ACM Chennai Chapter Newsletter - January 15, 2019 Chapter Activities Nominations received for chapter office bearers, election announcements expected shortly. Upcoming Events ~ 20 January: election for new office bearers for the chapter. Headlines at a Glance 1. Learning Engineering: Making Education More "Professional" 2. Face-Scanning AI Identifies Rare Genetic Disorders 3. The drone pilot whose maps are saving lives in Zanzibar 4. A People-Centered Economy 5. Where is George? Ask this software to look at the crowd News in Detail ** Learning Engineering: Making Education More "Professional" campustechnology.com | Mary Grush | 14 January, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------ Learning engineering has taken many forms since the term was coined by Herbert Simon back in the 1960s. Ellen Wagner, who chairs IEEE's ICIC... Full Article ------------------------------------------------------------ ** Face-Scanning AI Identifies Rare Genetic Disorders spectrum.ieee.org | Emily Waltz | 11 January, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------ The photograph is cropped close on the face of four-year-old Yael, who is smiling and looking as healthy as can be. But a computer ... Full Article ------------------------------------------------------------ ** The drone pilot whose maps are saving lives in Zanzibar bbc.com | Katie Prescott and Sarah Treano | 11 January, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------ Khadija Abdulla Ali is an unlikely drone pilot in the Tanzanian archipelago of Zanzibar. Conservatively dressed and from a traditional Muslim background, she is a member of the Zanzib ... Full Article ------------------------------------------------------------ ** A People-Centered Economy Vinton G Cerf | CACM | January, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------ Innovation for Jobs (i4j.info (http://i4j.info/) ) recently published a book describing a new, people-centered view of work. In some ways, this is a kind of revolutionary ... Full Article ------------------------------------------------------------ ** Where is George? Ask this software to look at the crowd TechXplore.com | Champalimaud Centre for Unknown | 14 January, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------ George is a zebrafish. Along with Tom and 98 other mates, George swims freely in a laboratory tank at the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown (CCU), in Lisbon... Full Article ------------------------------------------------------------ ============================================================ ** Chapter Home (https://chennai.hosting.acm.org/chennai-acm/) ** Email Us (mailto: admin@chennai.hosting.acm.org) Copyright © 2019, ACM. All rights reserved.
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