Category Archives: Technology

University Creates Mobile Application for Students to Help Manage the Ups and Downs of College Life

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AUSTIN, Texas – The University of Texas at Austin is launching “Thrive at UT,” a mobile application geared toward enhancing the well-being and success of its students. The application will help students practice and incorporate behaviors into their daily lives that support academic success and timely graduation including bouncing back from failure, maintaining social connections and having a positive self-image. (more…)

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Microsoft research project puts cloud in ocean for the first time

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In 2015, starfish, octopus, crabs and other Pacific Ocean life stumbled upon a temporary addition to the seafloor, more than half a mile from the shoreline: a 38,000-pound container. But in the ocean, 10 feet by 7 feet is quite small. The shrimp exploring the seafloor made more noise than the datacenter inside the container, which consumed computing power equivalent to 300 desktop PCs. (more…)

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IBM Cloud Aids Shop Direct’s Path to Becoming World Class Digital Retailer

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Shop Direct Taps IBM Cloud to enable £50m Financial Services ‘Personalisation Programme’ to Accelerate Digital Transformation

LONDON and ARMONK, N.Y. – 27 Jan 2016: IBM today announced it has signed an agreement as part of a £50 million Personalisation Programme with Shop Direct to redesign the retailer’s financial services platform that will be hosted and managed through IBM’s hybrid cloud. The new platform will provide Shop Direct customers with a wide range of innovative, personalized financial services products to help make the retailers world famous brands even more affordable to customers. (more…)

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Feedback in Echtzeit

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An der Universität Freiburg entwickelte Software erfasst Zuschauerreaktionen auf Fernsehdebatten

Mit einem an der Universität Freiburg entwickelten Analysetool können Zuschauerinnen und Zuschauer im Fernsehen übertragene Debatten von Politikerinnen und Politikern in Echtzeit bewerten. Ein Team um Prof. Dr. Uwe Wagschal vom Seminar für Wissenschaftliche Politik und Prof. Dr. Bernd Becker vom Institut für Informatik der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität testete den DEBAT-O-METER bei der Diskussion zwischen dem baden-württembergischen Ministerpräsidenten Winfried Kretschmann und dem Spitzenkandidaten der CDU für die Landtagswahl Guido Wolf, die der Südwestrundfunk am 14. Januar 2016 live im Fernsehen ausstrahlte. Es war das erste Mal, dass eine solche rein software-basierte Anwendung zur Bewertung politische Diskussionen in Deutschland zum Einsatz kam.

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How to ace a technical interview at Microsoft

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Intimidated? Don’t be. Recruiters share tips to help you succeed

If you’re excited about the possibility of landing a technical job at Microsoft, chances are you have a passion for coding, solving problems and the incredible things technology can do for people around the world.

A technical interview is your chance to show you have the skills to match. (more…)

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Yahoo Releases the Largest-ever Machine Learning Dataset for Researchers

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13.5TB dataset to help advance innovation in computer science

SUNNYVALE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE) — Yahoo Inc.today announced the public release of the largest-ever machine learning dataset to the academic research community. With this release, the company aims to advance the field of large-scale machine learning and recommender systems, and to help level the playing field between industrial and academic research. (more…)

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