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| Securities analysts' reports slow adoption of new technology, warns INFORMS journal study Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT |
(Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences) The reluctance of securities analysts to recommend investment in veteran companies using new techniques to grapple with radical technological change may be harming these companies as they struggle to compete, according to a new study in the current issue of Organization Science, a journal of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences. |
| New teaching tools aid visually impaired students in learning math Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT |
(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Mastering mathematics can be daunting for many children, but researchers have found that children with visual impairments face disproportionate challenges learning math, and by the time they reach the college level, they are significantly under-represented in science, technology, mathematics and engineering disciplines. |
| Expert: Bracket seedings irrelevant after Sweet Sixteen round Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT |
(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) For the average college basketball fan looking for an edge in a March Madness office pool, a University of Illinois expert in statistics and data analysis has some advice on how to pick winners: After the Sweet Sixteen round of play, ignore a team's seeding, which is a statistically insignificant predictor of a team's chances of winning. |
| The attacks in Europe did not affect the stability of the market in the US Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT |
(FECYT - Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology) Researchers at the University of Valencia and the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya state that the terrorist attack which happened in New York on 9/11 had an effect on the volatility of the stock market in the Eurozone. However, the attacks in Madrid and London -- on March 11, 2004, and July 7, 2005, respectively -- did not have any effect on the volatility of the market in the US. |
| Mathematical model can help communities better evaluate sex offender policies Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(Indiana University) A new mathematical model developed by Indiana University Bloomington and Arizona State University geographers could help communities that are in the midst of passing or reforming sex offender laws. The researchers describe the model and report its first test in an early view edition of Papers in Regional Science. |
| Stevens to host Conference on Systems Engineering Research Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(Stevens Institute of Technology) Stevens Institute of Technology will host the annual Conference on Systems Engineering Research March 17-19, 2010. |
| Securities analysts' reports new technology slow adoption, warns study in INFORMS journal Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences) The reluctance of securities analysts to recommend investment in veteran companies using new techniques to grapple with radical technological change may be harming these companies as they struggle to compete, according to a new study in the current issue of Organization Science, a journal of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences. |
| Who does what on Wikipedia? Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(University of Arizona) The patterns of collaboration between Wikipedia contributors have a direct effect on the data quality of an article, according to a new paper co-authored by a University of Arizona professor and graduate student. |
| Conquering the chaos in modern, multiprocessor computers Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(University of Washington) A group of computer scientists have found a way to tame multiprocessor computers, which behave in wildly unpredictable ways even as the systems become widespread in the industry. |
| Research streamlines data processing to solve problems more efficiently Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(North Carolina State University) Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new analytical method that opens the door to faster processing of large amounts of information, with applications in fields as diverse as the military, medical diagnostics and homeland security. |
| NYU Courant professor wins NSF's Waterman Award Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(New York University) New York University's Subhash Khot, an associate professor at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, has received the National Science Foundation's 2010 Alan T. Waterman Award, which is given annually to an outstanding young researcher in any field of science and engineering supported by NSF. |
| NJIT prof names baseball winners Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(New Jersey Institute of Technology) With pitchers and catchers having recently reported to spring training, once again Bruce Bukiet, an associate professor at NJIT, has applied mathematical analysis to compute the number of games that Major League Baseball teams should win in 2010. |
| BC psychologist named 2010 Sloan Research Fellow Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(Boston College) Sara Cordes, assistant professor of psychology at Boston College, has been named a 2010 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow. |
| New research advances voice security technology Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(North Carolina State University) Most people are familiar with security technology that scans a person's handprint or eye for identification purposes. Now, thanks in part to research from North Carolina State University, we are closer to practical technology that can test someone's voice to confirm their identity. |
| MIT student inventor honored for transformative work in genomics and linguistics Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(Lemelson-MIT Program) A scientific "Renaissance man" whose work spans the fields of mathematics, linguistics, biotechnology and polymer physics, Erez Lieberman-Aiden, graduate student at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, has been named the winner of the prestigious $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize. Lieberman-Aiden, one of four 2010 $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Collegiate Student Prize winners announced today, was selected for the breadth and depth of his innovations. |
| After 5 years, free systems biology markup language has proven popular Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(Virginia Tech) A scientific paper that describes a file format used by scientists to represent models of biological processes has exceeded 500 citations. The Systems Biology Markup Language is designed to enable the exchange of quantitative models of biochemical networks between different computer software packages, allowing the models to be shared and published in a form other researchers can use in various software environments. |
| Researchers reconstruct 3-D hand movement using brain signals Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(Society for Neuroscience) Researchers have successfully reconstructed 3-D hand motions from brain signals recorded in a non-invasive way, according to a study in the March 3 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience. This finding uses a technique that may open new doors for portable brain-computer interface systems. Such a non-invasive system could potentially operate a robotic arm or motorized wheelchair -- a huge advance for people with disabilities or paralysis. |
| Predicting the fate of stem cells Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have discovered a new method for predicting -- with up to 99 percent accuracy -- the fate of stem cells. Using advanced computer vision technology to detect subtle cell movements that are impossible to discern with the human eye, Professor Badri Roysam and former student Andrew Cohen can successfully forecast how a stem cell will split and what key characteristics the daughter cells will exhibit. |
| Iowa State physicist writes a better formula to predict baseball success Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(Iowa State University) Kerry Whisnant, an Iowa State University professor of physics and astronomy, will present a paper about his formula to predict baseball success to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan Sports Analytics Conference in Boston on March 6. Whisnant says his work in sabermetrics, the analysis of baseball statistics, is a hobby he'd love to turn into a part-time job for his favorite big-league team. |
| Biology may not be so complex after all, Emory physicist finds Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(Emory University) Centuries ago, scientists began reducing the physics of the universe into key laws described by a handful of parameters. Such simple descriptions have remained elusive for complex biological systems -- until now.Emory University biophysicist Ilya Nemenman has identified parameters for several biochemical networks that distill the entire behavior of these systems into simple equivalent dynamics. The discovery may hold the potential to streamline the development of drugs and diagnostic tools, by simplifying the research models. |
| Increasing dissolved oxygen concentrations in alcohol may reduce negative side effects Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research) Oxygen for ethanol oxidation is normally supplied through breathing, the stomach, and the skin.A new study has found that increasing dissolved oxygen concentrations in alcohol may help to reduce alcohol-related side effects and accidents. |
| Princeton scientists find an equation for materials innovation Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(Princeton University, Engineering School) Princeton engineers have made a breakthrough in an 80-year-old quandary in quantum physics, paving the way for the development of new materials that could make electronic devices smaller and cars more energy efficient. |
| The mathematics behind a good night's sleep Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) Professor of Mathematics Mark Holmes and his graduate student Lisa Rogers are using math to develop a new computer model that can be easily manipulated by other scientists and doctors to predict how different environmental, medical, or physical changes to a person's body will affect their sleep. Their model will also provide clues to the most basic dynamics of the sleep-wake cycle. |
| Caltech receives more than $33 million from American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(California Institute of Technology) Caltech receives $33 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for 82 projects. |
| An emotion detector for baby Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(Inderscience Publishers) Baby monitors of the future could translate infant cries, so that parents will know for certain whether their child is sleepy, hungry, needing a change, or in pain. Japanese scientists report details of a statistical computer program that can analyze a baby's crying in the International Journal of Biometrics. |
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