ACM Chennai Chapter Newsletter - October, 2019
Chapter Activities * 15 Oct 2019: Symposium cum Technical Meet on ICT Trends on 15th Oct 2019 at Mini Auditorium, 2nd Floor, ECE Dept., Anna University, Chennai – 600025
* 21 Oct 2019: Presentation on “ASSISTECH: Assistive Technology Solutions for Mobility & Education of Visually Impaired” by Prof. M. Balakrishnan, Dept. of CSE, IIT Delhi
Upcoming Events Will be updated as we finalize. Headlines at a Glance 1. Things That Can Sabotage a Startup and How to Avoid Them 2. Survey: Most Students Find Choosing a Major Stressful 3. DeepMind’s AI has now outcompeted nearly all human players at StarCraft II 4. Volkswagen to Test Quantum Navigation App in Real Traffic 5. Supercomputer analyzes web traffic across entire internet 6. Project will explore game play's potential to reduce mental distress
News in Detail
** 5 Things That Can Sabotage a Startup and How to Avoid Them spectrum.ieee.org | Kathy Pretz | 31 Oct., 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------ In this column IEEE Fellow Chenyang Xu shares five common pitfalls he’s seen that can sink a startup and suggests how to avoid them. Xu is a founding partner at the Silicon Valley Future Academy ... Full Article ------------------------------------------------------------ ** Survey: Most Students Find Choosing a Major Stressful campustechnology.com | Dian Schaffheuser | 24 Oct., 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------ The older or younger the student enrolling, the more certain he or she is about having chosen the right major, at least in the beginning. While more than half of Gen X (older) and Gen Z (younger) students were confident in their career paths when they enrolled (56 percent and 52 percent ... Full Article ------------------------------------------------------------ ** DeepMind’s AI has now outcompeted nearly all human players at StarCraft II MIT Tech Review | Karen Hao | 30 Oct., 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------ In January of this year, DeepMind announced it had hit a milestone in its quest for artificial general intelligence. It had designed an AI system, called AlphaStar, that beat two professional players at StarCraft II, a popular video game about galactic warfare. This was quite a feat ... Full Article ------------------------------------------------------------ ** Volkswagen to Test Quantum Navigation App in Real Traffic WSJ.com | Sara Castellanos | 31 Oct., 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------ Volkswagen AG plans to test a quantum-computer-powered navigation app in Lisbon next week, part of a larger plan to include such a feature in its vehicles within the next few years. The Germany-based company, the world’s biggest auto maker by sales, has been working to commercialize this technology for about three years ... Full Article ------------------------------------------------------------ ** Supercomputer analyzes web traffic across entire internet MIT News Office | Rob Matheson | 27 Oct., 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------ Using a supercomputing system, MIT researchers have developed a model that captures what web traffic looks like around the world on a given day, which can be used as a measurement tool for internet research and many other applications. ... Full Article ------------------------------------------------------------ ** Project will explore game play's potential to reduce mental distress TechXplore.com | Nancy Cohen | 31 Oct., 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------ The just line of surrender in the never-ending debate about video games as bad or good for people is that line where people agree to disagree, where people examine all the studies pro and con to recognize that the truth refuses to take up residence on either side ... Full Article ------------------------------------------------------------ ============================================================
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