A novel computational approach sheds new light on the response of neurons in the brain of a songbird when it hears and interprets the meaning of another bird's call. Julie Elie and Frédéric Theunissen of University of California, ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Sep 26, 2019
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Search for "climate change" on YouTube and before long you'll likely find a video that denies it exists. In fact, when it comes to shaping the online conversation around climate change, a new study suggests that deniers and ...
Other
Aug 2, 2019
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Advances in the field of metrology have resulted in totally novel instruments the raw data of which needs to be presented in images comprehensible to human beings, which is why Torsten Enßlin's group at the Max Planck Institute ...
Software
Feb 28, 2019
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Recreating the human mind's ability to infer patterns and relationships from complex events could lead to a universal model of artificial intelligence.
Computer Sciences
Feb 20, 2019
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New SFI research challenges a popular conception of how machine learning algorithms "think" about certain tasks.
Computer Sciences
Jan 24, 2019
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Innuendo alone in news coverage can fuel belief in conspiracy theories, according to a new study.
Social Sciences
Oct 16, 2018
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Information processing requires a lot of energy. Energy-saving computer systems could make computing more efficient, but the efficiency of these systems can't be increased indefinitely, as ETH physicists show.
General Physics
Apr 11, 2018
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An international group of researchers, including UvA physicist Michael Walter, have devised new methods to create interesting input states for quantum computations and simulations. The new methods can be used to simulate ...
Quantum Physics
Jan 22, 2018
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A new "Interview on Computer Science". Serge Abiteboul and Christine Froidevaux interview Claude Berrou, computer engineer and electronics engineer, and a member of the French Academy of Sciences. Claude Berrou is a professor ...
Computer Sciences
Jul 4, 2017
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Writers and scientists throughout history have searched for an apt technological analogy for the human brain, often comparing it to a computer. For Pulkit Grover, Carnegie Mellon University assistant professor of electrical ...
Engineering
Feb 16, 2017
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