Featured·January 22, 2015·4 min readOptimizing Optimization AlgorithmsNew analysis shows how to generate the best results when approximating solutions to complex engineering problems.Read More
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Featured·June 9, 2014·3 min readTuring Test Success Marks Milestone in Computing HistoryFor the first time in its 65 year history, a supercomputer nicknamed Eugene Goostman, past the Turing Test.Read More
Featured·February 14, 2014·2 min readWill Virtual Brain Replace Lab Rats?Researchers develop a simulated brain which they hope can be used to test new treatments for neurodegenerative diseases.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience Videos·February 13, 2014·5 min readHerding RobotsResearchers develop a new system which allows fleets of robots to collaborate in new and unprecedented ways.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·February 7, 2014·5 min readComputer Models Help Decode Cells That Sense Light Without SeeingUsing computer models, researchers discover melanopsin pigment in the eye is more sensitive to light than rhodopsin pigment.Read More
Featured·November 22, 2013·3 min readChaotic Physics in Ferroelectrics Hints at Brain-Like ComputingUnexpected behavior in ferroelectric materials explored by researchers supports a new approach to information storage and processing known as memcomputing.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·November 22, 2013·3 min readCarnegie Mellon Computer Searches Web 24/7 To Analyze Images and Teach Itself Common SenseThe Never Ending Image Learner (NEIL) computer program is able to label images and learn associations with little human intervention.Read More
Featured·November 1, 2013·5 min readSynaptic Transistor Learns While it ComputesA new brain inspired device, which learns while it computes, could take parallel computing into a new era of ultra efficient high performance.Read More
Featured·October 25, 2013·5 min readNRI Grant Will Provide Surgical Robots With a New Level of Machine IntelligenceThe NRI is providing researchers with a $3.6 million grant to help develop a new kind of machine intelligence for surgical robotics.Read More
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