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Wayne State researcher aims to improve coding peer review practices – Newswise
DETROIT Amiangshu Bosu, Ph.D., assistant professor of computer science in the College of Engineering at Wayne State University, received a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to formulate better practices involving peer code review. Peer code review is a mandatory software verification practice among most open source and commercial software development organizations. In this practice, one or more peers inspect and approve a code change before integrating it into a project's repository.
WashU Expert: DeFake tool protects voice recordings from cybercriminals – The Source – Washington University in St. Louis
A new tool developed by computer scientist Ning Zhang embeds distortions imperceptible to human ears into audio recordings to prevent them from being cloned by cybercriminals. (Image: Canva) In what has become a familiar refrain when discussing artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled technologies, voice cloning makes possible beneficial advances in accessibility and creativity while also enabling increasingly sophisticated scams and deepfakes.
John Hennessy to receive the National Science Board Vannevar Bush Award – Stanford Report – Stanford University News
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PVAMU receives new grant to help train students in computing to address social issues affecting rural communities – Northdallasgazette
PRAIRIE VIEW Prairie View A&M University has received a Responsible Computing Challenge award from the Mozilla Foundation, aimed at developing curricula that empowers students to think about the social and political context of computing. Mozilla, most widely known for developing the Firefox browser, has made making the internet a force for good its mission
Tech Tools for the Future: Zebras, AI, and Girls in ICT Day – AccessWire
By Emma Reid NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / April 18, 2024 / I'm excited to announce that Dr. Tanya Berger-Wolf will be joining our special Women Rock-IT broadcast to support International Girls in ICT Day, featuring women who have turned their passion for technology into rewarding and successful careers. Dr.
Intel unveils largest-ever AI ‘neuromorphic computer’ that mimics the human brain – Livescience.com
Scientists at Intel have built the world's largest neuromorphic computer, or one designed and structured to mimic the human brain. The company hopes it will support future artificial intelligence (AI) research.
Cracking the Code at Whitman’s First Ever Hackathon – Whitman Pioneer
Illustration by Uma Bratt This year, Whitman will host its first-ever Hackathona day-long problem-solving, coding-centered tournament. People from any majors at all levels of coding experience take part in Hackathons across the globe. The organizers of the Hackathon aim for it to be inclusive to all regardless of whether they have a background in coding.
Hitachi Vantara brings VSP One hybrid cloud storage to AWS Blocks and Files – Blocks and Files
Hitachi Vantaras Virtual Storage Platform One (VSP One), a unified hybrid cloud storage product, has moved into the realm of the public cloud with AWS. Update: SDS File and object info added
Storage 100: The Digital Bridge Between The Cloud And On-Premises Worlds – CRN
The storage industry continues to rapidly change, and many vendors are indeed looking to provide ways to better extend and manage storage regardless of where it exists. Here are 100 vendors solution providers should have on their radar across software-defined storage; data recovery, observability and resiliency; and components
OneDrive will finally let you import your Google Drive, Dropbox files (APK teardown) – Android Authority
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR OneDrive is one of the better Google Drive competitors, offering competitive prices as part of Microsoft 365 subscriptions. What if you want to transfer your files from a rival cloud storage service to OneDrive, though? Theres no easy way to do this right now, but our own APK teardown suggests Microsoft is working on a solution