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Remembering Data Compression Pioneer K. R. Rao

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Kunsan National University , in Korea; Miicevic is an assistant professor of telecommunications and IT at the University of Belgrade , in Serbia; and Bojkovi? He then moved to the United States and earned two master’s degrees from the University of Florida , in Gainesville: one in EE in 1959 and the other in nuclear engineering in 1960.

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UN: world population is expected to reach 9.7 billion in 2050 and could peak at nearly 11 billion around 2100

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The world’s population is expected to increase by 2 billion persons in the next 30 years, from 7.7 billion in 2050, according to a new United Nations report. By 2050, one in four persons living in Europe and Northern America could be aged 65 or over. billion currently to 9.7 In Japan this ratio is 1.8, the lowest in the world.

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Ipsos study finds US among most skeptical of Autonomous Vehicles

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Nearly six in 10 people consider themselves “car people,” and 81% feel that the car they drive reflects their personality, a least to some degree. Ipsos suggested that perhaps the reluctance of Americans to embrace this emerging technology has to do with its strong identity as a car-culture.