'No evidence' of Huawei spying, says German IT watchdog
Fri, Dec 14, 2018 - 7:36 pmGermany's IT watchdog has expressed scepticism about calls for a boycott of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei, saying it has seen no evidence the firm could use its equipment to spy for Beijing, news weekly Spiegel reported Friday.
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How Amazon delivers holiday gifts from the buy button to your door: Go inside a fulfillment center
Fri, Dec 14, 2018 - 3:10 pmA couple of weeks before Christmas, the inside of an Amazon Robotics fulfillment center near Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport looks more industrial than anything having to do with holiday shopping.
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Predicting the accuracy of a neural network prior to training
Fri, Dec 14, 2018 - 3:06 pmConstructing a neural network model for each new dataset is the ultimate nightmare for every data scientist. What if you could forecast the accuracy of the neural network earlier thanks to accumulated experience and approximation? This was the goal of a recent project at IBM Research and the result is TAPAS or Train-less Accuracy Predictor for Architecture Search (click for demo). Its trick is that it can estimate, in fractions of a second, classification performance for unseen input datasets, without training for both image and text classification.
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Soybean oil driving technology to improve roadways
Fri, Dec 14, 2018 - 2:30 pmHoliday drivers who find that roadwork is driving them crazy may find in future years that a Purdue University-affiliated startup can seal the deal for a merrier journey.
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Are computer-aided decisions actually fair?
Fri, Dec 14, 2018 - 2:10 pmAlgorithmic fairness is increasingly important because as more decisions of greater importance are made by computer programs, the potential for harm grows. Today, algorithms are already widely used to determine credit scores, which can mean the difference between owning a home and renting one. And they are used in predictive policing, which suggests a likelihood that a crime will be committed, and in scoring how likely a criminal will commit another crime in the future, which influences the severity of sentencing.
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Applying emerging technology to solve environmental challenges
Fri, Dec 14, 2018 - 1:51 pmTechnology and environmental sustainability leaders must work together on collaborative solutions to unlock the power of emerging technology to address the challenges of environmental sustainability, including those related to climate change and responsible water management.
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