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Rule Britannia: Can the UK Set Global AI Standards?

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Mitchell is director of policy at BCS , the Chartered Institute for IT in the United Kingdom, and the lead author of a new proposal to the UK's government for a National Artificial Intelligence Strategy. The United Kingdom could effectively lead the world for AI standards if its rules are strong and well-designed. (By

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Using Manga to Spark Interest in STEM

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Explaining how blockchain and aerodynamics work One of the winners was IEEE Member Carolyn Sher-DeCusatis , who teaches software engineering at Western Governors University , in Salt Lake City. The idea for Sher-DeCusatis’s second comic, she says, came from a personal experience she had while volunteering for IEEE.

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Survey Shows Overwhelming Interest in a Four-Day Workweek

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A work/life balance Amanda Barbosa is a robotics engineering student at Federal University of ABC, in Brazil. Barbosa is a robotics engineering student at Federal University of ABC , in Brazil, who is working full time in Santos for Leroy Merlin , a household goods company. It will minimize the time needed to be in-person at work.”

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12 Graphs That Explain the State of AI in 2022

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When it comes to cross-country collaborations on publications, China and the United States produce more than twice as many as the next pairing, China and the United Kingdom. Universities Are Crawling With CS Students. Instead, he tells IEEE Spectrum , "the past 10 years have been an upward trend."

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SpaceX and Dish’s Super-Shady War for the World

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Or—given the outsize personalities involved (including Elon Musk and Michael Dell) and the epic, five-year duration of the dispute to date—maybe more like a space opera. Meanwhile Starlink wants to open its satellite show in further-flung places, seeking to open gateways in the United Kingdom.

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Leading the Way for More LGBTQ Inclusivity in STEM

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She went on to form her own groups and lead diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts at the universities she worked for in London and Sydney. After graduating in 2005 from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi , with a doctorate in physics, Agrawal decided to move to the United Kingdom. “I

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Hyundai Offering Free Chargers to EV Buyers, Swelling Industry Incentives

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Additionally, the fear of running out of battery energy without access to a charger is perpetuated by the lack of a universal charging infrastructure. The scheme was to have the United Kingdom restrict citizens from purchasing new combustion vehicles by 2030. or from a free-trade agreement partner. “At

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