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Fighting Impersonation by AI
Finding ways to determine whether a voice message is real or generated by an artificial intelligence.
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Experts Identify Easy Way to Improve Smartphone Security
Purdue University researchers recently led a U.S. National Science Foundation-funded project investigating computer security.
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Geospatial Data Project Puts Major Issues on the Map
A project funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation aims to create a Web-based system for hosting, processing, analyzing, and sharing geospatial data.
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Advances in Computer Mobility, Connectivity, and Networks
Researchers are developing programs and platforms that will ensure systems work despite power outages and other issues associated with mobility and connectivity...
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Expanding the Breadth and Impact of Cybersecurity and Privacy Research
The U.S. National Science Foundation has announced two awards that will support projects addressing grand challenges in cybersecurity and computer science.
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Tele-Robotics Puts Robot Power at Your Fingertips
Cyber-dogs could help address one of the more pressing challenges of our time, according to scientists at the recent Smart America Expo.
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Demonstrating a Driverless Future
Researchers say they have developed one of the most advanced autonomous vehicles ever designed.
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A High-Performance First Year for Stampede
Approximately 3,400 researchers from 350 institutions used the Stampede supercomputer at the Texas Advanced Computing Center in its first year.
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Revolutionizing How We Keep Track of Time in Cyber-Physical Systems
A U.S. National Science Foundation to five universities will support development of new clocking technologies, synchronization protocols, and control and sensing...
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Artificial Brains Learn to Adapt
Researchers are studying a new type of spiking neural network that more closely mimics the behavioral learning processes of mammalian brains.
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Scientist Developing 3D Chips to Expand Capacity of Microprocessors
Researchers are working to develop three-dimensional integration, an emerging technology that would vertically stack multiple wafers.
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Innovative Technology Addresses Wireless Interference
Dina Katabi is leading a team working to create tools and programs to improve the speed, efficiency, and security of wireless data transmissions.
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NSF Advances National Efforts Enabling Data-Driven Discovery
The U.S. National Science Foundation recently announced several partnerships aimed at big data discovery, innovation, and education.
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Researchers Reveal Next-Generation Emergency Response Technology
New smartphone apps can virtually place 9-1-1 operators at the scene of an emergency. The software enables operators to remotely control smartphone cameras so they...
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Engineers se Brain Cells to Power Smart Grid
A team of engineers and neuroscientists is using neurons cultured in a dish to control simulated power grids.
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Nsf-Supported Stampede Opens the Gates of Advanced Computation to Thousands of Research Teams
The U.S. National Science Foundation's Stampede supercomputer is the most powerful within the NSF Extreme Digital environment.
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Nsf-Funded Superhero Supercomputer Helps Battle Autism
Researchers are using the Gordon supercomputer to develop techniques that can be used to guide the development of treatments for mental disorders.
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Advances in Computational Research Transform Scientific Process and Discovery
Supercomputers are enabling unprecedented scientific discoveries by providing high-speed computational capabilities, extreme storage capacities, and the ability...
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Printable Robots Designed to Be Consumer-Friendly, Inexpensive
A new project to automate the design and manufacturing of consumer robots uses two-dimensional desktop technology fabrication methods.
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Report Highlights Latest Data on Women, Minorities and Persons With Disabilities in Science and Engineering
Women, persons with disabilities, American Indians, African Americans, and Hispanics appear underrepresented in science and engineering education and jobs.
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