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This Rice University Professor Developed Cancer-Detection Technology

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Richards-Kortum is a professor of bioengineering at Rice University , in Houston, and codirector of the Rice360 Institute for Global Health Technologies , which is developing affordable medical equipment for underresourced hospitals. in 1990, she joined the University of Texas at Austin as a professor of biomedical engineering.

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GM Ventures Takes $3.2M Stake in Battery Startup Sakti3

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Detroit News. ” Founded in 2007 and led by Dr. Ann Marie Sastry, Sakti3 is a spin-out of the University of Michigan. In 2009, the company was designated by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation as a Michigan Center of Energy Excellence in partnership with the University of Michigan and received a $3 million award.

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Tesla to offer Dojo neural network training as a service in the future: Elon Musk

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One of these was former ARK Invest analyst and now Amun Head of Tokens James Wang , who dubbed AI Day as “probably the greatest technology presentation since 2007.” Don’t hesitate to contact us with news tips. ” Wang also stated that the event was “an absolute masterclass on AI.”

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Inventor of the First AI System That Could Read Handwriting Dies at 72

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University at Buffalo. State University of New York as well as the University of Buffalo , where he founded its Center of Excellence for Document Analysis and Recognition. Because of his expertise, Srihari was asked in 2007 to serve on the U.S. Bangalore University in India. Sargur “Hari” Srihari.

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Paying Tribute to 1997 IEEE President Charles K. Alexander

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At the time of his death, he was a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Cleveland State University and served as dean of its engineering school. He was a former professor and dean at several schools including Temple University , California State University, Northridge , and Ohio University.

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Former Berkeley Dean of Engineering David A. Hodges Dies at 85

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Hodges Former dean of engineering Life Fellow, 85; died 13 November Hodges, who was dean of engineering at the University of California, Berkeley , conducted pioneering research in IC design and semiconductor manufacturing. He received a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering in 1973 from National Taiwan University in New Taipei.

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IEEE Power & Energy Society President Dies at 69

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He was an active member of the IEEE Magnetics Society and received its 2007 Johnson Storage Device Technology Award. in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California , in Los Angeles. Ferreira's first job, in 1981, was at the Institute of Power Electronics and Electric Drives at Aachen University , in Germany.

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