IEEE European Public Policy Webinar on Artificial Intelligence
On 30 June (16:00 CEST), the IEEE’s European Public Policy Committee (EPPC) is hosting a public policy webinar exploring the EU approach to artificial intelligence, including possible roles and implications for the technology community in light of the European Commission’s new legal framework for AI….
ANE and IEEE are organizing a hackathon on Ethical dilemmas in AI
A two-days hackathon on “Ethical dilemmas in AI” is organized by the Association of Nordic Engineers (ANE), and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, (IEEE) inviting members and experts to voice their opinion and influence the development of responsible AI. The event will be…
Can AI Detect Deepfakes To Help Ensure Integrity of U.S. 2020 Elections?
Startup Deeptrace is racing to develop automated detection of fake videos and images as U.S. 2020 elections loom A perfect storm arising from the world of pornography may threaten the U.S. elections in 2020 with disruptive political scandals having nothing to do with actual affairs. Instead, face-swapping…
These Researchers Want to Send Smells Over the Internet
Electrical stimulation of cells in the nasal passages produces sweet fragrances and chemical odors Imagine a virtual reality movie about the Civil War where you can smell the smoke from the soldiers’ rifles. Or an online dating site where the profiles are scented with perfume…
Disruptive Technologies: Women Speakers Series
Under the theme, Lead beyond: Accelerating innovative women who change the world, we are glad to announce Women speaker series – WSS that will be held every last Saturday of the month at RIT Dubai – Rochester Institute of Technology from 4-6:30 pm. The speaker series will…
Tomorrow’s Doctors Must Be Engineers Too
The medical profession is changing, and so must medical education When King Li went to medical school 40 years ago, he sometimes felt like he was trying to memorize the human body. “I’d see these curves in the textbook, and have to memorize: ‘If the patient’s kidneys…
Alphabet’s DeepMind Makes a Key Advance in Computer Vision
Researchers at Alphabet’s DeepMind today described a method that they say can construct a three-dimensional layout from just a handful of two-dimensional snapshots. So far the method, based on deep neural networks, has been confined to virtual environments, they write in Science magazine. Natural environments are still too hard for current algorithms and hardware to handle. The article…
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