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Technology known as deep learning has fueled an AI revolution, but a workshop series kicking off at Brown this week will consider where the field might go from here. Article by Kevin Stacey.
Posted January, 2018
ALS Research Forum
An emerging mouse model may help scientists identify early changes that occur in ALS that could be targeted in the disease. Article by Richard Robinson.
Posted December, 2017
Science
Can you imagine watching 20,000 videos, 16 minutes apiece, of fruit flies walking, grooming, and chasing mates? Fortunately, you don’t have to, because scientists have designed a computer program that can do it faster. Aided by artificial intelligence, researchers have made 100 billion annotations of behavior from 400,000 flies to create a collection of maps linking fly mannerisms to their corresponding brain regions. Article by Ryan Cross.
Posted July, 2017
Brown News Office
Article by David Orenstein.
Posted July, 2016
Wired
Article by Margaret Rhodes
Posted March, 2016
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So complex are patterns and variations in the vein structures of leaves that botanists struggle to take advantage of them when trying to classify a specimen within the plant kingdom. A new study shows that computer vision technology can provide automated assistance by “learning” how to use venation to assign leaves to their proper family and order. Article by David Orenstein.