ACM Chennai Chapter Newsletter - March 16-31, 2018
Chapter Activities
No Significant Updates.
Upcoming Events
10 April, 2018:
Topic : Rise of Artificial Intelligence: Should Humans be Worried?
Speaker: Mr. Ganesh Sankaralingam
Director
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Date : 10th April
Time : 5:00 PM
Venue : Ramanujan Auditorium, IMSc
Registration is FREE. However, if you intend to attend the talk, please register.
Tea and Snacks will be served after the talk at 6:00 PM.
Headlines at a Glance
1. https://campustechnology.com/articles/2018/03/28/working-the-online-crowd-humor-and-teaching-with-tech.aspx
2. https://spectrum.ieee.org/video/consumer-electronics/gadgets/better-living-through-virtual-reality
3. http://now.tufts.edu/news-releases/scientists-develop-tiny-tooth-mounted-sensors-can-track-what-you-eat
4. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180325115759.htm
5. https://phys.org/news/2018-03-economy.html
6. http://www.computerweekly.com/news/252437822/Business-unaware-of-scale-of-cyber-threat
News in Detail
** Working the Online Crowd: Humor and Teaching with Tech
campustechnology.com | Joe Barnhart | 28 March, 2018
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Subject: Never run with nitroglycerin or a bucket of camel snot. Well, you could,
but it would be your funeral. But seriously, using humorous subject lines just might
be a way to engage students being taught with ...
Full Article (https://campustechnology.com/articles/2018/03/28/working-the-online-crowd-humor-and-teaching-with-tech.aspx)
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** Better Living Through Virtual Reality
spectrum.ieee.org | Harry Goldstein and Celia Gorman | 30 March, 2018
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Residents settle into swivel chairs in a beauty shop on the campus of Ebenezer, a senior
living community in the heart of the Minneapolis, Minn ..
Full Article (https://spectrum.ieee.org/video/consumer-electronics/gadgets/better-living-through-virtual-reality)
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** Scientists develop tiny tooth-mounted sensors that can track what you eat
Tufts University | Mike Silver | 22 March, 2018
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Monitoring in real time what happens in and around our bodies can be invaluable in the
context of health care or clinical studies, but not so easy to do …
Full Article (http://now.tufts.edu/news-releases/scientists-develop-tiny-tooth-mounted-sensors-can-track-what-you-eat)
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** Dissecting artificial intelligence to better understand the human brain
ScienceDaily.com | Cognitive Neuroscience Society | 25 March, 2018
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In the natural world, intelligence takes many forms. It could be a bat using echolocation
to expertly navigate in the dark, or an octopus adapting its behavior to survive in the
deep ocean. Likewise, in the computer science world ...
Full Article (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180325115759.htm)
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** Measuring the economy with location data
Rob Matheson, MIT | phys.org | 14 March, 2018
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Carrying your smartphone around everywhere has become a way of life. In doing so, you
produce a surprising amount of data about your role in the economy—where you shop, work,
travel, and generally hang out ...
Full Article (https://phys.org/news/2018-03-economy.html)
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** Business unaware of scale of cyber threat
Warwick Ashford | computerweekly.com | 29 March, 2018
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Many businesses, especially board members, do not understand the scale of the cyber threat,
but international efforts to combat cyber crime ...
Full Article (http://www.computerweekly.com/news/252437822/Business-unaware-of-scale-of-cyber-threat)
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