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Georgia Tech named winner of DOE/GM/Mathworks EcoCAR Mobility Challenge

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The Ohio State University finished in second place and University of Alabama came in third. The teams applied advanced propulsion systems, electrification, SAE Level 2 automation, and vehicle connectivity to improve the energy efficiency of a 2019 Chevrolet Blazer.

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Volkswagen Group PhD Event; e-mobility, connectivity and new mobility concepts

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At the Volkswagen Group’s PhD Event 2016, some 600 specialist visitors informed themselves about current research work. The project is focused on topics such as e-mobility, connectivity and new mobility concepts. Via the PhD student forum, we doctoral students are building a Group-wide network in almost all departments.

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A New Olympics Event: Algorithmic Video Surveillance

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This summer, at the Paris Olympic Games, security officials will perform a much bigger experiment in the heart of the City of Light, covering the events, the entire Olympic village, and the connecting roads and rails. This article is part of our special report Top Tech 2024.

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Brain-Inspired Computer Approaches Brain-Like Size

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Hector Gonzalez, SpiNNcloud Systems SpiNNcloud Systems was founded in 2021 as a spinoff of the Dresden University of Technology. To build hardware that is energy proportional—each piece only draws power when it’s actively in use—and highly parallel, the company started with the building blocks.

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Toyota’s Collaborative Safety Research Center launches 5-year, $35M program on autonomous and connected vehicle technologies

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The new research effort, named CSRC Next, will focus on the challenges and opportunities of autonomous and connected vehicle technologies over the next decade. CSRC is working with the Toyota Research Institute (TRI) and Toyota Connected (TC). One of the key beneficiaries of CSRC research has been emergency medicine.

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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 says the experience taught her that “precision and creativity are necessary to build something excellent.” When I go back to my hometown, many of our clients still have the furniture that I helped build for them.”

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Yu Yuan on Building A Persistent Virtual World

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As part of the IEEE’s Industry Connections Program , it will bring together experts from both industry and academia to help map out the innovations that will be needed to make the metaverse a reality. There are different kinds of VR experiences, but many of them are one-time events. But users in the metaverse can leave traces.