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DOE awarding $22 million for algal fuel and biomass feedstock supply chain projects

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US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz announced more than $22 million in new investments to help develop cost-competitive algae fuels and streamline the biomass feedstock supply chain for advanced biofuels. Moniz was speaking at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Biomass 2013 conference. California Polytechnic State University ($1.5

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Turing Award Winner On His Pioneering Algorithms

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After he graduated high school, there was only one university he wanted to attend: Chicago State. About Jack Dongarra Employer: University of Tennessee, Knoxville Title: Professor emeritus, computer science Member grade: Life Fellow Alma mater: Chicago State University. The university recently named him professor emeritus.

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The Meeting of the Minds That Launched AI

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Milner was working on neuropsychology at McGill University , in Montreal, although he had trained as an electrical engineer. In 2006 Dartmouth convened a conference, AI@50 , to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the AI gathering and to discuss AI’s present and future. Grace Solomonoff So the unknown person must be Milner!

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

He has a 34-year career as a journalist, advertiser, marketer, publicist, event planner, teacher, and fundraiser for-profit and not-for-profit organizations including Motorola, Business Marketing Association, and Michigan State University. He has served on boards, consulted with associations, and written business plans.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

He has a 34-year career as a journalist, advertiser, marketer, publicist, event planner, teacher, and fundraiser for-profit and not-for-profit organizations including Motorola, Business Marketing Association, and Michigan State University. He has served on boards, consulted with associations, and written business plans.

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This Lockheed Martin Researcher’s Work on UAVs Saves Lives

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While attending the Federal University of Technology in Owerri, Nigeria, he interned at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp., While attending the Federal University of Technology in Owerri, Nigeria, he interned at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp., They didn’t remain mysterious for long. And everything changed.

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Industry Out of Phase With Supercomputers

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Cray is building another exascale computer that will be deployed at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. But those easy days are over, says Kathy Yelick of the University of California at Berkeley. Custom-built by Cray, it can, in theory, perform 2 exaflops.