ACM Chennai Chapter Newsletter – August 31, 2018
Chapter Activities, Upcoming Events, Tech News
Chapter Activities No significant updates.
Upcoming Events
Some lectures being planned in mid of September. Will update when plans are finalized.
Headlines at a Glance
1. This Lens-less Camera Is Built Specially for AI and Computer Vision Programs 2. CMU, Oxford Research to Explore AI and Advanced Analytics 3. Model improves prediction of mortality risk in ICU patients 4. The simple but ingenious system Taiwan uses to crowdsource its laws 5. NSF proposes $25M in grants to set up quantum foundries 6. Citizen Data Science and the Democratization of Analytics
News in Detail
** This Lens-less Camera Is Built Specially for AI and Computer Vision Programs spectrum.ieee.org | Mark Anderson | 29 August, 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------ Cameras used to be their own devices with lenses and film and trips to the drug store to get the pictures developed. Then, they disappeared into phones, tablets, laptops, and video game consoles. Now, it appears that cameras could someday become as inconspicuous as a pane of glass ... Full Article (https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/computing/software/a-lensless-camera-built-specially-for-ai-and-computer-vision-programs-sorry-humans) ------------------------------------------------------------ ** CMU, Oxford Research to Explore AI and Advanced Analytics campustechnology.com | Dian Schaffheuser | 30 August, 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------ Two universities will be working with international digital media intelligence firm Meltwater (https://www.meltwater.com/) on artificial intelligence research. Both Carnegie Mellon University (https://www.cmu.edu/) and the University of Oxford (http://www.ox.ac.uk/) have announced projects that use ... Full Article (https://campustechnology.com/articles/2018/08/30/cmu-oxford-research-to-explore-ai-and-advanced-analytics.aspx) ------------------------------------------------------------ ** Model improves prediction of mortality risk in ICU patients TechXplore.com | Rob Matheson | 30 August, 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------ In intensive care units, where patients come in with a wide range of health conditions, triaging relies heavily on clinical judgment. ICU staff run numerous ... Full Article (https://techxplore.com/news/2018-08-mortality-icu-patients.html) ------------------------------------------------------------ ** The simple but ingenious system Taiwan uses to crowdsource its laws MIT Tech Review | Chris Horton | 21 August, 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------ It was late in 2015, and things were at an impasse. Some four years earlier, Taiwan’s finance ministry had decided to legalize online sales of alcohol. To help it shape the ... Full Article (https://www.technologyreview.com/s/611816/the-simple-but-ingenious-system-taiwan-uses-to-crowdsource-its-laws/) ------------------------------------------------------------ ** NSF proposes $25M in grants to set up quantum foundries fedscoop.com | Carten Cordell | 27 August, 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------ The National Science Foundation has set up a new round of grants to help augment the development of quantum technology, this time pledging $25 million to help fund foundries that will produce components essential to advancing its applications ... Full Article (https://www.fedscoop.com/nsf-proposes-25m-grants-set-quantum-foundries/) ------------------------------------------------------------ ** Citizen Data Science and the Democratization of Analytics informationweek.com | Michael O`Connell | 28 August, 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------ Democratization through machine learning and knowledge-sharing tools is expanding data science capabilities to more and more "citizens" in the broader working community ... Full Article (https://www.informationweek.com/big-data/ai-machine-learning/citizen-data-science-and-the-democratization-of-analytics/a/d-id/1332679?) ------------------------------------------------------------ ** Chapter Home (https://chennai.hosting.acm.org/chennai-acm/)
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