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UoH to get ₹113 crore funding from Defence Ministry - The Hindu

Sat, 03/04/2017 - 11:03

UoH to get ₹113 crore funding from Defence Ministry
The Hindu
A series of discussions with various DRDO labs such as HEMRL, TBRL, LASTEC, CHESS, NSTL, CEEFS, DMRL and LIC preceded the finalisation of the project proposals recommended by an expert committee, Prof. Appa Rao said. The research will be ...

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Hyderabad University research projects bags Rs113 cr funding - Hindu Business Line

Sat, 03/04/2017 - 06:58

Hindu Business Line

Hyderabad University research projects bags Rs113 cr funding
Hindu Business Line
Strategic research projects at the University of Hyderabad (UoH) Centre-ARCHEM supported by the Defence Ministry will get a whopping Rs. 113 crore funding for the next five years. The University, among the top five in the country will very soon become ...

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The Share Trading Style Chess Grandmasters Use - Daily Reckoning - Australian Edition

Fri, 03/03/2017 - 17:02

Daily Reckoning - Australian Edition

The Share Trading Style Chess Grandmasters Use
Daily Reckoning - Australian Edition
His opponent, Deep Blue, was a chess computer birthed in an IBM research lab. On 11 May 1997, the two squared off against one another in a chess match. This wasn't the first time Kasparov had pitted his wits against computers. Or Deep Blue for that matter.

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Fujitsu envisions AI that thinks outside the box - Nikkei Asian Review

Fri, 03/03/2017 - 12:16

Fujitsu envisions AI that thinks outside the box
Nikkei Asian Review
TOKYO -- Tech company Fujitsu aims to develop creative artificial intelligence that works in unfamiliar scenarios, tackling this project with a state-backed institution to try to give Japanese AI research a leg up on competition overseas. This type of ...

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Reading at the library - Harrison Daily (subscription)

Fri, 03/03/2017 - 12:11

Reading at the library
Harrison Daily (subscription)
Programs and activities at the Boone County Library for March. The BCL is open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays, Wednesday, and Fridays and from 9 a.m.-7 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursdays and from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday.

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Burnie Chess Club member scores national award - The Advocate

Fri, 03/03/2017 - 00:42

The Advocate

Burnie Chess Club member scores national award
The Advocate
Mr Ledger joined the Burnie Chess Club in 1945, at the age of 15. He was elected Secretary-Treasurer in 1952, and served on the executive team almost continually before his retirement in 2012. Tasmanian Chess Association President Denis McMahon said ...

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Poker-playing AI program first to beat pros at no-limit Texas hold 'em - Science Daily

Thu, 03/02/2017 - 14:31

Science Daily

Poker-playing AI program first to beat pros at no-limit Texas hold 'em
Science Daily
In a historic result for the flourishing AI research community, the team -- which includes researchers from Charles University in Prague and Czech Technical University -- has developed an AI system called DeepStack that defeated professional poker ...
Winning against a computer isn't in the cards for poker pros ...Science News
Time to Fold, Humans: Poker-Playing AI Beats Pros at Texas Hold'emScientific American
How rival bots battled their way to poker supremacyNature.com
Calgary Herald -The Star Online -The Globe and Mail
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Winning against a computer isn't in the cards for poker pros - Science News

Thu, 03/02/2017 - 13:01

Science News

Winning against a computer isn't in the cards for poker pros
Science News
... scientist Murray Campbell, one of the creators of Deep Blue, the computer that bested chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov in 1997. DeepStack “had a huge margin of victory,” says Campbell, of IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, ...
Time to Fold, Humans: Poker-Playing AI Beats Pros at Texas Hold'emScientific American
AI is Now 10 Times Better Than a Professional Poker PlayerInverse
Skill trumps luckEurekAlert (press release)
ResearchGate (blog) -Times Colonist -Daily Mail
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Understanding the animal, not just its parts - Speaking of Research

Thu, 03/02/2017 - 08:40

Speaking of Research

Understanding the animal, not just its parts
Speaking of Research
Although both publications neglected to discuss the diversity of neuroscience, the main theme of the scientific publication was to change the way scientists interested in the integration of physiology and behavior approach their research questions. Too ...

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How to make your kid good at anything, according to a world expert on peak performance - Quartz

Thu, 03/02/2017 - 03:15

How to make your kid good at anything, according to a world expert on peak performance
Quartz
In the journal, one group of researchers reanalyzed six studies involving chess and eight involving music to determine how much of the performance variance could be accounted for by deliberate practice. In both fields, less than half of the variance in ...

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Arlington Public Library news - Wicked Local Arlington

Thu, 03/02/2017 - 02:19

Wicked Local Arlington

Arlington Public Library news
Wicked Local Arlington
Let's Play Chess!: 3:15-4 p.m. Monday, March 6-April 10, Robbins Library Community Room. Learn how to play chess in this wonderful six-week program at the Robbins Library. Learn chess basics as well as important strategic ideas and tactics to improve ...

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Global Chess Market 2016 - North America, China, Europe, Japan ... - LongShortReport (blog)

Wed, 03/01/2017 - 23:30

LongShortReport (blog)

Global Chess Market 2016 - North America, China, Europe, Japan ...
LongShortReport (blog)
chess-market Global Chess Industry 2016 is an analytical research report that delves into the dynamics of the global Chess industry.It presents an ...

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Patrick, James Burns - The Daily Progress

Wed, 03/01/2017 - 23:00

The Daily Progress

Patrick, James Burns
The Daily Progress
A noted research chemist, he worked for the National Institutes of Health and Lederle Laboratory as Antibiotic Research Scientist prior to becoming head of the Chemistry Department at Mary Baldwin College, 1967 to 1992, and was the first holder of the ...

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A Pre-IPO Company Is A Chess Game: SimilarWeb's CEO On How To Judge The Best Moves - Forbes

Wed, 03/01/2017 - 08:52

Forbes

A Pre-IPO Company Is A Chess Game: SimilarWeb's CEO On How To Judge The Best Moves
Forbes
With 350 employees around the world, split fairly evenly between research and development and product, and sales and marketing on the other side, the company is poised for an IPO, probably within the next two years. It's just hired a CFO, Jason ...

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A Pre-IPO Company Is A Chess Game: SimilarWeb's CEO On How To Judge The Best Moves - Forbes

Wed, 03/01/2017 - 08:52

Forbes

A Pre-IPO Company Is A Chess Game: SimilarWeb's CEO On How To Judge The Best Moves
Forbes
With 350 employees around the world, split fairly evenly between research and development and product, and sales and marketing on the other side, the company is poised for an IPO, probably within the next two years. It's just hired a CFO, Jason ...

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AI Robot Cruises io Victory Over Human Poker Pros – By a Margin Of 600k! - Hard Avenue

Wed, 03/01/2017 - 07:01

Hard Avenue

AI Robot Cruises io Victory Over Human Poker Pros – By a Margin Of 600k!
Hard Avenue
Computer scientists have been programming chess bots since the 1960s, though it was only when Deep Blue defeated Garry Kasparov in 1996 that the first major computer victory against a world-class professional was recorded under the conditions of a ...

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Plymouth Public Library news - Wicked Local Plymouth

Wed, 03/01/2017 - 05:43

Plymouth Public Library news
Wicked Local Plymouth
215; Bill Petrillo, Chess club co-leader, 774-766-7689, bill.petrillo@comcast.net; or Jim Pritchard, Chess club co-leader, 508-878-8194, jimpri@verizon.net. This program is free to the public. No registration is required. .... With content from the ...

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East Africa: EPA and Diplomatic Chess Games in EAC - AllAfrica.com

Wed, 03/01/2017 - 03:33

AllAfrica.com

East Africa: EPA and Diplomatic Chess Games in EAC
AllAfrica.com
However, writing for Global Research, a centre for research on globalisation, Prof Horace Campbell, the Kwame Nkrumah Chair of the University of Ghana, said last October that the goals of the EPA are detrimental to the future of regional or full ...

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Research News: Editors' Choice - Physics

Tue, 02/28/2017 - 09:35

Physics

Research News: Editors' Choice
Physics
But what if scientists used the idea behind machine learning and unleashed “computer players” to learn about and solve the ground state of quantum many-body systems, much like computer programs that play chess or Go? Writing in Science, Giuseppe ...

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Game theory says publicly shaming cyberattackers could backfire - New Scientist

Mon, 02/27/2017 - 14:40

New Scientist

Game theory says publicly shaming cyberattackers could backfire
New Scientist
But naming who's behind an attack may not be helpful if you're not in a position to retaliate, says Benjamin Edwards at IBM Research, who led the modelling work. ... “There's a saying in chess: A threat is always stronger than an actual attack,” says ...

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