ACM Chennai Chapter Newsletter – October 16-31, 2018
Chapter Activities, Upcoming Events, Tech News
Chapter Activities
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Upcoming Events
No events planned in the immediate future. Will update when the next event is planned.
Headlines at a Glance
1. Schools Enlist AI to Detect Vaping and Bullies 2. Gartner: Immersive Experiences Among Top Tech Trends for 2019 3. The good book: Bible helps researchers perfect translation algorithms 4. How Machine Learning Impacts the Undergraduate Computing Curriculum 5. Detecting fake face images created by both humans and machines 6. Lab studies technology that communicates by touch
News in Detail
* Schools Enlist AI to Detect Vaping and Bullies in Bathrooms spectrum.ieee.org | Jeremy Hsu | 30 October, 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------ Schools have been removing bathroom doors, posting bathroom monitors, and even closing bathrooms in their struggles to handle the surging popularity of vaping among middle school and high school students ... Full Article ------------------------------------------------------------ ** Gartner: Immersive Experiences Among Top Tech Trends for 2019 campustechnology.com | Dian Schaffhauser | 22 October, 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------ IT analyst firm Gartner (https://www.gartner.com/en) has named its top 10 trends for 2019, and the "immersive user experience" is on the list, alongside blockchain, quantum computing and seven other drivers influencing how we interact with the world. The annual trend list covers breakout tech with broad ... Full Article ------------------------------------------------------------ ** The good book: Bible helps researchers perfect translation algorithms sciencedaily.com | Dartmouth College | 24 October, 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------ In search of inspiration for improving computer-based text translators, researchers at Dartmouth College turned to the Bible for guidance. The result is an algorithm trained on various versions ... Full Article ------------------------------------------------------------ ** How Machine Learning Impacts the Undergraduate Computing Curriculum CACM | R. Benjamin Sharpio, et al. | November, 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------ Machine learning now powers a huge range of applications, from speech recognition systems to search engines, self-driving cars, and prison-sentencing systems. Many applications that were once designed and programmed by ... Full Article ------------------------------------------------------------ ** Detecting fake face images created by both humans and machines TechXplore.com | Ingrid Fadelli | 29 October, 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------ Researchers at the State University of New York in Korea have recently explored new ways to detect both machine and human-created fake images of faces ... Full Article ------------------------------------------------------------ ** Lab studies technology that communicates by touch Rice University | TechXplore.com | 29 October, 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------ Imagine the panic. Fire alarms blare. Smoke fills the room, and you're left only with the sense of touch, feeling desperately along walls as you try to find the doorway ... Full Article ------------------------------------------------------------
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