A New Algorithm Makes It Faster to Find the Shortest Paths

A canonical problem in computer science is to find the shortest route to every point in a network. A new approach beats the ...
The Harvard Crimson

Harvard Researchers Find Executive Function Tests May Be Culturally Biased

Researchers from Harvard’s Department of Human Evolutionary Biology found that educated children perform better on psychological tests measuring executive function abilities, challenging the accuracy ...
Semiconductor Engineering

ONNX And Python To C++: State-Of-The-Art Graph Compilation

How a NPU programming model can boost the ability to port new models onto state-of-the-art embedded silicon.
Nature

Turning a hobby into a job: How duplicated genes find new functions

Natural selection uses duplicated genes as raw material for functional innovation, co-opting their existing features to new functions. Understanding genetic innovation requires two questions to be ...
Communications of the ACM

Shields for Safe Reinforcement Learning

Evaluating the advantages and potential drawbacks of shielding as a method for safe RL. Bettina Könighofer is an assistant professor at Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria. Roderick Bloem ...
IEEE

Multi-Scale Feature Fusion Based on Piecewise Polynomial Activation Function for Image-Text matching

Abstract: Image-text matching remains challenging in big data processing. Matching accuracy is influenced by various factors, including the correlation between images and texts, feature extraction and ...
Reuters

Exclusive: China buys Argentine soybeans after tax drop, leaving US farmers sidelined

SINGAPORE/BEIJING, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Chinese buyers booked at least 10 cargoes of Argentine soybeans after Buenos Aires scrapped grain export taxes, three traders said on Tuesday, dealing another ...
BBC

How do search engines work?

A search engine is a program close programA sequence of instructions written in a coding language that a computer can understand. that finds webpages on the web. You type in the words that you want ...
WebMD

What to Know About Gamma Brain Waves

‌Your brain is constantly at work, performing processes like thinking, concentrating, remembering, and more. During these activities, your brain cells constantly communicate with each other. This ...
IEEE

Robust Tube-Based Model Predictive Control for Lane Change Maneuver of Tractor-Trailer Vehicles Based on a Polynomial Trajectory

Abstract: This paper reports an effective quintic polynomial-based trajectory planning approach and a robust tube-based model predictive control (RTMPC) method for an underactuated tractor-trailer ...
Johns Hopkins Medicine

The Brain-Gut Connection

If you’ve ever “gone with your gut” to make a decision or felt “butterflies in your stomach” when nervous, you’re likely getting signals from an unexpected source: your second brain. Hidden in the ...