Quantum computers can accelerate the transition to net zero power grids

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Power grid operators, such as National Grid in the UK, rely on high-performance computers to plan grid expansions and to schedule when energy should be produced…

New platform expedites material development for next-gen tech

Computer scientists develop new and improved camera inspired by the human eye

A diagram of the novel camera system developed by UMD computer scientists Botao He, Yiannis Aloimonos, Cornelia Fermuller, Jinxi Chen and Chahat Deep Singh. Credit: Botao He, Yiannis Aloimonos, Cornelia…

Researchers develop new training technique that aims to make AI systems less socially biased

Credit: CC0 Public Domain An Oregon State University doctoral student and researchers at Adobe have created a new, cost-effective training technique for artificial intelligence systems that aims to make them…

Clear guidelines needed for synthetic data to ensure transparency, accountability and fairness, study says

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Clear guidelines should be established for the generation and processing of synthetic data to ensure transparency, accountability and fairness, a new study says. Synthetic data—generated through…

Large language models generate biased content, warn researchers

Credit: AI-generated image A new report led by researchers from UCL finds that the most popular artificial intelligence (AI) tools discriminate against women and people of different cultures and sexualities.…

An efficient dynamic erasure coding method for permissioned blockchain systems

The overhead of Dynamic-EC. Credit: Mizhipeng Zhang, Chentao Wu, Jie Li, Minyi Guo Research led by Minyi Guo, published in Frontiers of Computer Science, addresses the challenge of reducing storage…

New computer vision tool can count damaged buildings in crisis zones and accurately estimate bird flock sizes

Cutting-edge simulations for Industry 4.0

Wolfgang Maaß (left), doctoral research student Hannah Stein and researcher Ankit Agrawal (right) are working with partners from industry and academia to harness the power of quantum computational methods for…

The quantum computer doesn’t exist yet, but we are better understanding what problems it can solve

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain How do we know what a quantum computer is good for when it hasn’t been built yet? That’s what Ph.D. candidate Casper Gyurik investigated by combining…