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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.” All six contributed to AI, computer science, or related fields in the decades following the Dartmouth workshop.

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Remembering Data Compression Pioneer K. R. Rao

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University of Texas at Arlington for more than 50 years. 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. is a professor of electrical engineering, also at the University of Belgrade. He was a member of the university’s.

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Inspire Kids to Study STEM with These Educational Resources

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To help increase the number of qualified professionals, IEEE has created the IEEE Pre-University Volunteer STEM Portal. Teacher workshops. STEM for Good articles and programs. It is crucial to teach preuniversity students about the potential of STEM careers through outreach programs. Girls in STEM. Industry and company tours.

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Building Better Qubits

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While growing up in Germany, Heike Riel helped her father design and build furniture in the family workshop. She joined IBM Research in Zurich in 1998 while pursuing her doctorate in physics in collaboration with the University of Bayreuth , also in Germany. After earning her Ph.D.

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Researchers Aim to Decarbonize Chemical Industry by Electrifying It

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This sponsored article is brought to you by NYU Tandon School of Engineering. One initiative is to establish an NSF Industry-University Cooperative Research Center (IUCRC) to develop an industry-driven research portfolio with the goal of catalyzing the decarbonization of the chemical sector. “We That’s what DC-MUSE is addressing.”

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IEEE Humanitarian Program Sees Record Growth

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At the STI Forum in May, HAC presented the Feet on the Ground: How to Connect with a Global Network of Local, Technically Trained Partners in the Time of COVID and Beyond workshop. IEEE student members from Moi University in Mombasa, Kenya, designed and deployed "smart kibandas"— open huts or cubicles used for informal business.

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Open Letter by Netherlands Scientists on IPCC and Errors in 2007 Climate Change Report

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These scientists are mainly from universities—including most of the Dutch universities—and research institutes such as in our country the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), the Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) and the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL).