Teaching Undergraduates to Build Real Computer Systems
To mitigate the gap between theory and practice, Chinese educators have spent the last decade focusing on teaching undergraduates to build real computer systems.
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China underscores the critical role of blockchain technology in the new round of technological innovation and industrial transformation.
The Practice of Applying AI to Benefit Visually Impaired People in China
The tremendous development of information technology has brought challenges to the visually impaired in China.
Mobile crowdsensing, a new paradigm based on the power of user-companioned devices, is expected to play an important role in the coming digital economics era.
The Practice of Speech and Language Processing in China
Several companies are trying push automatic speech recognition and other technologies past their current limitations.
Inferring and Improving Street Maps with Data-Driven Automation
Automatic map inference, data refinement, and machine-assisted map editing promises more accurate map datasets.
Robot Teams Win DARPA Subterranean Challenge
The teams behind the real and virtual robots named as winners shared a total of $5 million in prize money.
AI and Sustainability: Where Are We and What’s Next?
Researchers are exchanging views and proposing solutions as questions around AI's environmental impact become more urgent.
In Space, No One Can Fix Your Sign Errors
Once you've left the Earth, the simple inversion of a critical parameter can cause a mission to fail.
The Outlook for Virtual Meetups
Future online meetings could include people in disparate locations cutting a virtual birthday cake together.
Language Imitation Games and the Arrival of Broad and Shallow AI
On the impact of large language models.
Computers Were Originally Humans
Until the middle of the 20th century, computers were in fact humans who performed calculations.
Post-Quantum Cryptography: Protecting Today from Tomorrow
Crafting more difficult algorithms to protect secrets so they are resilient to future quantum computers is creating, in effect, post-quantum cryptography.
Competitive Compatibility: Let's Fix the Internet, Not the Tech Giants
Seeking to make Big Tech less central to the Internet.
Three books offer varied perspectives on the ascendancy of artificial intelligence.
The Role of Professional Certifications in Computer Occupations
Experienced and aspiring computing professionals need to manage their qualifications according to current market needs. That includes certification achievement as well as formal education, experience, and licenses.
Students are Interested in People, and Teachers Value Multiple Languages: ICER 2021 Pointers
A couple of excellent papers from the International Computing Education Research conference.
AI Calling ET: How Artificial Intelligence Supports the Search for Extraterrestrial Life
Researchers increasingly ask AI whether anybody is out there.
Not everyone who questions computational hegemony is appealing to magic, mysticism, or divinity.
Dialing the Trust Level Down to Zero
With cybersecurity under increasing attacks, experts say we should move to the Zero Trust Architecture.
Who is Camille Noûs, who has contributed to hundreds of papers on Google Scholar?
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