IT links (19.10. - 25.10.2020)

 Work with Java constants - anti-patterns and good practices

Terminology update of inline classes etc. - they are primitive classes, objects now

There is a proposed schedule for JDK 16

Spring Security - delegating access decisions to bean methods for more complex cases

Accessing AWS Lambda over Private AWS Network with AWS PrivateLink

Avoiding AWS Lambda cold starts - multiple solutions

How to pick the proper number of neurons for a neural network? - secret formula

Software 2.0 takes shape - some early applications of machine learning and AI to different aspects of software development

AI, ML, Robots and Brains (12.10. - 18.10.2020)

Society

Ex-Google chief: U.S. must do 'whatever it takes' to beat China on AI

Scientists voice concerns, call for transparency and reproducibility in AI research

AI Reads Human Emotions. Should it?

Algorithms

Accelerating evidence-informed decision-making for the Sustainable Development Goals using machine learning

Building a landslide prediction tool with Google and AI

Deep learning artificial intelligence keeps an eye on volcano movements

Machine learning predicts how long museum visitors will engage with exhibits

Scientists discover the unique signature of a lion's roar using machine learning

Machine-learning technique could improve fusion energy outputs

AI that scans a construction site can spot when things are falling behind

When human and machine agree about iridium oxide

Order up! AI finds the right material

Making new materials using AI

New deep learning models: Fewer neurons, more intelligence

A radical new technique lets AI learn with practically no data

Additional data, advanced analytics improve performance of machine learning referral app

Health

Drug discovery with explainable artificial intelligence

Machine learning uncovers potential new TB drugs

Integration of mechanistic immunological knowledge into a machine learning pipeline improves predictions

Researchers take issue with study evaluating an AI system for breast cancer screening

Nudges with machine learning triples advanced care conversations among cancer patients

Assessing state of the art in AI for brain disease treatment

New artificial intelligence platform uses deep learning to diagnose dystonia with high accuracy in less than one second

Deep neural networks show promise for predicting future self-harm based on clinical notes

Robots

NHS using drones to deliver coronavirus kit between hospitals

The rise of robots in surgical environments during COVID-19

Treeswift's autonomous robots take flight to save forests

NTU Singapore scientists develop 'mini-brains' to help robots recognize pain and to self-repair

Robots are helping to advance developmental biology

Robot swarms follow instructions to create art

Cars

Researchers develop framework to identify health impacts of self-driving vehicles

Tesla to release a 'limited FSD beta' on October 20 to select drivers

Tesla (TSLA) Robotaxi's influence on price targets is already taking effect

Self-driving startup Cruise is launching fully driverless testing in San Francisco this year

Hardware

Cameras that can learn what they are viewing

Brains

Researchers deconstruct the "biological clock" that regulates birdsong

Primates aren't quite frogs

Classic optical illusion leads to the discovery of critical neurons in zebrafish.

New mechanism affecting nerve impulses discovered

Scientists report role for dopamine and serotonin in human perception and decision-making

Scientists find neurochemicals have unexpectedly profound roles in the human brain

USC study underscores the gut-brain connection, shows hunger hormone impacts memory

Researchers develop new model of the brain's real-life neural networks

Transient cortical circuits match spontaneous and sensory-driven activity during development

Neural circuit policies enabling auditable autonomy

Relationship value and economic value are evaluated by the same part of the brain

Researchers question the existence of the social brain as a separate system

Remembering novelty

Automatic decision-making prevents us harming others - new study

New study reveals how the nervous system mutes or boosts sensory information to make behavioral decisions

IT links (12.10. - 18.10.2020)

9 tips about handling exceptions in Java from Effective Java book with code examples from open source projects

A good overview of creational design patterns with examples in Java

Overview of Java machine learning libraries with examples

Working with parametrized builds on Jenkins

Building and deploying Python-based serverless REST API with AWS Chalice

And remote work is going to stay also after COVID-19

AI, ML, Robots and Brains (5.10. - 11.10.2020)

Society

Applying artificial intelligence to science education

Facebook's nudity-spotting AI mistook a photo of some onions for 'sexually suggestive' content

Inside the strange new world of being a deepfake actor

A GPT-3 bot posted comments on Reddit for a week and no one noticed

Live facial recognition is tracking kids suspected of being criminals

The future of mobile AI

Algorithms

Machine learning speeds up quantum chemistry calculations

Researchers use artificial intelligence language tools to decode molecular movements

Deep learning enables identification and optimization of RNA-based tools for myriad applications

Health

Deep learning gives drug design a boost

Drugs aren't typically tested on women -- artificial intelligence could correct that bias

UCI biochip innovation combines AI and nanoparticle printing for cancer cell analysis

Robots

Researchers use drones to monitor water flows in the ground

Underwater robots to autonomously dock mid-mission to recharge and transfer data

This 'squidbot' jets around and takes pics of coral and fish

Robotic surgery in the COVID-19 era: Urologists take on the challenges

Cars

Elon Musk says Tesla's Full Self-Driving suite is coming to Japan

Tesla to release self-driving Beta capable of ‘zero intervention’ in a few weeks

Driverless taxis to be available in Phoenix 'in weeks'

Brains

Dogs’ brains ‘not hardwired’ to respond to human faces

Some bees are born curious while others are more single-minded

Scientists develop a device to allow monkeys in a Finnish zoo to play sounds and music

Why are most people right-handed? Do other primates share this imbalance?

Volcanic eruption turned man's brain into glass, 'froze' brain cells 2,000 years ago, scientists find

Scientists reveal how the brain may fuel intense neural communication: Results suggest retrieval of cellular powerplants via an energy feedback loop sustains communication

Nerve cell activity shows how confident we are

Scientists unpack how the brain separates present from past dangers

How the brain helps us navigate social differences

Alternating sequences of future and past behavior encoded within hippocampal theta oscillations

Cortex-wide variation of neuronal cellular energy levels depending on the sleep-wake states

Traveling brain waves help detect hard-to-see objects

Psychology: Human spatial memory prioritizes high calorie foods

Neuroscientists discover a molecular mechanism that allows memories to form

Discovery of a new key player in long-term memory

Deep-brain imaging at synaptic resolution with adaptive optics 2-photon endomicroscopy

IT links (5.10. - 11.10.2020)

Working with files in Java with Java 8 streams

Running JPA queries as streams with JPAstreamer

Running Java as a script with jBang - like JShell, but on Java 8 and with more features 

Background jobs in Spring with JobRunr - with build-in dashboard

Bootify.io - creating Spring Boot REST API project structure together with database structure online

Full-text search with Hibernate Search and Elasticsearch

Optimizing Docker images

AI, ML, Robots and Brains (28.9. - 4.10.2020)

Society

Drugs aren't typically tested on women. AI could correct that bias

What is your attitude towards a humanoid robot? Your brain activity can tell us!

Artificial intelligence in art: a simple tool or creative genius?

A VR film/game with AI characters can be different every time you watch or play

AIOps uses AI, automation to boost security

Tool helps clear biases from computer vision

How AI will revolutionize manufacturing

Algorithms

Artificial intelligence can help protect orchids and other species

Automated image processing could aid crop evals

New artificial intelligence models show potential for predicting outcomes

Researchers exploit weaknesses of master game bots

Process for visualizing defects in crystal solids enhanced by artificial intelligence

AI technology can predict vanadium flow battery performance and cost

Machine learning homes in on catalyst interactions to accelerate materials development

AI taught to rapidly assess disaster damage so humans know where help is needed most

AI is helping scientists discover fresh craters on Mars

Health

Improving the quality of machine learning in health applications and clinical research

Harnessing big data and artificial intelligence to predict future pandemic spread

‘Sherlock Holmes’ AI diagnoses disease better than your doctor, study finds

AI can detect COVID-19 in the lungs like a virtual physician, new study shows

CNIC design an algorithm for personalized cardiovascular risk estimation in healthy people

AI predicts patients at highest risk for severe pain, increased opioid use post-surgery

Cannabis data lacking, but machine learning could help

VA Boston and BU researchers streamline PTSD diagnosis with machine learning

Computer model explains altered decision making in schizophrenia

Deep learning model provides rapid detection of stroke-causing blockages

Using machine learning to predict pediatric brain injury

AI learns to trace neuronal pathways

Semantic segmentation of microscopic neuroanatomical data by combining topological priors with encoder–decoder deep networks

How deep learning can advance study of neural degeneration

Robots

Machine-learning nanosats to inform global trade

Drone-based photogrammetry a new addition to geologic research services

Using drones to better predict urban flooding

The rise of the Covid robots – in pictures

Brains

Similarities and dissimilarities between automatic learning in bees and humans

Study shows how sun compass works in the brain of desert locust

Bird brains are surprisingly complex

Evolutionary and heritable axes shape our brain

Brain circuitry shaped by competition for space as well as genetics

How the brain balances emotion and reason

New method developed to help scientists understand how the brain processes color

'Social cells' related to social behavior identified in the brain

Social novelty has a special place in the brain

A revised map of where working memory resides in the brain

Gene links short-term memory to unexpected brain area

Tone of voice matters in neuronal communication

Nerve cells let others 'listen in'

Novel role of microglia as modulators of neurons in the brain is discovered

Recording thousands of nerve cell impulses at high resolution

Skoltech research makes it easier to pinpoint brain activity in EEG studies

IT links (28.9. - 4.10.2020)

Nice overview of all Java and JVM features from JDK 8 to 15

Building zero-dependency native apps with Java 9 Jigsaw

Polymorphic deserialization with Jackson and explicit type definition

Defining an example body payload and response for REST APIs with RAML

XML still has its advantages in comparison to alternative technologies

How to use MockMvc to test Spring Boot applications?

Intro to jOOQ (Java Object Orientated Query)

Handling time series data with new generally available Amazon Timestream

A new features of freshly released PostgreSQL 13

Interesting framework-agnostic JavaScript validation framework - Vest

40 years ago, the specification of Ethernet was published

AI, ML, Robots and Brains (20.9. - 27.9.2020)

Society

When bots do the negotiating, humans more likely to engage in deceptive techniques

We’re not ready for AI, says the winner of a new $1m AI prize

How close is AI to decoding our emotions?

Algorithms

OpenAI is giving Microsoft exclusive access to its GPT-3 language model

Engineers pre-train AI computers to make them even more powerful

Facebook wants to make AI better by asking people to break it

A computer predicts your thoughts, creating images based on them

These weird, unsettling photos show that AI is getting smarter

Artificial intelligence and machine learning could enhance scientific peer review, researchers say

Researchers hone computer models to identify animals in photos

Active learning accelerates redox-flow battery discovery

Talking alone: Researchers use artificial intelligence tools to predict loneliness

Provably exact artificial intelligence for nuclear and particle physics

The use of graph neural networks to discover particles

AI planners in Minecraft could help machines design better cities

Health

Machine learning models identify kids at risk of lead poisoning: Proactive approach focuses limited health resources where most needed

Machine learning takes on synthetic biology: algorithms can bioengineer cells for you

Artificial intelligence system developed to help better select embryos for implantation: System trained to detect highest quality in-vitro fertilization embryos outperformed trained embryologists

Researchers demonstrate how deep learning can advance study of neural degeneration

AI could expand healing with bioscaffolds

Next-gen bioinformatics tool enables big data analysis without programming expertise

Buzzworthy AI: Microsoft expands its Premonition mosquito-tracking outbreak prediction system

Deep learning helps explore the structural and strategic bases of autism?

Artificial intelligence detects osteoarthritis years before it develops

Robots

Soft robots, origami combine for potential way to deliver medical treatments

Teaching offshore robots to speak our language

Ring's new tiny drone can autonomously fly around your home and send alerts if it detects intruders, fire, or emergencies while you're away

Cars

Why people might never use autonomous cars

Hardware

New brain cell-like nanodevices work together to identify mutations in viruses

Brains

A link between sensory neurons activation and the immune system

The overlap between fear and anxiety brain circuits

Twinkling, star-shaped brain cells may hold the key to why, how we sleep

Nerve cells let others "listen in"

Bird brains' cortex-like structure may be behind complex cognition, and even consciousness

Researchers show conscious processes in birds' brains for the first time

Primate brain size does not predict their intelligence

IT links (21.9. - 27.9.2020)

Experimenting with Java records

Testing code with output done by System class - JUnit

A new Java machine learning library - Tribuo - brought by Oracle 

Deep dive into JavaScript functions

Extending YAGNI (You Ain’t Gonna Need It) principle with more strict YDNIY - You Don’t Need It Yet

IT links (14.9. - 20.9.2020)

JDK 15 was released 

Proxy pattern in Java and JDK dynamic proxies

List of top 10 useful libraries every Java developer should know

@Valid vs. @Validated Spring annotations - comparison

The Poison Message SQS Problem and how to solve it

Useful features of Chrome DevTools