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Lyft and nuTonomy form strategic R&D partnership to optimize passenger experience in self-driving cars

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By combining forces with Lyft in the US, we’ll be positioned to build the best passenger experience for self-driving cars. Flynn Marine Park and the adjacent Seaport and Fort Point neighborhoods. The tests are being conducted in Boston’s Raymond L. Earlier post.). Founded by Drs.

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Former CEO of American Electric Power Dies at 94

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He earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, now Virginia Tech, and received a master's degree in industrial management as a Sloan Fellow at MIT. While there, he suggested the company build more accurate calibration systems. He also was a member of the IEEE–Eta Kappa Nu honor society.

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Former Berkeley Dean of Engineering David A. Hodges Dies at 85

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In the six years he worked in the position, he established a team to better manage external relations and completed fundraising for the engineering department’s Soda Hall , a classroom building. He earned a master’s degree in aeronautics and astronautics in 1977 from MIT and a Ph.D. He retired as professor emeritus in 1998.

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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

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the session counted among its panelists: Professor John Heywood, Sun Jae Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Sloan Auto Laboratory at MIT. It is partly due to building a city where for certain trips public transport is a much more viable alternative. ”. Organized by Shane Chang at Honda Research Institute USA Inc.,

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Why AI Should Move Slow and Fix Things

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Joy Buolamwini ‘s AI research was attracting attention years before she received her PhD from the MIT Media Lab in 2022. As a graduate student, she made waves with a 2016 TED talk about algorithmic bias that has received more than 1.6 million views to date. What’s next for the Algorithmic Justice League?