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Macquarie University – Sydney Data Centre

The Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, is planning the construction of a data centre in the new Sydney CBD area. This is to be Australia’s first data centre. This is part of a planned city of data centres that Macquarie is building in Sydney. The proposed data centre at the Sydney CBD will have the following…

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New API and SDK for Mobile Platforms – A MobileIron APK for the Apple App Store

Computer security researchers at the University of Maryland have developed a new API and SDK for mobile platforms to give developers an easy way to securely publish their mobile apps to Apple’s App Store. The researchers have demonstrated the tool, using the App Store to publish a proof-of-concept app that allows users to download a…

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MIT Robotics Professor Kiran Smart: Empowering Humanity Through Robotic Innovations

Kiran Smart, the MIT Robotics Professor and Senior Fellow at the Center for Vision and Robotics (CV&R), discusses how robotics has been leveraged for humanitarian purposes. “I’m not a robot expert,” she tells Computer Networking. “I don’t know the specifics. But, I’m optimistic because the opportunities are there. This interview was originally published on the…

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The MIT School of Engineering Celebrates 300th Anniversary

The MIT School of Engineering is a unique institution that is in the heart of the city of Boston. This is not a school for the general population, but one for the most brilliant, skilled, and accomplished individuals of engineers, scientists, mathematicians and other technical fields. In the very beginning, the School of Engineering has…

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Hispanic Heritage Plaza at University of Iowa

On Thursday, President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden arrived at the Hispanic Heritage Plaza at the University of Iowa, which was one of four planned locations for the National Council for Latino Studies. The president noted that while the University is not an official center of the Hispanic community, it is the only…

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SAMS Award 2021

United States of America: Computer Software Programmers Association (USU) announced today that a prestigious “SAMS Award 2021” is awarded to several award-winning software products from the United States Unisys Corporation. “I would like to say thank you from the bottom of our hearts to the United States Unisys Corporation and the Software Programmers Association for…

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NVIDIA Launches Cambridge-1, the UK’s Most Powerful AI Supercomputer

Introduction: The NVIDIA Cambridge 1 supercomputer is now part of a national partnership called UK-CUDA (UK Cooperative Virtual University Computing Alliance). The Cambridge 1 combines the best of a UK supercomputer (currently the Cray XC30) with the best of a US supercomputer (Cray OVir2k). This article examines the Cambridge 1 and looks at the implications…

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Data Compression: A Survey

“I had never heard of the term ‘Salt Perimeter Slug,’ until Professor Robert D. Wood of the University of Minnesota, came to my lecture in June, 1998,” says Stephen N. Bailey is a Professor in the Institute of Communications at the State University of New York in Potsdam. For several years, Professor Wood has been…

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The Ubiquity Warehouse in Dallas / Fort Worth, Texas

In the United States, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is providing funding and support for an American-owned Ubiquity Warehouse in the Dallas / Fort Worth area. This warehouse will be used to store multiple U. border crossings and electronic devices during the federal government’s shutdown. It’s been the source of controversy since last year.…

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The Army is Using Artificial Intelligence to Evalue its Soldiers

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in the Army, published by The American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI). Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in the Army is a peer-reviewed online journal which publishes research on the intersection of AI and machine learning in the world of defense technology. This is a very comprehensive paper that covers…

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