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Prominent Universities Sign Open Access Agreements with IEEE

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The University of California and the Conference of Italian University Rectors (a consortium of state and non-state universities known as the CRUI) each recently signed what’s known as a read-and-publish agreement with IEEE. In such arrangements, the APCs are paid for by the organizations where the researchers work or study.

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Get to Know the IEEE Board of Directors

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As a full professor and deputy president of the School of engineering at the University of Bologna in Italy, Metra specializes in design for test and reliability of integrated circuits and systems. Currently, he reviews technical documents for conferences, prizes, and international publications.

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This Engineer’s Job Is to Keep Arkansas Nuclear One Safe

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She was inspired by her parents, who worked in biology, and by her reading of physics journals and engineering and science magazines. student at the University of Arkansas in Little Rock, when she interned at Arkansas Nuclear One. Ansari entered the field of power engineering during her final semester as a Ph.D.

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Debunking the Lithium "Mining" FUD

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In this article, we will document some important facts that debunk this narrative with facts and sources. Social Media Lithium FUD When it comes to Lithium Mining, The FUD - Fear Uncertainty and Doubt propagated by Random Youtubers, WhatsApp university and Oil funded media is so easy to debunk, it’s not even funny.

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When They Electrified Christmas

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advertised "Winking Fairy Lights for Christmas Trees" in Hardware Dealers' Magazine. in archaeology from Columbia University in 1952 with a dissertation focusing on Marajó Island, Brazil. The GE lights were still out of reach for the average consumer, but prices quickly dropped as competitors entered the market. of Chicago.

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Speech Processing Pioneer Sadaoki Furui Dies at 77

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He earned bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in mathematical engineering and instrumentation physics from the University of Tokyo in 1968, 1970, and 1978, respectively. Department of Defense that leverages the research and expertise of faculty, staff, and student researchers from more than 20 collaborating universities.

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Inventing Postscript, the Tech That Took the Pain out of Printing

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from the University of Utah , joined the center in 1978, he immediately began work on a new printer protocol. from the University of Utah , joined the center in 1978, he immediately began work on a new printer protocol. And the ubiquitous Portable Document Format (PDF) is based on PostScript. had taught him where to start.

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