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Clever Compression of Some Neural Nets Improves Performance

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So, this is not too obvious,” says Cheng-I Jeff Lai , a doctoral student at MIT and the lead author of the new work. The group’s research, Lai says, is part of an ongoing collaboration on low-resource language learning between MIT CSAIL and MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab. These results surprised them. “So, OMP created no such boost.

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Researchers provide evidence for spillover effect in activated carbon systems for hydrogen storage

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An MIT-led team of researchers from Taiwan and the US have successfully analyzed the performance of a class of materials considered a promising candidate for hydrogen storage: activated carbon that incorporates a platinum catalyst, allowing the hydrogen atoms can bond directly to the surface of carbon particles and then be released when needed.

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Building Better Batteries: NanoeXa Uses Quantum Simulation Software to Deliver Advanced Lithium-Ion Battery Materials

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The company can reference design large-capacity battery cells in Japan, and produce commercial volume materials from its facility in Taiwan. One of the exhibits at the ARPA-E summit presented The Materials Genome from the Ceder Group at MIT.

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

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He received a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering in 1973 from National Taiwan University in New Taipei. He earned a master’s degree in aeronautics and astronautics in 1977 from MIT and a Ph.D. He was an active member of UConn’s Chinese bible study group for more than 40 years. in applied mathematics in 1980 from Harvard.

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IEEE Celebrates Engineering Brilliance

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CHAN MIT “For pioneering technical contributions and leadership in the fields of space and terrestrial optical communications and networks.” MING-KAI TSAI MediaTek Hsinchu, Taiwan “For vision and leadership in the global semiconductor industry, democratizing technology access for billions of people.” VINCENT W.S. IEEE ROBERT N.

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