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Car Crash Prevention System Wins Student $10,000 IEEE Scholarship

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Underride car crashes are among the most deadly accidents in Turkey, according to a report by the country's. zmit, Turkey, is set to study medicine this semester at. The award was presented during the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair. She began working on the project while she was a research intern at the.

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This 6-Million-Dollar AI Changes Accents as You Speak

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Stanford University prides itself on its international diversity, touting that today's undergraduates hail from 70 countries. Andres Perez Soderi, Sanas "When he got the job," Soderi said, "we told him that he'd be the best tech support person they'd ever had, he's the smartest guy we've met and always had a smile on his face."

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Taking the Measure of the Earthquake That Destroyed Tokyo

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At the 1895 International Geographical Congress, Rebeur-Paschwitz proposed setting up a worldwide network of seismological stations. That network registered the massive Kanto earthquake in 1923 and first alerted the international community of the need to send aid. References I began my research for this piece by reading J.

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A change in this world!

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I am a part of a robotics team who has become national champions and been invited to Istanbul, Turkey which, in part, has to do with our research project. We have been personally congratulated on our efforts of changing the future by our Governor Tim Pawlenty. Hello, I am an 8th grader who is trying to make a difference in the world.

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ExxonMobil: global GDP up ~140% by 2040, but energy demand ~35% due to efficiency; LDV energy demand to rise only slightly despite doubling parc

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The outlook is developed by examining energy supply and demand trends in 100 countries, 15 demand sectors covering all manner of personal and business needs and 20 different energy types. Its findings help guide the company’s investments, which support its business strategy. The OECD represents the developed economies. billion in 2040.

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Stories of the War in Ukraine: Volodymyr

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This personal account was written by Volodymyr Pyliavskyi , a senior researcher at the Odessa National Telecommunications Academy in Odessa, Ukraine. I was involved in work on national standardization and work with international organizations such as IEEE, IEC, EBU, ITU, OSA and others.

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This Computer Pioneer’s Invention Made Zoom Possible

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Many IEEE members credit a parent or a teacher for encouraging them to pursue an engineering career, but for Erol Gelenbe it was his next-door neighbor in his hometown of Ankara, Turkey. He also helped found the society’s International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems Conference.

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