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Pioneer of Google’s Data Centers Dies at 58

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While there, he investigated how to build hardware to run more modern business applications and Web services. In 2004 Barroso was tasked with investigating ways to build more efficient data centers. For his discoveries, Rao received the 2023 International Prize in Statistics. In 1995 he joined the Digital Equipment Corp.

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Study using extreme value theory finds lack of uniform trends but increasing spatial variability in rainfall extremes in India

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Extreme value theory , used in science, engineering, insurance and risk management, provides a theoretical foundation for building statistical models describing extreme events. The research team noted that statistical observations offer complementary insights compared to the current generation of physics-based computational models.

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Update: SAE J2954 wireless charging validation to 11kW, Recommended Practice to enable autonomous vehicle parking and charging in 2017

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As a concept, payment could be also automated through the same communications hub with no interaction required from the customer except pre-authorizing the payment. The goal is to provide one minimum methodology to the vehicle and ground assembly in order to be able to charge with high efficiency all SAE J2954 stations.

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Fujitsu and RESC collaborate on infrastructure to support electric scooters; consolidated cloud-based management of battery information

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This will make it possible to monitor travel-related information, such as road traffic and vehicle statistics. For Fujitsu, this collaboration is an opportunity to build the kind of battery-management platform that will be a necessary part of a society that embraces electric vehicles.

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If 6G Becomes Just 5G+, We’ll Have Made a Big Mistake

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Open RAN might make it more feasible to mix and match radio components from different vendors, allowing network operators to build highly specialized custom wireless networks. First, we want to research how better to discover higher-order concepts—or semantic representations—of data.

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Deep Learning Can’t be Trusted Brain Modelling Pioneer Says

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Grossberg—an endowed professor of cognitive and neural systems, and of mathematics and statistics, psychological and brain sciences, and biomedical engineering at Boston University —based ART on his theories about how the brain processes information. He calls his model Adaptive Resonance Theory (ART).

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Do We Dare Use Generative AI for Mental Health?

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Woebot relies on a rules-based engine that resembles a decision tree of possible conversational paths; ChatGPT uses statistics to determine what its next words should be, given what has come before. Woebot deploys concepts from cognitive behavioral therapy to help users change their thought patterns. Our Build study included U.S.