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Crowdsourcing Solutions for the Phase Problem in Innovation

There are many problems, however, where computational speed alone is insufficient to find a correct or optimal solution, for example because the parameter…

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Heusler Materials: A Game Changer for Information Technology

It is the breakthrough that physicists and chemists around the world have long anticipated and it will play a pivotal role in information technology in coming…

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Track Stolen Data: Hasso Plattner Institute’s Free Online Tool

Internet users all over the world can now answer this question using a free service from the Hasso Plattner Institute for Software Systems Engineering (HPI) at…

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Efficient Daily Processing of Big Data in Computer Systems

These computer systems supply rapidly growing data volumes. Computer science now faces the challenge of processing these huge amounts of data (big data) in a…

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Switchable Adhesion: Handle Sensitive Devices Damage-Free

During the production process, these parts are transferred in between many process steps. Each pick-up and release with conventional gripping systems involves…

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Squiggly Lines: The Future of Password Security?

As more people use smart phones or tablets to pay bills, make purchases, store personal information and even control access to their houses, the need for…

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New Proactive Strategy for Malware in Networked Systems

On the commercial front, Target suffered the largest retail hack in U.S. history during the Christmas shopping season of 2013, and now the Fortune 500…

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New Tool Enhances Internet of Things Security for Devices

“The stakes in hardware security are high”, said Ryan Kastner, a professor of computer science at the Jacobs School of Engineering at UC San Diego. 

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CSIC Unveils Software to Identify Individuals in Groups

Researchers from the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) have developed a software based on the discovery of some algorithms that enable the…

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Exploring the Future of Computing: Insights from Sandia Labs

Computing experts at Sandia National Laboratories have launched an effort to help discover what computers of the future might look like, from next-generation…

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Security Meets Privacy: ABC4Trust’s New Approach for Youth

The ABC4Trust research team is piloting this technology with young people, often thought to be the less careful about their online security. But 'that’s not…

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New Research Center Launches for Soft Matter Simulations

The German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved the establishment of a new collaborative research center (CRC) to be coordinated by Johannes Gutenberg…

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Fraunhofer HHI HEVC Encoder Powers UHD Test for Bundesliga Match

Transmission of the Bundesliga game between FC Bayern Munich and SV Werder Bremen on April 26, 2014 took place as part of an internal test run and was encoded…

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Nature-Inspired Drones: Innovations from Birds to Bats

Based on the mechanisms adopted by birds, bats, insects and snakes, 14 distinguished research teams have developed solutions to some of the common problems…

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Carnegie Mellon and Microsoft Streamline Privacy Compliance for Big Data

Web services companies, such as Facebook, Google and Microsoft, all make promises about how they will use personal information they gather. But ensuring that…

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LRZ, TUM, to join Intel in establishing an Intel® Parallel Computing Center

There are already a number of Intel Parallel Computing Centers existing and their mission is to facilitate software development of highly parallel programming…

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