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New IBM-MIT Laboratory to Use Insights from Brain, Cognitive Science to Advance Machine Understanding

IBM Research today announced a multi-year collaboration with the Department of Brain & Cognitive Sciences at MIT to advance the scientific field of machine vision, a core aspect of artificial intelligence.

21 Sep 2016

42Q’s New Protocol Capability Simplifies Implementation of Factory Automation, Machine to Machine Communication

42Q, a leading provider of cloud manufacturing execution systems (MES), today announced full Semiconductor Equipment Communications Standard, Generic Equipment Model (SECS/GEM) protocol capability.

9 Sep 2016

Core Principles of Automation, Al Must be Rethought as World Navigates IT Paradigm Shift

The world's oldest board game still has a few moves to play. Go, a game of strategy and instinct considered more difficult to master than chess, was created roughly in the same era as the written word.

31 Aug 2016

Researchers Use Deep Reinforcement Learning Algorithms to Make Real-World Traffic Scenarios Less Complicated

Rush hour. The dreaded time of day when traffic conditions seem bent on making you late. As your car slowly creeps in line behind countless others stuck at a stop light, you think to yourself, "Why aren't these lights changing faster?" Traffic control scientists have long tried to solve this signaling problem.

17 Aug 2016

Fraunhofer Scientists Working on Machine that can Detect Human States

Numerous tasks today are handled by machines. Ideally, machines should also be able to assist humans when the performance is poor. To mediate appropriately, the machine has to comprehend how the human is doing.

2 Aug 2016

Advantech Launches AIIS Product Series for Automation-Related Machine Vision Applications

Advantech (2395 TW), a global provider of intelligent systems and platform solutions across multiple vertical markets, is pleased to announce the launch of its AIIS product series aimed at automation-related machine vision applications.

28 Jul 2016

Adaptive Contrast Adjustment of Lighting Could be Used for Various Robotic, Human-Interaction Applications

Vision-based face detection and recognition is one of the most rapidly growing research areas in computer vision and robotics and is widely used in several human related applications. However, vision-based face detection and recognition has been shown to be effective only under normal illumination conditions.

20 Jul 2016

Scientists Use Machine Learning Methods to Guide Targeted Surveillance and Virus Discovery Projects

A team of scientists has developed a model that can predict bat species most likely to transmit Ebola and other filoviruses. Findings highlight new potential hosts and geographic hotspots worthy of surveillance. So reports a new paper in the journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases.

15 Jul 2016

EU-Funded Research Projects Aim to Achieve Machine-Based Translation of 24 Languages

The aim of their collaboration is to achieve machine-based translation between the languages of the European Union so that comprehensible texts are achieved for as many language combinations as possible. Two of the EU-funded research projects are being led by the Saarbrücken computer linguist Josef van Genabith.

8 Jul 2016

Researchers Develop New Technique to Improve Image Processing and Computer Vision

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new technique that improves the ability of computer vision technologies to better identify and separate objects in an image, a process called segmentation.

21 Jun 2016

Machine-Vision News

New IBM-MIT Laboratory to Use Insights from Brain, Cognitive Science to Advance Machine Understanding

42Q’s New Protocol Capability Simplifies Implementation of Factory Automation, Machine to Machine Communication

Core Principles of Automation, Al Must be Rethought as World Navigates IT Paradigm Shift

Researchers Use Deep Reinforcement Learning Algorithms to Make Real-World Traffic Scenarios Less Complicated

Fraunhofer Scientists Working on Machine that can Detect Human States

Advantech Launches AIIS Product Series for Automation-Related Machine Vision Applications

Adaptive Contrast Adjustment of Lighting Could be Used for Various Robotic, Human-Interaction Applications

Scientists Use Machine Learning Methods to Guide Targeted Surveillance and Virus Discovery Projects

EU-Funded Research Projects Aim to Achieve Machine-Based Translation of 24 Languages

Researchers Develop New Technique to Improve Image Processing and Computer Vision

Deep Learning Elevates the Precision of Brain Surgery

Machine Learning Improves Aerosol Prediction Accuracy

Proto-DS: Advanced AI for Food Testing and Quality Control

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Successful Demonstration of Remote Robotic Laparoscopic Hysterectomy

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