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Feedback in Echtzeit

By Guest PostJanuary 26, 2016Politics, Technologybernd becker, debat o meter, echtzeit, feedback, uwe wagschal

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

By Guest PostJanuary 22, 2016Jobs, Technologyabby arvanitidis, kenji yamaguchi, Microsoft, seema chandrasekharan, technical interview, technical job, tracy ith

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…)

Yahoo Releases the Largest-ever Machine Learning Dataset for Researchers

By Guest PostJanuary 14, 2016Technologyacademic research, machine learning algorithms, machine learning dataset, scalable analytics, yahoo news feed

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…)

What makes Tom Hanks look like Tom Hanks?

By Guest PostJanuary 10, 2016Science, Technologydigital model, holograms, ira kemelmacher-shlizerman, look like, persona, steve seitz, supasorn suwajanakorn, tom hanks

Tom Hanks has appeared in many acting roles over the years, playing young and old, smart and simple. Yet we always recognize him as Tom Hanks.

Why? Is it his appearance? His mannerisms? The way he moves? (more…)

The heartbeat of progress

By ShamsJanuary 8, 2016Health, Technologyafrica, cipher256, david palmer, entebbe main hospital, heartbeat, joshua okello, midwife, prenatal care, progress, prossy alanyo, robert busingye, smartphone based, ultrasound alternative, winsenga

WinSenga expands access to prenatal care in Africa with smartphone-based ultrasound alternative

Wubwub. Wubwub. Wubwub.

It’s immense, the moment an ultrasound lets an expectant mother hear her unborn child’s heartbeat. But many pregnant women around the world never get to experience it. (more…)

Is Your Digital Information more at Risk Today than it was Ten Years Ago?

By Guest PostJanuary 6, 2016Technologydata breaches, digital information, personal information

UNM/Lawrence Berkley National Lab researchers say maybe not

It’s easy to form the mental image of a hacker hunched over a computer, probing a way to get your personal information, whether to sell it, acquire credit cards in your name or use your health insurance. (more…)

From AI and data science to cryptography: Microsoft researchers offer 16 predictions for ’16

By Guest PostJanuary 1, 2016Technology2016, bill buxton, breakthrough, chris bishop, cryptography, data science, doug burger, kate crawford, key technology, lili cheng, Microsoft, peter lee

Last month, Microsoft released “Future Visions,” an anthology of short stories written by some of today’s top science fiction writers based in part on the writers’ access to Microsoft researchers and their labs. The eBook is available for free from Amazon and other sites. (more…)

Creating an artificial sense of touch through electrical stimuli

By Guest PostJanuary 1, 2016Science, Technologyartificial sense, electrical stimuli, jnd, sliman bensmaia

A new study led by University of Chicago neuroscientists brings them one step closer to building prosthetic limbs for humans that recreate a sense of touch through a direct interface with the brain.

The research, published Oct. 26 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, shows that artificial touch is highly dependent on several features of electrical stimuli, such as the strength and frequency of signals. It describes the specific characteristics of these signals, including how much each feature needs to be adjusted to produce a different sensation. (more…)

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