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Pioneer of Google’s Data Centers Dies at 58

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Luiz André Barroso Data center pioneer Senior member, 59; died 16 September An engineer at Google for more than 20 years, Barroso is credited with designing the company’s warehouse-size data centers. He left Compaq in 2001 to join Google in Mountain View, Calif., as a software engineer.

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The Engineer Behind Samsung’s Speech Recognition Software

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Every time you use your voice to generate a message on a Samsung Galaxy mobile phone or activate a Google Home device, you’re using tools Chanwoo Kim helped develop. Friends of his who were working on such projects at Google in Mountain View, Calif., Kim saw a role for his expertise in the endeavor—he has a Ph.D.

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Fraunhofer Car2X patent index shows surge in US automaker and IT company activity; Germany loses its leading position

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Fraunhofer IAO’s recently developed Car2X patent index shows that while the German automotive industry currently has the largest patent portfolio in the Car2X field, it has slowed down in the face of international competition over the past two years. Smaller, IT-based enterprises are making a mark in the Car2X patent field.

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IEEE Honors Iconic Engineers

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CERF Google, LLC Reston, Va. MOURA Carnegie Mellon “For contributions to theory and practice of statistical, graph, and distributed signal processing.” IEEE MILDRED DRESSELHAUS MEDAL Sponsor: Google, LLC MELBA CRAWFORD Purdue University West Lafayette, Ind. Meet the recipients of the 2023 IEEE Medals and Recognitions.

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IEEE Honors Pioneering Engineers

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IEEE MILDRED DRESSELHAUS MEDAL Sponsor: Google ANANTHA CHANDRAKASAN MIT “For contributions to ultralow-power circuits and systems, and for leadership in academia and advancing diversity in the profession.” Kumar Texas A&M University College Station “For seminal contributions to the modeling, analysis, and design of wireless networks.”

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Four Benefits of EV Charging for Hospitality

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And while that statistic means that 26% of hotels are planning for guest needs, it also means that nearly 74% of hotels are not providing EV charging yet! EV charging helps you become a sustainable leader The Green Lodging Trends report shows that sustainability plays a key role in the hospitality industry.

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Deep Learning’s Diminishing Returns

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Deep learning is a modern incarnation of the long-running trend in artificial intelligence that has been moving from streamlined systems based on expert knowledge toward flexible statistical models. For example, rule-based approaches to translating languages such as Urdu, Arabic, and Malay outperformed statistical ones—at first.