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The Meeting of the Minds That Launched AI

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When the photo was reprinted in Eliza Strickland’s October 2021 article “The Turbulent Past and Uncertain Future of Artificial Intelligence,” in IEEE Spectrum , the caption identified six people, plus one “unknown.” So who was this unknown person? The Minsky Family Between Solomonoff and Shannon is the unknown person.

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IEEE’s Microwave Society Gets a New Name

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The word microwave was rarely seen in print until the late 1940s and early 1950s, when several technical societies including the American Institute of Electrical Engineers and the Institute of Radio Engineers —IEEE’s predecessor societies—began publishing articles on the technology. The society held its first symposium in 1952.

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Remembering Data Compression Pioneer K. R. Rao

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This tribute is an excerpted version of an article dedicated to his memory written by three of his colleagues: IEEE Member Jae Jeong Hwang, Zoran M. They presented their results in the article “ Discrete Cosine Transform ,” published in the January 1974 IEEE Transactions on Computers. Milicevic, and IEEE Life Senior Member Zoran S.

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Tata Motors launches ‘Customer Care Mahotsav’ for CV customers – ET Auto

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“Spanning the entirety of our nation, this Mahotsav will be celebrated at all commercial vehicle workshops, and cover every product line – Trucks, buses & vans, and small trucks. Our commitment is to make this Mahotsav truly advantageous and value adding for our customers.

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Inspire Kids to Study STEM with These Educational Resources

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Share personal stories with students to ignite their interest. Teacher workshops. STEM for Good articles and programs. Learn about events that teach students how to conduct research, conceptualize a design, and build and test their devices. Girls in STEM. Industry and company tours. The portal offers some helpful tools.

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Big Data Could Accelerate Drug Approvals

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The technology could have been used during COVID-19 shutdowns, when auditors were unable to make in-person visits to clinical-trial locations, Ménard says. The group, which goes by the moniker IMPALA, conducted several use-case studies and published its findings in a 2021 journal article that Ménard coauthored.

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TWAICE battery analytics platform promises enormously valuable insights at every point in a battery’s lifecycle

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Michael Baumann: I’ve always been a very technology-passionate and technology-driven person, and I wanted to make an impact with technology for the planet and for our society. This article appeared in Issue 61: Jul-Sept 2022 – Subscribe now. Charged : Tell us about the origins of the company.

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