The data is big. Its potential to find cures: even bigger.
At Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, scientists and physicians are collecting and tapping vast amounts of data from clinical care, genomics – even wearable devices – to better predict disease progression and pinpoint individual treatments. (more…)
At the core of the system is the ability to sense a miner’s location and body temperature, predict potential problems and recommend steps to avert health risks.
University of Arizona startup GUIA has licensed a mining communication and sensor platform developed by faculty in the UA’s College of Engineering and Lowell Institute for Mineral Resources. While the team’s initial focus for this “internet of things” system is mining, the company is looking to apply the technology to a number of other environments. (more…)
Advertising blockchain program to strengthen accountability throughout the digital advertising ecosystem
CANNES, FRANCE – Mediaocean, the foundational software provider of the advertising world, and IBM iX, one of the world’s largest digital agencies and global business design partners, today announced the launch of a blockchain consortium for the digital media supply chain. Bringing together some of the world’s largest advertisers, agencies and publishers, including Kellogg, Kimberly-Clark, Pfizer, Unilever and IBM Watson Advertising, the solution aims to provide transparency and build trust and accountability in the advertising ecosystem. (more…)
Forschungskooperation auf dem Gebiet der künstlichen Intelligenz nimmt Fahrt auf
Stuttgart/Tübingen – Das Cyber Valley wächst um zehn neue Forschungsgruppen, die an der Weltspitze der Forschung im Bereich künstliche Intelligenz stehen. Die Gruppen erhalten eine umfangreiche wissenschaftliche Ausstattung und werden von jungen Spitzenforschern geleitet, die in einem hoch selektiven Auswahlverfahren aus aller Welt rekrutiert wurden. (more…)
In an effort to block emerging threats to online security, researchers at Princeton University have developed a method to verify the strength of random number generators that form the basis of most encryption systems. (more…)
DKV, Generali (Central), Signal-Iduna and Techniker Krankenkasse work with IBM to create Smarter Healthcare for Germany
HANNOVER, Germany, June 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that three of Germany’s major private health insurance companies have decided to offer their clients an individual electronic health record based on the system developed by IBM Germany and Techniker Krankenkasse (TK), Germany’s largest statutory health insurer. (more…)
Werbebriefe sind auch im Zeitalter der Digitalisierung ein wirksames Werbemittel. Das hat eine Studie der Universität Kassel ergeben. Demnach verweigern nur 20 Prozent aller Haushalte Werbebriefe aktiv durch Aufkleber auf Briefkästen. (more…)
UA researchers are using aviation’s high standards in an effort to increase our confidence in the safety of robotic cars.
Passengers climbing into self-driving cars — also known as highly automated vehicles, or HAVs — need to believe that their vehicles can avoid potential hazards. So Mathieu Joerger, a University of Arizona assistant professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering, and researchers at the Illinois Institute of Technology are building on a knowledge of aircraft navigation standards to improve and guarantee HAV safety. (more…)
