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-social-media-people-crisis.html
2. https://cacm.acm.org/news/218955-cmu-to-harness-power-of-collaboration-to-advance-artificial-intelligence/fulltext
3. https://campustechnology.com/articles/2017/06/22/eportfolio-tech-to-help-u-georgia-students-showcase-skills.aspx
4. http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/computing/hardware/qudits-the-real-future-of-quantum-computing
5. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2138305-escape-to-the-future-with-virtual-reality/
6. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/608188/autonomous-grocery-vans-are-making-deliveries-in-london/?set=608186
7. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40293666

News in Detail

** Research uses social media to learn what people really need in time of crisis
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phys.org, Michael Platt, 20 June 2017

Painstaking analysis of nearly 70,000 tweets sent out by evacuees escaping the Fort McMurray 
wildfire shows key concerns in a crisis aren't being answered by current smartphone emergency apps ...

Read More (https://phys.org/news/2017-06-social-media-people-crisis.html)
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** CMU to Harness Power of Collaboration to Advance Artificial Intelligence
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TribLIVE.com, 28 June 2017

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) has announced a project to coordinate faculty, students, and 
staff working on artificial intelligence (AI) ...

Read More (https://cacm.acm.org/news/218955-cmu-to-harness-power-of-collaboration-to-advance-artificial-intelligence/fulltext)
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** E-Portfolio Tech to Help U Georgia Students Showcase Skills
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campustechnology.com, Rhea Kelly, 22 June 2017

Students at the University of Georgia (http://www.uga.edu/) can now highlight both academic 
skills and co-curricular work in a comprehensive e-portfolio. The university has partnered 
with Portfolium (https://portfolium.com/) to roll ...

Read More (https://campustechnology.com/articles/2017/06/22/eportfolio-tech-to-help-u-georgia-students-showcase-skills.aspx)
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** Qudits: The Real Future of Quantum Computing?
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IEEE Spectrum, Charles Q. Choi,  28 Jun 2017

Instead of creating quantum computers based on qubits that can each adopt only two 
possible options, scientists have now developed a microchip that can generate “qudits” …

Read More (http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/computing/hardware/qudits-the-real-future-of-quantum-computing)
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** Escape to the future with virtual reality
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New Scientist, Pat Kane, 22 June 2017

Plonk a set of smart glasses or a virtual-reality helmet before the philosopher Plato, and 
after his fastidious recoil there would be a moment of self-righteousness: “I told ...

Read More (https://www.newscientist.com/article/2138305-escape-to-the-future-with-virtual-reality/)
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** Autonomous Grocery Vans Are Making Deliveries in London
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MIT Review, Jamie Condliff, June 28 2017

Fire up an app, order some groceries, and get them delivered to your door. So far, so normal, 
thanks ...

Read More (https://www.technologyreview.com/s/608188/autonomous-grocery-vans-are-making-deliveries-in-london/?set=608186)
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** Chicago goes high-tech in search of answers to gun crime surge
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BBC News, Joel Gunter, June 19 2017

In a cramped office in a police station in Chicago's 11th district, the sound of gunfire is a 
little computerised ping that rings out a few times a day ...

Read More (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40293666)
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