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Pioneer of Google’s Data Centers Dies at 58

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Luiz André Barroso Data center pioneer Senior member, 59; died 16 September An engineer at Google for more than 20 years, Barroso is credited with designing the company’s warehouse-size data centers. as a researcher specializing in microprocessor design. He left Compaq in 2001 to join Google in Mountain View, Calif.,

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IEEE Honors Pioneering Engineers

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Kumar Texas A&M University College Station “For seminal contributions to the modeling, analysis, and design of wireless networks.” IEEE MILDRED DRESSELHAUS MEDAL Sponsor: Google ANANTHA CHANDRAKASAN MIT “For contributions to ultralow-power circuits and systems, and for leadership in academia and advancing diversity in the profession.”

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IEEE Honors Iconic Engineers

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CERF Google, LLC Reston, Va. MOURA Carnegie Mellon “For contributions to theory and practice of statistical, graph, and distributed signal processing.” IEEE MILDRED DRESSELHAUS MEDAL Sponsor: Google, LLC MELBA CRAWFORD Purdue University West Lafayette, Ind. Meet the recipients of the 2023 IEEE Medals and Recognitions.

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NHTSA begins preliminary evaluation of Tesla Model S Autopilot fatality

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ODI is opening the preliminary evaluation (PE16007) to examine the design and performance of any automated driving systems in use at the time of the crash. Over the 15-month reporting period a human driver was forced to take over a Google self-driving car 341 times, an average of 22.7 Tesla Motors. times a month.

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Four Benefits of EV Charging for Hospitality

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And while that statistic means that 26% of hotels are planning for guest needs, it also means that nearly 74% of hotels are not providing EV charging yet! NEVI, on the other hand, will provide four DC fast chargers to businesses located within 1 mile of a designated Alternative Fuel Corridor.

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First drive: US spec Audi A3 Sportback e-tron plug-in hybrid; 83-86 MPGe with 16-17 mile EV range

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(Audi execs insist that this is the first of many Audi e-tron models which will come to the US—among them being the future production version of the very compelling e-tron quattro ( earlier post ), which was designed with the US market in mind and with US participation, said Brabec.). The drive unit. Click to enlarge. Driver Assistance.

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Deep Learning’s Diminishing Returns

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Frank Rosenblatt at Cornell to design the first artificial neural network, which he presciently described as a "pattern-recognizing device." Deep learning is a modern incarnation of the long-running trend in artificial intelligence that has been moving from streamlined systems based on expert knowledge toward flexible statistical models.