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BMW Connected North America makes its world debut at Microsoft Build 2016; powered by Azure

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BMW Connected, a new personal mobility companion, made its world debut at Microsoft Build 2016, Microsoft’s developer conference, last week. The first version—called BMW Connected North America—is now available at the Apple App Store to BMW ConnectedDrive customers in the US for iOS devices.

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The Engineer Behind Samsung’s Speech Recognition Software

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The most rewarding part of my career is helping to develop technologies that my friends and family members use and enjoy,” Kim says. His contributions enabled the company to release its first Google Home product, a smart speaker, in 2016. The model was commercialized in 2019 and is now part of Samsung’s Galaxy phone.

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Toyota Research Institute-Advanced Development, NVIDIA partner to accelerate use of autonomous vehicles and AI technologies

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As part of the collaboration, TRI-AD and TRI are utilizing the NVIDIA DRIVE Constellation platform—introduced at GTC (NVIDIA’s GPU Technology Conference) last year—for components of their simulation workflow. DRIVE Constellation is a data center solution, comprising two side-by-side servers.

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Global Bioenergies, IBN-One and Lantmännen Aspen partner on renewable isooctane for specialty fuel applications

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Aspen is part of the Swedish Lantmännen group, an agricultural cooperative and Northern Europe’s leader in agriculture, machinery, bioenergy and food products with annual revenues of €3.4 billion (US$3.8 billion). Renewable isooctane is a highly valued gasoline hydrocarbon suitable in several of Lantmännen Aspen specialty fuel ranges.

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Baidu opening up its autonomous driving platform; leveraging AI capabilities

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Based in Beijing and in Silicon Valley, Baidu’s Autonomous Driving Unit (ADU) is part of Baidu’s Intelligent Driving Group (IDG) headed by Dr. Qi Lu, Baidu’s COO and Group President, as the general manager. Baidu received an Autonomous Vehicle Testing Permit for California in September 2016.

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Air Canada to operate biofuel flights in support of environmental research on contrails and emissions

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A reduction in the thickness and coverage of contrails produced by the jet engines of aircraft could reduce aviation’s impact on the environment, an important beneficial effect of sustainable biofuel usage in aviation. In 2016 Air Canada continued taking delivery of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

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New Award Recognizes IEEE Society’s Work in DEI

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IEEE IMS has increased its number of women leaders, conference speakers, and editors of its publications. The society also has expanded its chapters to other parts of the world. The IEEE Life Fellow was elected the 2016–2017 society president and 2021 Division II director.

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