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TU Wien researchers develop neural hardware for image recognition in nanoseconds

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MARCH 13, 2020

Researchers at TU Wien (Vienna) have developed an ultra-fast image sensor with a built-in neural network; the sensor can be trained to recognize certain objects. This makes object recognition many orders of magnitude faster. From fracture mechanics to particle detection—in many research areas, short events are investigated.

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The Engineer Behind Samsung’s Speech Recognition Software

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MARCH 3, 2024

The former executive vice president of Samsung Research’s Global AI Centers specializes in end-to-end speech recognition, end-to-end text-to-speech tools, and language modeling. I’m excited to have my own lab at the school and to guide students in research,” he says. encouraged him to apply for a software engineering job there.

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RecycLiCo and Nanoramic Laboratories partner for lithium-ion battery recycling

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AUGUST 6, 2023

The collaboration aims to attain mutual recognition of the future integration of Nanoramic and RecycLiCo technologies in commercial operations. Nanoramic Laboratories was spun out of MIT in 2009; Nanoramic’s licensing business model is backed by 14 years of research with more than 200 patents granted and pending.

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Toshiba’s Visconti 4 image recognition processor selected by leading Chinese manufacturer for ADAS

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AUGUST 12, 2020

(APG), one of China’s leading manufacturers of vehicle braking systems, will deploy the Visconti 4 image-recognition processor in its next-generation advanced driver assistance system (ADAS). The China-New Car Assessment Program, safety testing operated by the government’s China Automotive Technology and Research Center Co.,

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USDA Ag Innovation Agenda targets biofuel blend rates of 15% in 2030, 30% in 2050

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FEBRUARY 21, 2020

US Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the Agriculture Innovation Agenda, a department-wide initiative to align resources, programs, and research to position American agriculture to better meet future global demands.

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ORNL researchers use blockchain to increase electric grid resiliency; Grid Guard

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NOVEMBER 23, 2022

This allows rapid recognition of when and how settings were changed, whether those changes were authorized, and what caused them. Researchers demonstrated the framework in a test bed within DOE’s Grid Research and Integration Deployment Center, or GRID-C, at ORNL. Grid Guard attestation framework and Anomaly Detection Module.

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DOE awards $100M for Energy Frontier Research Centers

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JULY 6, 2020

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding $100 million in funding for 10 Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) to accelerate the scientific breakthroughs needed to build a twenty-first-century energy economy.

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CMU research shows self-driving cars that recognize free space can better detect objects

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JUNE 15, 2020

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have shown that they can significantly improve the accuracy of autonomous vehicles’ detection of objects such as other cars or pedestrians by helping the vehicle also recognize what it doesn’t see. The Argo AI Center supported this research.

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DOE announces winner of the Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Postdoctoral Recognition Award

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OCTOBER 8, 2020

The US Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) announced the recipients of EERE’s Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office’s (HFTO’s) inaugural Postdoctoral Recognition Award. Presenters received feedback on their project, communications, and presentation skills.

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Researchers combine AI and radar to allow vehicles to spot hazards around corners

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JUNE 29, 2020

Using radar commonly deployed to track speeders and fastballs, researchers have developed an automated system that will allow cars to peer around corners and spot oncoming traffic and pedestrians. Image courtesy of the researchers. In earlier research, Heide’s team has used light to see objects hidden around corners.

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Clever Compression of Some Neural Nets Improves Performance

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DECEMBER 3, 2021

Researchers have explored ways to lighten the load, especially for deployment on mobile devices. New research proposes a novel way to prune speech-recognition models, making the pruning process more efficient while also rendering the compressed model more accurate. He calls for more research into practical applications.

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ORNL team receives special recognition award from R&D for 20 kW wireless power transfer

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NOVEMBER 7, 2016

The ORNL researchers on the development team were Steven Campbell, Paul Chambon, Madhu Chinthavali, Omer Onar, Burak Ozpineci, Larry Seiber, David Smith, Lixin Tang, Cliff White and Randy Wiles as well as retired staff members Curt Ayers, Chester Coomer and John Miller. Earlier post.). The honorees were recognized on 3 Nov.

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Pony.ai completes first close of Series D round, with a valuation of $8.5B

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MARCH 7, 2022

The Series D round, which has a significant valuation uplift from the 2020 “C” and “C+” rounds, is a recognition by investors of Pony.ai’s achieved technical milestones and significant progress toward a commercialized robotaxi and robotruck product.

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IonQ and Hyundai Motor expand partnership to use quantum computing for object detection

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APRIL 20, 2022

From partnering on battery research for electric vehicles to image classification and object detection research for automated driving, we expect to see quantum computers become an even more integral part in developing novel transportation solutions.

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Aramco signs LOI with Geely and Renault Group for new powertrain company to focus on lower emission technologies

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MARCH 2, 2023

Aramco’s investment would support the growth of the company, and contribute to key research and development across synthetic fuels solutions and next-gen hydrogen technologies. The new company will be dedicated to internal combustion and hybrid powertrain technologies.

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Image Recognition Has an Income Problem

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FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Image recognition neural networks are only as good as the data they’re trained on. So, when confronted with everyday household items from lower-income countries, they get it right as little as 20 percent of the time, according to research presented in at NeruIPs 2022. You can see the problem below. It’s terrible.

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Juniper: Automotive sensor market revenue to hit $92B globally by 2026; LiDAR fastest growing; changes from electrification

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NOVEMBER 30, 2021

A new report from Juniper Research has found that the automotive sensors market will grow to more than $92 billion by 2026—a 30% increase over 2021. Juniper Research expects more than a third of consumer vehicles shipped in 2026 to be electric. —Miles Agbanrin, research co-author.

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Velodyne Lidar partnering with U Nevada, Reno to advance research in transportation infrastructure

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AUGUST 17, 2020

is partnering with the University of Nevada, Reno to advance research in transportation infrastructure. To address roadway congestion monitoring, university researchers have developed speed measurement, and delay and queue length measurements using lidar data. Velodyne Lidar, Inc.

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Electro-hydraulic system wins Volvo Technology Award

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The Volvo CE team from Sweden and South Korea has worked closely with Finnish company Norrhydro in the research project, leveraging an idea initially born out of academic collaborations. significant improvements in energy-efficiency, has received the Volvo Technology Award 2021.

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Honda and China-based SenseTime to jointly research and develop AI technologies for automated driving

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DECEMBER 8, 2017

has signed a 5-year joint research and development contract with SenseTime Group Limited, a China-based IT company with expertise in image recognition technologies, especially recognition of moving objects, powered by deep learning technology. Honda R&D Co., the R&D subsidiary of Honda Motor Co.,

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Orca AI begins research trial of safety system for autonomous ships

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Orca AI’s Automatic Ship Target Recognition System has been installed on an NYK ship as a research trial to support the advancement of autonomous sea travel. more… The post Orca AI begins research trial of safety system for autonomous ships appeared first on Electrek.

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Purdue and Duke Energy to explore potential for SMR nuclear power source for campus

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APRIL 28, 2022

Advanced nuclear technology is still under development, and nationally Duke Energy is involved with industry groups, reactor technology companies, and leading research universities such as Purdue that are exploring deployment of this advanced nuclear technology. Approximately 50% of campus electricity is purchased from Duke Energy.

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Tesla former AI Director receives WTF Innovators Award for work on deep neural networks

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JUNE 30, 2023

The former Tesla executive was also lauded for his continued research into making AI more effective for humanity. QuHarrison Terry, the presenter of the award, commended Karpathy for his significant research and achievements. In early 2023, he rejoined OpenAI to contribute his skills to the startup’s projects.

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CrownCruiser introduces its e-bike

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AUGUST 20, 2021

Featuring a lightweight, ultra-strong monocoque carbon fiber frame, the CrownCruiser e-bike comes with a rider recognition anti-theft defense, GSM location tracking, and Bluetooth, complimented by a powerful app that tracks riding statistics. UK-based CrownCruiser Motors has unveiled its eponymous e-bike on Indiegogo.

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CMU method makes more data available for training self-driving cars

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JUNE 19, 2020

Now, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) have developed a new method for training those tracking systems. The CMU researchers have found a way to unlock a mountain of autonomous driving data for this purpose. The researchers calculated that scene flow accuracy using a training set of synthetic data was only 25%.

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Ford and Intel demonstrate in-car personalization with perceptual computing; Project Mobii

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JUNE 26, 2014

Ford and Intel are researching new opportunities for the connected car, including giving drivers the ability to remotely peer into their car using a smartphone, or a vehicle that could identify its owner using facial recognition software. —Paul Mascarenas, chief technical officer and vice president, Ford Research and Innovation.

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IEEE Medal of Honor Goes to Bob Kahn

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JANUARY 26, 2024

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ’s information processing techniques office in 1973, Kahn and IEEE Life Fellow Vint Cerf designed the Transmission Control Protocol and the Internet Protocol. Kahn is president and CEO of the Corporation for National Research Initiatives , which he founded in 1986. ARPA is now known as DARPA.)

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Volkswagen Group expands US ERL to become IECC; Type 20 BEV concept

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JULY 3, 2019

Volkswagen Group of America announced a new name and expanded role for the former Electronics Research Laboratory (ERL), and unveiled a vehicle concept that combines Volkswagen heritage with futuristic technology. The former ERL served as the Volkswagen Group’s research and innovation hub in Silicon Valley for more than 20 years.

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TTTech Auto and Infineon design fail-operational architecture for Level 3 and 4 highly automated driving

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OCTOBER 26, 2021

The joint research contributed to the successful completion of the European PRYSTINE (Programmable Systems for Intelligence in Automobiles) project. This mechanism ensures the fail operationality of the system, for example, sensor fusion, trajectory planning and object recognition tasks of SAE Level 3 and 4 functions.

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Toyota TRI-AD and DMP kick off HD map update proof-of-concept

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MARCH 17, 2020

Toyota Research Institute - Advanced Development, Inc. In this PoC, TRI-AD’s image recognition technology automatically detects changes based on image data collected by commonly available cameras. TRI-AD) and Dynamic Map Platform Co.,

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Tesla former AI Director receives innovators award for work on deep neural networks and computer vision

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JUNE 30, 2023

QuHarrison Terry, the presenter of the award, commended Karpathy for his significant research and achievements. As part of the recognition, Karpathy received a special gift in the form of a featured song titled “Andrej Slide,” which was produced by Nimso and performed by QuHarrison Terry and Genesis Renji.

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Tomorrow’s AI Will Reason Like Humans, IBM Watson Developer Predicts

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

He spent almost 35 years at IBM Research in Yorktown Heights, N.Y., Flanagan Speech and Audio Processing Award "for contributions to and leadership in research and deployment of spoken-language technologies." The speech and audio-processing award is sponsored by the IEEE Signal Processing Society and Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs.

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Foxconn unveils three EVs developed in-house

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OCTOBER 19, 2021

Lilian Yen Chen, CEO of Yulon Motor Group said that within less than a year since its establishment, Foxtron, the joint venture between Hon Hai and Yulon Motor, has successfully demonstrated Hon Hai’s strong capability and speed of delivery as well as Taiwan’s decades-long history of research and development expertise.

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Phone Keyboard Exploits Leave 1 Billion Users Exposed

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APRIL 29, 2024

Now, in the group’s new study , released last week, the same researchers have discovered essentially all the world’s popular Chinese smartphone keyboards have suffered similar vulnerabilities. All in order for a Chinese-speaking person to be able to type. It applies to any application sending data over the Internet.

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Elephant Robotics Unveils New Desktop Educational Robots for 2023

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MARCH 28, 2023

Projects that involve robotics, artificial intelligence, speech recognition, and related technologies can help develop students’ analytical, creative, and practical skills. Using the robotic arms and AI Kit , students can learn about artificial intelligence and applications such as robot vision, object recognition, manipulation, and more.

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Volkswagen testing highly-automated driving in Hamburg; 5 specially equipped e-Golfs

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APRIL 3, 2019

Volkswagen Group Research is testing automated vehicles in urban traffic in Hamburg. The highly autonomous e-Golfs configured by Volkswagen Group Research have eleven laser scanners, seven radars and 14 cameras. —Axel Heinrich, Head of Volkswagen Group Research.

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Audi and Johannes Kepler University of Linz to establish center for artificial intelligence; autonomous driving

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JUNE 21, 2017

Audi and the Johannes Kepler University of Linz (JKU) are establishing the “Audi.JKU deep learning center” in Linz to conduct joint research into the intelligent car of the future. The long short‑term memory (LSTM) that he developed is used for speech‑recognition software in all smartphones all over the world. —Prof. Hochreiter.

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DENSO enters into AI technical advisory conntract with CMU Professor Take Kanade

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AUGUST 26, 2016

In an effort to deepen and advance its knowledge in artificial intelligence, DENSO has entered into a technical advisory contract with one of the world’s foremost researchers in computer vision, Carnegie Mellon University Professor Dr. Takeo Kanade. Kanade, a U.A. These activities will be held mostly in Japan.

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Toyota to invest additional $95M in Preferred Networks; joint R&D on deep learning AI tech in mobility-related fields

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AUGUST 4, 2017

With the aim of accelerating joint research and development of artificial intelligence technologies in mobility-related fields, such as automated driving technology, Toyota Motor Corporation will invest an additional ¥10.5 billion (US $95 million) in Preferred Networks (PFN). Earlier post.) million) in PFN in December 2015.

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Daimler joining MIT CSAIL Alliance Program for AI work; cognitive vehicles

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DECEMBER 7, 2016

MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory ( CSAIL ) is the largest research laboratory at MIT and one of the world’s most important centers of information technology research. CSAIL Alliances is a gateway into the lab for organizations seeking a closer connection to the work, researchers and students of CSAIL.

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Hyundai Motor introducing smart fingerprint technology for vehicles; unlocking and starting

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DECEMBER 26, 2018

—Albert Biermann, President and Head of Research & Development Division of the Hyundai Motor Company. With capacitance recognition, which detects differentials in the electricity level in various parts of the fingertip, the fingerprint technology efficiently prevents forgeries and faked fingerprints.

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BMW Group announces 4 winners of Quantum Computing Challenge; algorithms for industrial challenges

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DECEMBER 13, 2021

The QC Ware team stood out with its approach, drawn from the field of machine learning, that can be used in image recognition in the area of quality analysis. TUM is an important partner for the BMW Group for research in the field of quantum computing. Automated quality analyses: QC Ware. The BMW Group is providing €5.1

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Optical Algorithm Simplifies Analog AI Training

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MARCH 11, 2023

Researchers have developed a range of analog and other unconventional machine learning systems in the expectation that they will prove vastly more energy efficient than today’s computers. Modern AI programs use a biologically-inspired architecture called an artificial neural network to execute tasks like image recognition or text generation.

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DOE announces $192M in new funding for 3 initiatives to advance battery and recycling technology

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JUNE 13, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced more than $192 million in new funding for recycling batteries from consumer products; launching an advanced battery research and development (R&D) consortium; and the continuation of the Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Prize, which began in 2019.

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TU Wien researchers develop neural hardware for image recognition in nanoseconds

The Engineer Behind Samsung’s Speech Recognition Software

RecycLiCo and Nanoramic Laboratories partner for lithium-ion battery recycling

Toshiba’s Visconti 4 image recognition processor selected by leading Chinese manufacturer for ADAS

USDA Ag Innovation Agenda targets biofuel blend rates of 15% in 2030, 30% in 2050

ORNL researchers use blockchain to increase electric grid resiliency; Grid Guard

DOE awards $100M for Energy Frontier Research Centers

CMU research shows self-driving cars that recognize free space can better detect objects

DOE announces winner of the Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Postdoctoral Recognition Award

Researchers combine AI and radar to allow vehicles to spot hazards around corners

Clever Compression of Some Neural Nets Improves Performance

ORNL team receives special recognition award from R&D for 20 kW wireless power transfer

Pony.ai completes first close of Series D round, with a valuation of $8.5B

IonQ and Hyundai Motor expand partnership to use quantum computing for object detection

Aramco signs LOI with Geely and Renault Group for new powertrain company to focus on lower emission technologies

Image Recognition Has an Income Problem

Juniper: Automotive sensor market revenue to hit $92B globally by 2026; LiDAR fastest growing; changes from electrification

Velodyne Lidar partnering with U Nevada, Reno to advance research in transportation infrastructure

Electro-hydraulic system wins Volvo Technology Award

Honda and China-based SenseTime to jointly research and develop AI technologies for automated driving

Orca AI begins research trial of safety system for autonomous ships

Purdue and Duke Energy to explore potential for SMR nuclear power source for campus

Tesla former AI Director receives WTF Innovators Award for work on deep neural networks

CrownCruiser introduces its e-bike

CMU method makes more data available for training self-driving cars

Ford and Intel demonstrate in-car personalization with perceptual computing; Project Mobii

IEEE Medal of Honor Goes to Bob Kahn

Volkswagen Group expands US ERL to become IECC; Type 20 BEV concept

TTTech Auto and Infineon design fail-operational architecture for Level 3 and 4 highly automated driving

Toyota TRI-AD and DMP kick off HD map update proof-of-concept

Tesla former AI Director receives innovators award for work on deep neural networks and computer vision

Tomorrow’s AI Will Reason Like Humans, IBM Watson Developer Predicts

Foxconn unveils three EVs developed in-house

Phone Keyboard Exploits Leave 1 Billion Users Exposed

Elephant Robotics Unveils New Desktop Educational Robots for 2023

Volkswagen testing highly-automated driving in Hamburg; 5 specially equipped e-Golfs

Audi and Johannes Kepler University of Linz to establish center for artificial intelligence; autonomous driving

DENSO enters into AI technical advisory conntract with CMU Professor Take Kanade

Toyota to invest additional $95M in Preferred Networks; joint R&D on deep learning AI tech in mobility-related fields

Daimler joining MIT CSAIL Alliance Program for AI work; cognitive vehicles

Hyundai Motor introducing smart fingerprint technology for vehicles; unlocking and starting

BMW Group announces 4 winners of Quantum Computing Challenge; algorithms for industrial challenges

Optical Algorithm Simplifies Analog AI Training

DOE announces $192M in new funding for 3 initiatives to advance battery and recycling technology

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