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31 Jan., 2018: Expert Lecture 'It's Hot Under a Cloud' @ IIT Madras, CLT 5:30 PM by 
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Upcoming Events

01 March, 2018: "Contributions of Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson", 1975 Turing Award Winners.

Speakers: Prof. Uma Maheswari and Prof. Ranjani Parthasarathi of College of Engineering, 
Guindy, Anna University.

Details to follow soon.

Headlines at a Glance

1. https://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/energy/environment/drone-delivery-if-done-right-could-cut-emissions
2. https://campustechnology.com/articles/2018/02/12/hacking-real-world-problems-with-virtual-and-augmented-reality.aspx
3. http://www.bbc.com/news/business-42905515
4. https://www.cs.cmu.edu/news/crowd-workers-ai-make-conversational-agents-smarter
5. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/610202/like-it-or-not-the-future-of-cryptocurrency-will-be-determined-by-bureaucrats/
6. https://www.computer.org/web/computingnow/archive/snapshot-trends-visualization-february-2018-introduction

News in Detail

** Drone Delivery, If Done Right, Could Cut Emissions
spectrum.ieee.org | Prachi Patel | 13 February, 2018
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To make drone package delivery green, look at drone size, electricity source, and 
warehouses, researchers say …

Full Article (https://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/energy/environment/drone-delivery-if-done-right-could-cut-emissions)
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** Hacking Real-World Problems with Virtual and Augmented Reality
campustechnology.com | Mary Grush | 12 February, 2018
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Oklahoma State University's first inaugural "Virtual + Augmented Reality Hackathon 
(http://www.osuhack.com/) " hosted January 26-27 by the Mixed Reality Lab 
(http://www.mxrlab.org/)  in the university's College of Human Sciences gave students a ...

Full Article (https://campustechnology.com/articles/2018/02/12/hacking-real-world-problems-with-virtual-and-augmented-reality.aspx)
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** 'I didn't even meet my potential employers'
bbc.com | Sarah Finley | 6 February, 2018
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As companies rely more on machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) to find 
the right job candidates, is recruitment in danger of losing that personal touch? …

Full Article (http://www.bbc.com/news/business-42905515)
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** Crowd Workers, AI Make Conversational Agents Smarter
Byron Spice | CMU  | 07 February, 2018
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Conversational agents such as Siri, Alexa and Cortana are great at giving you the weather, 
but flummoxed when asked for unusual information or follow-up questions. By adding humans 
to the loop, Carnegie Mellon University researchers have created a conversational agent 
that is tough to stump ...

Full Article (https://www.cs.cmu.edu/news/crowd-workers-ai-make-conversational-agents-smarter)
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** Like it or not, the future of cryptocurrency will be determined by bureaucrats
Mike Orcutt | MIT Tech Review | 07 February, 2018
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Digital coins don’t fit traditional regulatory definitions—what policymakers do about that 
will determine where the technology goes from here ...

Full Article (https://www.technologyreview.com/s/610202/like-it-or-not-the-future-of-cryptocurrency-will-be-determined-by-bureaucrats/)
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** A Snapshot of Current Trends in Visualization
Theresa-Marie Rhyne and Min Chen  | computer.org | January 2018
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Visualization is the study of the transformation of data to visual representations. These 
visual elements are then used to gain insight into and from the data. In the 30 years since 
the landmark "Visualization in Scientific Computing”  ...

Full Article (https://www.computer.org/web/computingnow/archive/snapshot-trends-visualization-february-2018-introduction)
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