Companies often employ number-crunching data scientists to gather insights such as which customers want certain services or where to open new stores and stock products. Analyzing the data to answer one or two of those queries, ...
Computer Sciences
Dec 20, 2017
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A research team including a Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego climate scientist simulated in a computer model, for the first time, the realistic evolution of global mean surface ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 18, 2016
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With their special microscopes, experimental physicists can already observe single molecules. However, unlike conventional light microscopes, the raw image data from some ultra-high resolution instruments first have to be ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 24, 2016
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When Kalyan Veeramachaneni joined the Any Scale Learning For All (ALFA) group at MIT's CSAIL as a postdoc in 2010, he worked on large-scale machine-learning platforms that enable the construction of models from huge data ...
Computer Sciences
Feb 25, 2015
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(Phys.org) —A little-known secret in data mining is that simply feeding raw data into a data analysis algorithm is unlikely to produce meaningful results, say the authors of a new Cornell study.
Computer Sciences
Oct 3, 2014
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A team of University of Sydney astronomers has developed a new way to automatically classify huge numbers of astronomical objects, and to discover new, exotic ones almost as soon as they happen.
Astronomy
Apr 16, 2014
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Incorporating wind power into existing power grids is challenging because fluctuating wind speed and direction means turbines generate power inconsistently. Coupled with customers' varying power demand, many wind-farm managers ...
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 25, 2013
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The new reporter on the US media scene takes no coffee breaks, churns out articles at lightning speed, and has no pension plan.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jul 11, 2012
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First it was chess. Then it was Jeopardy. Now computers are at it again, but this time they are trying to automate the scientific process itself.
Computer Sciences
Oct 13, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- How much of the driving experience are you willing to give up to the computer in your car? Are you OK with cruise control? Anti-lock brakes? Skid control systems? How about taking your feet off of the pedals ...
