Computer Science

Test tubes with DNA that encodes the information. Credit: Rami Shloush, Technion Spokesperson

Researchers at the Technion have developed technology for encoding, recovering, and rapidly reading information stored in DNA.

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The information density in DNA is about a hundred million times greater than that of digital storage. This means that, potentially, for every unit of volume that currently holds 1 megabyte, we could store up to 100
Artificial intelligence in the laboratory. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The danger map of artificial intelligence

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There is no doubt that the new technological breakthroughs will change the face of scientific research. A new article points out three failures to watch out for
Plasma loops above sunspots, visible in UV light. Credit: DKIST/NSO

Artificial intelligence reveals secrets of the Sun's atmosphere

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Researchers at the University of Hawaii are using the world's largest solar telescope and artificial intelligence to study plasma above sunspots, improving understanding of the sun and space predictions.
Prof. Michal Feldman. Photo: Tel Aviv University spokesperson

An impressive achievement: six researchers from Tel Aviv University won ERC Consolidator Grants for 2024

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Two researchers at the Hebrew University will receive grants of 2 million euros each from the ERC

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In addition, two outstanding researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem were chosen to join the EMBO young researchers program
C. worm Elegance. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Grab the model by the throat

The swallowing organ of a transparent worm reveals the potential inherent in mathematical tools for the study of biological systems
A conversation between past and future: coffee, technology and robots. The figure was prepared using DALEE

How to defend against malicious AI and maintain a happy married life

Experts want any "safe" artificial intelligence to be equipped with a "world model" in addition to its impressive brain. That is, in an internal theater that she could run experiments on to understand whether her actions could lead
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The developers of the deep learning technologies using neural networks won the Nobel Prize

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The two, John Hopfield from Princeton University and Prof. Geoffrey Hinton from the University of Toronto changed the way machine learning is done for artificial intelligence and promoted the technology becoming as powerful as we know it today
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Podcast: Rowers for science, episode 9: Electricity flows in the palms of your hands

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From the scribepod website

Two chatbots talk to each other in a completely automatically produced podcast

The technological artist Kecha recently created a podcast in which two artificial intelligences talk to each other. He wrote code that automatically picked links to interesting academic articles in the field of computer science, extracted from them the
Star Trek style holodeck The drawing was prepared using Dalee and is not a scientific image

Researchers have recreated the Star Trek holodeck using artificial intelligence

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The main use is for training robots that will have to manage in an environment where it is difficult to plan all the things that will happen in it. With the rise of generative technology, the holodeck is expected to become an integral part of the artificial intelligence ecosystem and change
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 When can you trust an artificial intelligence model?

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More accurate uncertainty estimates may help users decide when and how to use machine learning models in the real world
Prof. Adi Shamir. Courtesy of the Wolf Prize Foundation

The Wolf Prize in Mathematics for 2024 is awarded jointly to Professors Adi Shamir and Noga Alon

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"For their pioneering contributions to mathematical cryptography, combinatorics and the theory of computer science."
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Researchers have developed algorithms that analyze information and data efficiently and quickly and maintain user privacy

The field of information technologies is constantly developing and regularly challenges the researchers and practitioners in the field. One of the challenges is Big Data - huge amounts of information that come from various sources, accumulate in information systems and require
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the flight of the drone

Researchers have developed algorithms based on game theory, through which robotic systems such as drones or autonomous cars can make informed decisions and operate efficiently
Robot scientist. Illustration using artificial intelligence software. Definitions: Avi Blizovsky

AI scientist managed to reproduce Nobel-winning discoveries without intention

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AI-Descartes, a new AI scientist, successfully reproduced a Nobel Prize-winning work using logical reasoning and symbolic regression to find exact equations. The system is effective against real-world data and small data sets, with the future goal
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Identification of organic compounds using visible light

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Researchers from the University of Santiago in Chile, working in the field of machine learning, have succeeded in developing an innovative method for identifying organic compounds based on the refractive index at a single optical wavelength
Prof. Yossi Matias. From Wikipedia

Prof. Noga Alon and Prof. Yossi Matias from Tel Aviv University won the prestigious Kanalkis Award of the ACM

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Illustration. A good algorithm is such that the amount of memory it uses is significantly smaller than the size of the database itself, so the calculation can be fast and efficient. Source: DARPA.

Similar but simpler

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Source: DARPA.

DARPA finances the development of a new type of processor - a graph analysis processor

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Fusion of images by a neural network combining content (the researchers' original image) and style (taken from a drawing of sweets). According to Prof. Elad, "the network is looking for a result that will be faithful to these two sources". Source: Technion spokesmen.

open the box

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The proposed system for sending scents. Source: Weizmann Institute magazine.

Argue about smell

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Researchers have proved an old conjecture in combinatorial geometry

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Right: Hila Levavi, Sapir Cohen and Noa Paz with the laundry folding robot. Photo: Shitzo photographers, Technion spokesmen.

Students at the Technion Faculty of Computer Science have developed a robot that folds laundry at the push of a button

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George Ball, from the University College Cork Publishing website in Ireland

What would George Ball, the developer of Boolean algebra, say about the computing revolution?

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Intestinal bacteria. Illustration Mjak/Shutterstock

Intestinal bacteria are involved in diseases such as diabetes and Crohn's disease

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Wood engraving depicting the work of cobblers in 1568. From Wikipedia

The professions that will soon disappear from the world

The inside of a home computer, courtesy of Wikipedia

Are academic studies necessary as an entry tool into the world of computing and technology

Screenshot of the Codester application. Photo: Channel 13 - Albany

Learn computer science like a language

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From the right: Professor Eran Yahav, PhD student Nimrod Partosh, Mittal Ben Sinai and Shir Yadid

Female students at the Technion carried out a cyber attack on "Waze" and caused a traffic jam

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Prof. Shafi Goldwasser. Photo: Weizmann Institute of Science

The Turing Prize will be awarded to Prof. Shafi Goldwasser from the Weizmann Institute for groundbreaking achievements in the field of cryptography

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A street in an unknown village in Angola, where a cholera epidemic broke out in 2006 and 2007. Researchers from the Technion and Microsoft have developed software that can predict outbreaks. Photo: Paulo César Santos Via Wikimedia Commons.

Research at the Technion and Microsoft: the computer will reveal fortunes

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Figure 1: In case you came from outer space, a checkerboard is ready for play. The illustration is for illustration only! Source: Wikipedia.

So what do you do there at the university? Chapter 13: How to get better at checkers in three simple steps - about genetic programming

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Yakir Reshef and Hilary Finoken. getting tighter. Photo: Weizmann Institute

built to connect

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Right: Prof. Yoram Gruner Niv Pankovitz. Spatial analysis

The main suspect

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Technion symbol

The Technion established the largest computer engineering center in Israel

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A flock of birds in the sky of Rome

What happens when the leader of a herd of animals is a robot?

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Prof. Sharit Kraus, Department of Computer Science, Bar-Ilan University, recipient of the 2010 Emet Award

Prof. Sharit Kraus from the Department of Computer Sciences in Bar-Ilan, A.M.T. Prize for 2010 in the field of exact sciences

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software management. From the IBM website

The OECD delegation examined the issue of R&D in the computing services industry in Israel

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The biggest award in the world after Nobel - to Professor Yaakov Ziv from the Technion

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The Faculty of Computer Science at the Technion will receive HP's innovative research award

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Can a computer algorithm beat viral diseases?

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Perfect night vision? A new superlattice structure allows for improved infrared (IR) imaging

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The robots will patrol instead of the soldiers

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

IBM is developing a new technology for cooling computer components

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behind the computer screen

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Check Point and Tel Aviv University are establishing an academic research institute for information security research

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Do you have a Facebook friend? From now on you will be able to know that he is in your immediate vicinity

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