., the leader in quantum computing…

Sorting through millions of possibilities, a search for battery materials delivered results in five weeks instead of 50 years. When searching through theoretical lists of possible new materials for particular applications, such as…

Study knocks down some theories for the origin of a mysterious light signature that has puzzled physicists for yearsCredit: Zosia Rostomian and Nicholas Rodd/Berkeley Lab; and Christopher Dessert and Benjamin Safdi/University of Michigan …

Artificial intelligence will be increasingly used on labels on food and other products in the future to make them interactive, and regulations should be reformed now so they take account of new innovations, a study warns. Thanks to the…

First issue looks at incident response and security teamsCredit: Association for Computing Machinery ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, today announced the launch of Digital Threats: Research and Practice (DTRAP), a new…

Using a photorealistic simulation engine, vehicles learn to drive in the real world and recover from near-crash scenarios A simulation system invented at MIT to train driverless cars creates a photorealistic world with infinite steering…

Credit: Randy Montoya, Sandia National Laboratories ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- To deter attempts to disable U.S. electrical utilities and to defend U.S. nuclear weapon systems from evolving technological threats, Sandia National Laboratories has…

Credit: Purdue University/Y. Charlie Hu WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Virtual reality headsets and application programs for VR are not gaining traction with users because of a chicken-and-egg dilemma, lack of VR content and slow market…

Credit: IMDEA Networks Institute Julien Gamba, predoctoral researcher at IMDEA Networks Institute, has been awarded with one of the 2020 NortonLifeLock Research Group Graduate Fellowship. This is one of the most selective world…

Researchers are aiming to set up an open drone database to help design radar systems and drone detection techniquesCredit: Image: Vasilii Semkin Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), commonly known as drones, are widely used in mapping, aerial…

Hanrahan and Catmull's innovations paved the way for today's 3-D animated filmsCredit: Catmull photo credit: Deborah Coleman/Pixar Hanrahan photo credit: Andrew Brodhead/Stanford University ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery,…

One of the key features of this technology is that the wire is used instead of powder for metal parts 3D printing.Credit: Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University Engineers of Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic…

Research team uses nearby wall reflections to improve devices like Amazon's AlexaCredit: Romit Roy Chowdhury Smart speakers - think, an Amazon Alexa or a Google Home - offer a wide variety of capabilities to help free up both our time and…

Credit: KU Leuven Computer scientists at KU Leuven have once again exposed a security flaw in Intel processors. Jo Van Bulck, Frank Piessens, and their colleagues in Austria, the United States, and Australia gave the manufacturer one…

Virtual/augmented reality devices can simulate some of the key difficulties experienced due to glaucoma, suggests new study from City, University of London.Credit: Dr Peter Jones, City, University of London Published today, during World…