Month: August 2017

Improving Advanced Materials Design With a Game Algorithm

August 31, 2017

If there exists a truly complicated process, it is the design of advanced materials. This is because the potential combinations for precisely placing atoms within just one structure are seemingly endless. But now, thanks to a newly developed game algorithm, the process has become much easier. To improve the process of designing advanced materials, Japanese … More Improving Advanced Materials Design With a Game Algorithm

Using Machine Learning Algorithms to Spot Counterfeit Products

August 24, 2017

A team of researchers led by New York University professor Lakshminarayanan Subramanian has developed a new method that uses machine learning algorithms to spot counterfeit consumer products. As Subramanian explains, the underlying principle of the new method comes from the idea that genuine products have certain microscopic characteristics which correspond to the same larger product … More Using Machine Learning Algorithms to Spot Counterfeit Products

Smart Algorithms Enable This Camera to Detect When Hospital Staff Don’t Wash Hands

August 18, 2017

Security cameras can be very useful, but artificially intelligent cameras with cutting-edge image recognition algorithms? They can change our world. This was proven recently by researchers at Stanford University who used smart security cameras in a hospital to determine whether doctors, nurses and other hospital staff wash their hands as much as they should. After … More Smart Algorithms Enable This Camera to Detect When Hospital Staff Don’t Wash Hands

Facebook Updates Its News Feed Algorithm to Rank Faster Loading Websites Higher

August 10, 2017

Your Facebook feed will soon look a bit different, as the News Feed algorithm has been updated to rank the faster loading websites higher. As Facebook’s Jiayi Wen, Engineer, and Shengbo Guo, Engineer write, people have been complaining how frustrating it is to click on a story they’re interested in only to be led to … More Facebook Updates Its News Feed Algorithm to Rank Faster Loading Websites Higher

Researchers Are Creating Quantum Computer Algorithms for Optimization Problems

August 3, 2017

There is no doubt that the future of computing belongs to quantum computers. They are ultra-fast, better at solving complex problems and at multitasking than ordinary computers. But what types of applications will be best for quantum computers remains an open question. Recently, a team of researchers has demonstrated that quantum computers could be useful … More Researchers Are Creating Quantum Computer Algorithms for Optimization Problems