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AI Is Helping to Stop Animal Poaching and Food Insecurity

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For Fang’s work in the field, she was named one of IEEE Intelligent Systems magazine ’s “ AI’s 10 to Watch in 2020.”. She graduated in 2011 with a bachelor’s degree, then went to the United States to pursue a doctorate at the University of Southern California , in Los Angeles.

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CAR report quantifies automotive’s position as a leading high-tech industry

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Source: Booz & Company “Global Innovation”; Battelle R&D Magazine; Center for Automotive Research 2012. Source: Wards 2011; IRI 2013a; and Center for Automotive Research 2013. In raw numbers of electrical, industrial, and mechanical engineers, Michigan ranks second only to California. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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PHEVLERs are the Zero CO2 Clean Green Machines of the Future

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Frank (email: afrank@efficientdrivetrains.com) Dr. Frank is Professor Emeritus, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at the University of California, Davis, where he established the Institute for Transportation Studies (ITS-Davis), and was director of the US Department of Energy’s National Center of Hybrid Excellence at UC Davis.

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Learn How the President-Elect Candidates Plan to Improve IEEE

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IEEE Electrification Magazine and the IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy. IEEE Millennium Medal for outstanding achievements and contributions to IEEE, the 2011 IEEE-USA Professional Achievement Award , the 2012 IEEE PES Meritorious Service Award , and the 2013 IEEE PES Outstanding Power Engineering Educator Award. Fellow S.K.

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When Will EVs Hit Primetime?

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Bob Lutz, the outgoing vice chairman of GM, has said the company will produce about 8,000 Chevy Volts in 2011. Total cars initially available: 4,700. Other automakers are also proceeding cautiously. BMW’s Mini is rolling out its electric car in three phases. “That’s going to be tough.&#.

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Ford showcasing vehicle-to-vehicle communication for crash avoidance; potential for leveraging WiFi and smartphones to extend quickly the number of participating vehicles

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It also is standard on 2011-12 S60 sedans and 2012 model S80 sedans and XC70 wagons. In its 2011 report, AASHTO notes that USDOT’s original VII (Vehicle-Infrastructure Integration) approach assumed that DSRC would be required for all V2V and V2I communications.

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Speech Processing Pioneer Sadaoki Furui Dies at 77

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He was named director of the university’s library in 2009 and became director of the Contents Utilization Center in 2011, when he was named professor emeritus. from the University of California, Los Angeles , in 1961 and 1964—all in mathematics. He then was named chair of its board of trustees and held that position for three years.