Next lecture on Turing award winners is planned on 6 July, 2017. 
Speaker: Prof. R. Ramanujam 
Venue: Ramanujam Auditorium, Institute of Mathematical Science 
Date: 6 July @ 5PM 
Topic: Contributions by Micheal Rabin and Dana Scott (1976 Turing Awardees) 

Headlines at a Glance

1. https://phys.org/news/2017-06-cues-human-brain.html
2. https://campustechnology.com/articles/2017/06/13/new-tool-from-carnegie-mellon-simplifies-design-of-robots.aspx
3. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/608108/forget-alphago-deepminds-has-a-more-interesting-step-towards-general-ai/?set=608109
4. http://spectrum.ieee.org/cars-that-think/transportation/self-driving/how-much-can-autonomous-cars-learn-from-virtual-worlds
5. http://www.zdnet.com/article/women-in-tech-why-bulgaria-and-romania-are-leading-in-software-engineering/
6. http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/computing/networks/taxonomy-goes-digital-getting-a-handle-on-social-bots

News in Detail

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** New computing system takes its cues from human brain

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phys.org - 09 June 2017 

Some problems are so challenging to solve that even the most advanced computers need weeks, not seconds, to process them ... 
Read More (https://phys.org/news/2017-06-cues-human-brain.html) 
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** New Tool from Carnegie Mellon Simplifies Design of Robots 
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Dian Schaffhauser, 13 June, 2017 

A small team of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University (http://www.cmu.edu/) have come up with a tool that allows newbies and experts to design customized robots that can use 3D-printed ... 
Read More (https://campustechnology.com/articles/2017/06/13/new-tool-from-carnegie-mellon-simplifies-design-of-robots.aspx) 
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** Forget AlphaGo—DeepMind Has a More Interesting Step Toward General AI 
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Will Knight, June 14, 2017 

AlphaGo and self-driving cars are amazingly clever, but neither represents a very big leap toward general artificial intelligence. Fortunately, some AI researchers are developing ... 
Read More (https://www.technologyreview.com/s/608108/forget-alphago-deepminds-has-a-more-interesting-step-towards-general-ai/?set=608109) 
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** How Much Can Autonomous Cars Learn from Virtual Worlds? 
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Evan Ackerman, 8 June, 2017 

To be able to drive safely and reliably, autonomous cars need to have a comprehensive understanding of what’s going on around them. They … 
Read More (http://spectrum.ieee.org/cars-that-think/transportation/self-driving/how-much-can-autonomous-cars-learn-from-virtual-worlds) 
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** Women in tech: Why Bulgaria and Romania are leading in software engineering  
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Andreda Fiscutean ZDNet.com June 13, 2017

In central Bulgaria, in the town of Gabrovo (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabrovo_humour) , which prides itself on being an international capital of humor, Iva Kaneva wasn't joking when it ... 
Read More (http://www.zdnet.com/article/women-in-tech-why-bulgaria-and-romania-are-leading-in-software-engineering/) 
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** Taxonomy Goes Digital: Getting a Handle on Social Bots 
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Lucas Laursen, IEEE Spectrum, 09 June, 2017 

Incoming messages for straight men on dating sites are… rare (http://www.businessinsider.com/likelihood-of-getting-a-response-in-online-dating-men-vs-women-2013-7) . Yet many of the dashing men who tried out Ashley Madison ... 
Read More (http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/computing/networks/taxonomy-goes-digital-getting-a-handle-on-social-bots) 
 
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