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A Novel IEEE Workshop Showcases Jamaica’s Engineering Community

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The section held a first-of-its-kind workshop in January at the University of Technology in Kingston. Students and members met with IEEE leaders, government officials, university professors, and industry executives. Students from several local schools and universities participated in the event.

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Honda begins joint research with Boston University in information security for AI; secure MPC

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Honda Research Institute (HRI), a Honda R&D subsidiary, and Boston University have agreed to begin joint research in the area of data security and privacy for artificial intelligence (AI) research. In order to enable AI to cooperate with people, personal information about the users must be collected and analyzed. Honda noted.

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Inspire Kids to Study STEM with These Educational Resources

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Bureau of Labor Statistics , STEM careers were expected to grow by nearly 9 percent between 2017 and 2029. To help increase the number of qualified professionals, IEEE has created the IEEE Pre-University Volunteer STEM Portal. Share personal stories with students to ignite their interest. Teacher workshops. Girls in STEM.

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Leading the Way for More LGBTQ Inclusivity in STEM

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She went on to form her own groups and lead diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts at the universities she worked for in London and Sydney. She joined City, University of London , as a research fellow working on computational photonics. Agrawal found solace in advocacy and support organizations in London after moving there in 2005.

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NSF leads $400M federal effort to boost advanced wireless research

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Among the factors driving the need for improved wireless technologies are the prospects of vehicle-to-vehicle communications to support self-driving cars and increase highway safety; remote surgery and telemedicine to improve patient care; and immersive video and virtual reality content to enhance personal experiences and productivity.

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California Air Resources Board breaks ground for new $419M lab, headquarters in Riverside; $154M from VW settlement

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CARB chose the site near the University of California, Riverside, in March 2016 and completed environmental studies in June 2017. In addition, there will be a formal reception area, media center, and a 250-person auditorium with an adjacent conference room for overflow for Board meetings, workshops or other events.

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The Turbulent Past and Uncertain Future of Artificial Intelligence

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John McCarthy , then a young professor at Dartmouth, had coined the term "artificial intelligence" when he wrote his proposal for the workshop, which he said would explore the hypothesis that "every aspect of learning or any other feature of intelligence can in principle be so precisely described that a machine can be made to simulate it.".

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