Category: mathematics
New quantum computing architecture could be used to connect large-scale devices
13 Jan, 2023Quantum computers hold the promise of performing certain tasks that are intractable even on the world’s most powerful supercomputers. In …
Alien Intelligence and the Concept of Technology
22 Jun, 2022“We’re going to launch lots of tiny spacecraft into interstellar space, have them discover alien intelligence, then bring back its …
AI Researchers Fight Noise by Turning to Biology
10 Dec, 2021Artificial intelligence sees things we don’t — often to its detriment. While machines have gotten incredibly good at recognizing images, …
How data could save Earth from climate change
23 Jul, 2021As monikers go, Subak may seem an odd choice for a new organisation that aims to accelerate hi-tech efforts to …
Computer vision algorithm removes the water from underwater images
26 Jan, 2020Underwater photography is hard to get right. Special filters, artificial lights, and top-of-the-line underwater cameras can help, but there’s still …
How astrology paved the way for predictive analytics
15 Jan, 2020If you type “Why are millennials” into Google, the top result completes the question with “obsessed with astrology”. Never mind …
Where AI and ethics meet
20 Nov, 2019Given a swell of dire warnings about the future of artificial intelligence over the last few years, the field of …
Machine learning finds new metamaterial designs for energy harvesting
28 Sep, 2019Electrical engineers at Duke University have harnessed the power of machine learning to design dielectric (non-metal) metamaterials that absorb and …
One chip to rule them all: It natively runs all types of AI software
5 Aug, 2019We tend to think of AI as a monolithic entity, but it’s actually developed along multiple branches. One of the …
The Graph: An open-source query protocol for blockchains, using GraphQL
14 Jun, 2019Anyone who’s ever tried to build distributed applications (dApps) on the (Ethereum) blockchain would concur: Although blockchains are conceptually quite …
Can AI become conscious? Bach, Escher and Gödel’s ‘strange loops’ may have the answer
15 Mar, 2019This year is the 40th anniversary of the publication of one of the cult books of my generation: Gödel Escher …
Machine-Learning Model Predicts Recovery Time from Sports-Related Concussions
13 Mar, 2019The prevalence of concussions in sports is well known. So, too, is the challenge clinicians and others face when they …
