People often seem to understand language before they have actually heard enough words to determine its structure. In everyday ...

Prof. Raj Shree Dhar dharrajshree@gmail.com It is often said that mathematics is the language of the universe and music is ...

Biometric authentication—the ability to unlock your devices by using just your face or fingerprint—is one of the few smartphone features that, even today, leave me feeling like we’re living in the ...

Civil liberty advocates and some lawmakers are sounding the alarm on the privacy risks of federal agents using surveillance toolkits during immigration enforcement operations. Using facial recognition ...

For those who have used PCs for a sufficiently long time, you probably remember trying to insert a USB plug into a port, only to have to flip it upside-down to get it in there. The advent of USB-C in ...

The grocery store chain Wegmans, among other retailers, is using face recognition on its customers — and scanning their faces for resemblance not only to accused shoplifters but also to people whose ...

Grocery chain Wegmans’ expanding use of facial recognition technology in New York City is reigniting debates over consumers’ privacy rights and retailers’ interest in safeguarding their stores. But ...

For more than a century, scientists have wondered why physical structures like blood vessels, neurons, tree branches, and other biological networks look the way they do. The prevailing theory held ...

This is Part 6 of a series on AI in education. See Part 1 here. In Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's 1797 poem "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (later immortalized by Walt Disney), a trainee makes a broom fetch ...

This leading textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the fields of pattern recognition and machine learning. It is aimed at advanced undergraduates or first-year PhD students, as well as ...

Edward Khomotso Nkadimeng receives funding from the National Research Foundation. In most industries, maintenance is a waiting game. Things are fixed when they break. But in the 21st century, an age ...