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ML Speeds Up Vehicle Routing
A new machine learning approach could speed up vehicle routing algorithms, which tend to slow down when applied to large urban datasets.
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ML Flags Remedies That Might Do More Harm Than Good
Scientists designed a machine learning model to identify medical treatments that could pose greater potential danger than alternatives.
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Taking Some Guesswork Out of Drug Discovery
The deep learning GeoMol model can rapidly predict the three-dimensional shapes of drug-like molecules, which could expedite drug discovery.
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Toward Speech Recognition for Uncommon Spoken Languages
The new Prune, Adjust, and Re-Prune (PARP) technique allows an advanced speech-learning model learn uncommon spoken languages more easily.
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Artificial Networks Learn to Smell Like the Brain
A machine learning model can train itself to smell by building an artificial neural network that mimics the brain's odor-processing olfactory circuits.
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One Giant Leap for the Mini Cheetah
A new control system enhances the speed and agility of legged robots as they leap across gaps.
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Accelerating the Discovery of Materials for 3D Printing
Researchers have developed a less costly, less wasteful machine learning system for identifying three-dimensionally-printable materials.
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These Neural Networks Know What They're Doing
Researchers have shown that a specific neural network can learn the cause-and-effect structure of a navigation task it is taught.
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AI Is Smart, but Does It Play Well with Others?
Researchers explored humans' ability to play a card game with an artificial intelligence model trained to play with teammates never before encountered.
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Deep Learning Helps Predict Drug Combinations to Fight COVID-19
A research team used deep learning to identify drug combinations that can fight COVID-19.
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Using Adversarial Attacks to Refine Molecular Energy Predictions
MIT researchers find new way to quantify the uncertainty in molecular energies predicted by neural networks
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Machine Learning Discovers Sequences to Boost Drug Delivery
Researchers have developed an approach that uses experimental chemistry and artificial intelligence to facilitate delivery of a drug to treat Duchenne muscular...
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System Trains Drones to Fly Around Obstacles at High Speeds
New algorithm could enable fast, nimble drones for time-critical operations such as search and rescue
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Creating 'Digital Twins' at Scale
Researchers have designed a model for generating digital twins—precise computer simulations—at scale.
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Helping Robots Collaborate to Get the Job Done
A new algorithm aims to foster cooperation between information-gathering robot teams.
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One-Stop Machine Learning Platform Turns Healthcare Data Into Insights
Software developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology uses machine learning to transform healthcare data into insights that can inform...
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System Detects Errors When Medication is Self-Administered
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have developed a system to detect and reduce errors when patients administer their own medication.
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How Humans Use Objects in Novel Ways to Solve Problems
Researchers have developed a cognitive model that learns to use objects in novel ways to solve problems, like humans do.
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A Neural Network Learns When It Should Not Be Trusted
Researchers have enabled a neural network to rapidly process data, yielding both predictions and confidence levels based on the quality of the available data.
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