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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. in computer engineering in 1996 from the University of Southern California. He then moved to Los Angeles, where he earned a Ph.D.

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The Engineer Behind Samsung’s Speech Recognition Software

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Every time you use your voice to generate a message on a Samsung Galaxy mobile phone or activate a Google Home device, you’re using tools Chanwoo Kim helped develop. He recently left Samsung to continue his work in the field at Korea University , in Seoul, leading the school’s speech and language processing laboratory.

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OSU study finds varied impact of pandemic on public transit use across US

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A study by researchers at The Ohio State University suggests that the COVID-19 pandemic had varying effects on demand for public transit in US cities. —Liu et al. Fitted curve and key parameters for an example public transit agency (Capital Metro in Austin, Texas).

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IEEE Honors Pioneering Engineers

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MADNI University of California, Los Angeles “For pioneering contributions to the development and commercialization of innovative sensing and systems technologies, and for distinguished research leadership.” Kumar Texas A&M University College Station “For seminal contributions to the modeling, analysis, and design of wireless networks.”

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IEEE Honors Iconic Engineers

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CERF Google, LLC Reston, Va. ALLEN MEDAL Sponsor: IBM LYDIA KAVRAKI Rice University Houston “For foundational probabilistic algorithms and randomized search methods that have broad impact in robotic motion planning and computational biology.” IEEE MEDAL OF HONOR Sponsor: IEEE Foundation VINTON G. IEEE FRANCES E.

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NHTSA begins preliminary evaluation of Tesla Model S Autopilot fatality

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Nonetheless, when used in conjunction with driver oversight, the data is unequivocal that Autopilot reduces driver workload and results in a statistically significant improvement in safety when compared to purely manual driving. Autopilot is getting better all the time, but it is not perfect and still requires the driver to remain alert.

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Deep Learning’s Diminishing Returns

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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. For example, rule-based approaches to translating languages such as Urdu, Arabic, and Malay outperformed statistical ones—at first.