Digital Transformation (20.4. - 25.4.2021)

Demo: Streamline data management with OneTrust data governance - with live example

OLAP in the cloud era

Managing data governance throughout the data lifecycle

Junk metadata as data catalog risk

All data integrations should use Change Data Capture

Using the Six Sigma method for data quality improvements

Selling data science projects to non-technical management with financial ROIs

Accelerating the creation of ML data pipelines with data lake

IT links (20.4. - 25.4.2021)

It is really nice to see how Java 16 Records can decrease the amount of code needed to write - Java 16 Records with JPA and jOOQ

And what can go wrong when you are using Lombok and JPA together?

Long polling in Spring MVC

AWS Glue 101: All you need to know with a full walk-through

AI, ML, Robots and Brains (12.4. - 18.4.2021)

Society

EU plan for risk-based AI rules to set fines as high as 4% of global turnover, per leaked draft

Uber hit with default 'robo-firing' ruling after another EU labor rights GDPR challenge

Podcast: What’s AI doing in your wallet?

The future of artificial intelligence requires the guidance of sociology

Geoffrey Hinton has a hunch about what’s next for AI

Why is AI mostly presented as female in pop culture and demos?

AI ethicist Kate Darling: ‘Robots can be our partners’

People may trust computers more than humans

Algorithms

Tell me who your friends are: Neural network uses data on banking transactions for credit scoring

AI pinpoints local pollution hotspots using satellite images

Dynamical machine learning accurately reconstructs volume interiors with limited-angle data

Combining news media and AI to rapidly identify flooded buildings

27 million galaxy morphologies quantified and cataloged with the help of machine learning

Galileo sunspot sketches versus modern 'deep learning' AI

Health

Designing better antibody drugs with artificial intelligence

AI-powered algorithm released to detect the third wave in South Africa

FDA OKs marketing of first AI device used to detect lesions during colonoscopy

Student-developed machine-learning techniques make surgeries safer, easier to review

Memic raises $96M for its robot-assisted surgery platform

Machine learning can help with treatment planning and proper management of tongue cancer

Integration of multiomics data with graph convolutional networks to identify new cancer genes and their associated molecular mechanisms

165 new cancer genes identified with the help of machine learning

Machine learning can help slow down future pandemics

Cytosponge-AI combo could help doctors diagnose Barrett's esophagus

Deep Learning model to maximize lifespan after liver transplant

Artificial intelligence can accelerate clinical diagnosis of fragile X syndrome

Robots

CMU teaches its snake robot to swim

Sound location inspired by bat ears could help robots navigate outdoors

Xwing completes first autonomous gate-to-gate commercial cargo flight

Betting on drones as smart agricultural tools for pesticide use in farms

Cars

Tesla Full Self-Driving subscription gets definitive release date from Elon Musk

‘No one was driving’ Tesla before fatal fiery crash that kept reigniting, Texas cops say

Tesla's FSD suite is impressive, but Aurora CEO says, 'We were doing better in 2010'

Ford shows BlueCruise hands-free driving while CEO Farley takes jab at Tesla

Domino's, Nuro to begin autonomous pizza deliveries in Houston

Chinese autonomous vehicle startup WeRide scores permit to test driverless cars in San Jose

Intel's Mobileye teams with Udelv to launch 35,000 driverless delivery vehicles by 2028

GM's Cruise will operate a robotaxi service in Dubai

China’s Xpeng in the race to automate EVs with lidar

Oxbotica raises $13.8M from Ocado to build autonomous vehicle tech for the online grocer's logistics network

Hardware

Dendritic computers: When 1 + 1 = 3

Machine learning at speed

Brains

Fruit flies give researchers new insights into the 'highway of the nerve cells'

In pig brain development, nature beats nurture

Bigger brains gave squirrels the capacity to move up in the world

Physicists develop theoretical model for neural activity of mouse brain

Head-mounted microscope captures brain activity in freely behaving mice

A neuromagnetic view through the skull

The hunger games: Uncovering the secret of the hunger switch in the brain

Research breakthrough in understanding how neural systems process and store information

Knowing how the brain retrieves facts may help people with memory disorders

Study identifies two neuronal populations associated with symptoms of Parkinson's disease

New study reveals brain basis of psychopathy

Researchers map brain regions responsible for intoxicating effects of alcohol

Digital Transformation (12.4. - 19.4.2021)

Three webinars this week:

• Governing your data catalog, business glossary, and data dictionary
• Data management + data strategy = interoperability
• Data pipelines in the enterprise and comparison

Quality assurance techniques for data pipelines

What is a data silo?

The impact of cloud-based data warehousing

Continuous datasets - beyond batch vs streaming

Do not add more resources to inefficient processes - the true cost of not automating repetitive processes

AI infrastructure and its difference from MLOps

IT links (12.4. - 19.4.2021)

Definitive guide to Java 16

Spring bean naming strategies

Resolving Maven dependency conflicts with a Bill of Materials (BOM)

Solving Java security issues in Spring MVC application with Snyk

List of open source security tools

Amazon Redshift vs Google BigQuery

Software Architecture and Design InfoQ Trends Report - April 2021

AI, ML, Robots and Brains (5.4. - 11.4.2021)

Society

Thousands of US government agencies using Clearview AI without approval

The NYPD used Clearview's controversial facial recognition tool. Here’s what you need to know

Drones that swarmed U.S. warships are still unidentified, Navy chief says

Preparing for AI-enabled cyberattacks

Society is not ready to make human brains

Hitting the Books: How biased AI can hurt users or boost a business's bottom line

Wonder Dynamics raises $2.5M seed to equip indie filmmakers with AI-powered VFX

Facebook asked people to share their age and gender to create a fairer AI dataset

Algorithms

Authentic Artists is building virtual, AI-powered musicians

Rice, Intel optimize AI training for commodity hardware

Deep learning networks prefer the human voice -- just like us

Artificial intelligence to explore the biomolecular world

New machine learning method accurately predicts battery state of health

Unsupervised behaviour analysis and magnification (uBAM) using deep learning

Machine-learning methods lead to discovery of rare 'quadruply imaged quasars'

Health

Using AI to safely add people with red flags to clinical trials

AI-powered symptom checkers can help healthcare systems deal with the COVID-19 burden

Going deep: Artificial intelligence improves accuracy of breast ultrasound diagnoses

New multiple sclerosis subtypes identified using artificial intelligence

Artificial Intelligence could 'crack the language of cancer and Alzheimer's'

Using AI to diagnose neurological diseases based on motor impairment

Robots

Valkyrie drone launches even smaller drone from inside payload bay

US Air Force could use swarms of drones to overpower enemy defence systems

Boston Dynamics' Spot robot tested in combat training with the French army

Forget Boston Dynamics. This robot taught itself to walk with AI

Sky shepherding: Using drones to herd sheep ethically

AppHarvest buys ag-robotics firm, Root AI

Robots can be more aware of human co-workers, with system that provides context

Cars

Elon Musk explains Tesla's pure vision approach to Autopilot and Full Self-Driving

Brains

The brain may have evolved to regulate digestion in presence of light rather than food stimuli

'Bug brain soup' expands menu for scientists studying animal brains

Understanding fruit fly behavior may be next step toward autonomous vehicles

New pig brain maps facilitate human neuroscience discoveries

Whales can learn about danger and can warn each other, according to a study of how they dodged whaling ships in the 19th century

Modern human brain originated in Africa around 1.7 million years ago

Scientists identify new differences between the sexes in age-related changes to brain stem cells

An interactive visual database for American Sign Language reveals how signs are organized in the mind

Study finds brain regions respond to familiar and unfamiliar music, even without musical training

Why our brains miss opportunities to improve through subtraction

New blueprint of brain connections reveals extensive reach of central regulator

Oregon researchers identify pathway that transitions brain from plasticity to stability

The structure and function of cortical brain cells modulated by attention

Brain cells decide on their own when to release pleasure hormone

Unique mini-microscope provides insight into complex brain functions

Light shed on the coordination of neural stem cell activation

Leptin puts the brakes on eating via novel neurocircuit

Autism gene study finds widespread impact to brain's growth signaling network

Mapping neural connections in Parkinson's disease

Digital Transformation (5.4. - 11.4.2021)

Can you have both an offensive vs. defensive data strategy?

Second part: Two questions to make your business more data-driven

Next-generation of data management with data fabrics

Data cleansing and its importance

Data quality management comprehensive framework - dimensions, metrics, and more ... 

Three lessons from building a highly reproducible data warehouse

Metadata-driven data warehouses

DataOps for effective AI/ML - with links to more articles

MLOps best practices for data scientists

How the cloud has evolved over the past 10 years

IT links (5.4. - 11.4.2021)

JEP 408: Simple Web Server - start a minimal web server that serves static files in the current directory from a command line

Working with RSA in Java

Guide to @LazyCollection annotation

Tackling Java cold startups on AWS Lambda with GraalVM

10 Java security best practices from Snyk

Ideas for Java code review

What is new in IntelliJ IDEA 2021.1?

AI, ML, Robots and Brains (29.3. - 4.4.2021)

Society

Robot sales hit a new record during the pandemic year. This will change the world

Robot artist sells art for $688,888, now eyeing music career

Scientists create online games to show risks of AI emotion recognition

Algorithms

'Lost Tapes of the 27 Club' used Google AI to 'write' a new Nirvana song

Google AI is battling a 'Great British Bake Off' winner in a dessert face-off

AI datasets are filled with errors. It's warping what we know about AI

How AI beats spreadsheets in modelling future volumes for city waste management

Scientists turn to deep learning to improve air quality forecasts

Modern analysis of rock art: Machine learning opens new doors in archaeology

Researchers use AI datasets to track feral pigs, minimize disease risk

Apples to apples: neural network uses orchard data to predict fruit quality after storage

Keeping it fresh: New AI-based strategy can assess the freshness of beef samples

Health

AI tool can spot Type 2 diabetes trends in the U.S.

Machine learning helps spot gait problems in individuals with multiple sclerosis

AI-based tool detects bipolar disorder at earlier stages

NHS uses AI scan to detect hidden heart disease

Scientists use machine learning to help doctors find veins for no-fuss blood draws

New AI-based versatile software for tracking many cells in 3D microscope videos

Unique AI method for generating proteins will speed up drug development

Mobile robotic system perceived as acceptable for health tasks

Robots

This is Boston Dynamics’ next commercial robot

Genesis broke a world record for the most drones in the sky

How bees and drones team up to find landmines

Even without a brain, Penn Engineering's metal-eating robots can search for food

A robot that senses hidden objects

Scientists create next gen living robots: Artificial living organisms can move material in swarms and record information

Cars

Aurora and Volvo partner to bring autonomous long-haul trucks to North America

Artificial intelligence as a co-driver

New early warning system for self-driving cars

Brains

Whisker simulation gives insight into mammals' sense of touch

Monkeys experience the visual world the same way people do

Solving the mammal brain size puzzle

Massive study reveals few differences between men's and women's brains: Neuroscientists conduct meta-synthesis of three decades of research

Why the brain enjoys music

The neural mechanism of a circulatory response to stress

Connecting the dots between engagement and learning

Attention and working memory: Two sides of the same neural coin?

Scientists from Russia and Germany measured how the brain learn new words

Interaction between auditory and reward brain circuits underpins musical pleasure

Decoding smell: Neural code determines instinctual responses to attractive or aversive odors

The early death of nerve cells is crucial to form healthy brains

Tracking receptor proteins can unveil molecular basis of memory and learning

Researchers prove structural and functional plasticity in human synapses

Disrupted biochemical pathway in the brain linked to bipolar disorder

Newly discovered node in brain could expand understanding of dysfunctional social behavior

Digital Transformation (29.3. - 4.4.2021)

Webinar: Go beyond dashboards with the next generation of analytics

Modern analytics stack and how AI is reshaping analytics

The guiding principle for 2021 - data democratization - with examples from the real world

The future of data catalogs for data lakes - avoiding data swamps

Three things to avoid when creating and working with a data lake 

What is a data vault?

IT links (29.3. - 4.4.2021)

Proposed release schedule for JDK 17

JEP 406: Pattern Matching for switch (Preview)

Implementing equals method with instanceof pattern matching

A big guide on LazyInitializationException

Enabling endpoints in Spring Boot Actuator

Selenium Frameworks for different languages

Performance of running Spring Boot as AWS Lambda functions

Amazon S3 event notifications

Replacing CentOS with Rocky Linux

AI, ML, Robots and Brains (22.3. - 28.3.2021)

Society

AI at work: Staff 'hired and fired by algorithm'

Algorithms

How blockchain and machine learning can deliver the promise of omnichannel marketing

After AIs mastered Go and Super Mario, scientists have taught them how to 'play' experiments

Mixed reality gets a machine learning upgrade

Recurrent neural network advances 3D fluorescence imaging

Machine learning shows potential to enhance quantum information transfer

Faster fusion reactor calculations thanks to machine learning

Virtual lab finds the right AI tool for each chemistry problem

New machine learning tool diagnoses electron beams in an efficient, non-invasive way

Researchers use AI to estimate focal mechanism parameters of earthquake

AI software developed in N.S. provides glimpse into wild and murky Bay of Fundy

Protecting and managing forests with AI

Artificial intelligence can help spot traces of natural selection

Health

Artificial intelligence for health care equity

FDA clears first AI device to spot hidden signs of COVID-19

X-rays combined with AI offer fast diagnostic tool in detecting COVID-19

Scientists develop AI platform to assess blood vessel anomalies and eye disease

Artificial neurons help decode cortical signals

Researchers developed an AI backpack system to guide vision-impaired wearers

AI used in battle against asbestos-linked cancer

Researchers use machine learning to rank cancer drugs in order of efficacy

Image analysis based on machine learning reliably identifies haematological malignancies

Robots

Expressing some doubts about android faces

Mystery drones hovered over Navy destroyers off California, report says

Samsung will use drone deliveries for Galaxy products in Ireland

Video: SeaClear project develops the first autonomous robots for underwater trash collection

Tiny silver flakes can improve conductivity in soft robots

Small robot swimmers that heal themselves from damage (video)

Soft robotic dragonfly signals environmental disruptions

Underwater swimming robot responds with feedback from soft 'lateral line'

Researchers' algorithm designs soft robots that sense

Cars

Australian lidar maker Baraja collects $31M B round to illuminate the future of autonomy

TuSimple's IPO filing reveals roadblocks for self-driving startups with Chinese ties

Hardware

A bio-inspired mechano-photonic artificial synapse

Brains

How tiny machines become capable of learning

Talking to horses as we talk to young children

Octopuses have two alternating sleep states, study shows

Scientists discover how humans develop larger brains than other apes

Massive study reveals few differences between men and women's brains

The astonishing self-organization skills of the brain

Brain rewires itself after injury 'on the edge of what's compatible with life'

The brain area with which we interpret the world

Using AI to map how the brain understands sentences

Pain differs: Researchers unveil distinct neural circuits

Focusing on the unhealthy brain to speed drug discovery

Healthy sleep may rely on long-overlooked brain cells

Digital Transformation (22.3. - 28.3.2021)

Webinar: Building data governance through data stewardship - data stewardship and its role in data governing

Two questions to make your business more data-driven, with an example

And one question making your data project more valuable

Five steps and topic blocks for big data projects

RPA fundamentals and its role in data management

And securing RPA with four steps

Synthetic data - six questions about it

Three ways how to make fictional data

DataPrepOps

Six skills for data work - not all are technical

Comparing data analyst vs data scientist

Why you should consider being data engineer instead of data scientist - data engineering skills are also useful for data science, and bring more possibilities in the job market

And data scientist vs machine learning engineer

IT links (22.3. - 28.3.2021)

When to return Java Stream and when Collection?

Mocking static Java methods with Mockito

9 of the best Java testing frameworks for 2021

JEP 401: Primitive objects

Converting Spring Boot applications to GraalVM with Spring Native Beta

Amazon S3 is here for 15 years already

SOLID principles examples in Python

Are you really using CD/CI, or just CI?

AI, ML, Robots and Brains (15.3. - 21.3.2021)

Society

Mother uses deepfakes to get her daughter's cheerleading “rivals” kicked off the team

Face editing: Japanese biker tricks internet into thinking he is a young woman

Britain could use nuclear weapons against 'emerging technology' threats such as cyber and AI

Use of AI to fight COVID-19 risks harming 'disadvantaged groups', experts warn

Algorithms

Researchers enhance quantum machine learning algorithms

Solving 'barren plateaus' is the key to quantum machine learning

How artificial intelligence can help curb traffic accidents in cities

Technique based on artificial intelligence permits automation of crop seed analysis

Standard digital camera and AI to monitor soil moisture for affordable smart irrigation

PAWS anti-poaching AI predicts where illegal hunters will show up next

Health

Large-scale study finds AI-powered COVID-19 solution by RADlogics reduces turnaround time

Common pitfalls and recommendations for using machine learning to detect and prognosticate for COVID-19 using chest radiographs and CT scans

Machine learning models for diagnosing COVID-19 are not yet suitable for clinical use

Using cameras and AI to help exoskeletons adapt to their environment

Faster drug discovery through machine learning

Artificial intelligence system detects errors when medication is self-administered

New AI model learns from thousands of possibilities to suggest medical diagnoses & tests

An automated framework for efficiently designing deep convolutional neural networks in genomics

Physical human–robot interaction for clinical care in infectious environments

Researchers enhance Alzheimer's disease classification through artificial intelligence

AI method can detect precursors to cervical cancer

Machine learning can identify cancerous cells by their acidity

Artificial intelligence system can help prevent anemia in patients undergoing hemodialysis

At face value: Using facial analysis algorithm to track changes due to Parkinson's disease

Robots

Robot farmers mean British strawberries year round

Talking robots with Ford

Researchers use "swarmalation" to design active materials for self-regulating soft robots

Real-world embodied AI through a morphologically adaptive quadruped robot

Cars

Tesla Robotaxi, Autonomy, and Insurance drive new price target from ARK Invest

Tesla navigates through more skepticism over its self-driving systems

Betting on China's driverless future, Toyota, Bosch, Daimler jump on board Momenta's $500M round

Yandex's autonomous cars have driven over six million miles in 'challenging conditions'

Baidu earns permission to test paid driverless taxi in Cangzhou

Cruise acquires self-driving startup Voyage

BMW's iDrive 8 helps drivers using machine learning and natural language processing

Hardware

Researchers present spontaneous sparse learning for PCM-based memristor neural networks

Artificial neuron device could shrink energy use and size of neural network hardware

Brains

Sperm whales taught each other how to avoid hunters' harpoons 200 years ago, according to new study

Sheep vs. goats: Who are the best problem solvers?

Brain disease research reveals differences between sexes

Babies pay attention with down payment from immature brain region

People searching for objects in 3D image stacks are less successful than those searching for the same in 2D

What happens in your brain when you 'lose yourself' in fiction

Not just for numbers: Anchoring biases decisions involving sight, sound, and touch

How the brain learns from subconscious stimuli

How organisms filter out the noise to make accurate predictions

The shape of things to come: Shifting rewards are encoded using special neuronal patterns

Neuroscientists identify brain circuit motifs that support short-term memory

Holographic microscopy illuminates pain-driven changes in neuronal network activity

Researchers identify a class of neurons that are most active during non-REM sleep

Neurobiologists take an unexpected detour to decode decision-making

How neural circuits achieve a balance between excitation and inhibition

Flat brain organoids grown on 3D-printed scaffolds show intrinsic gyrification

Tiny machine poised to unlock brain's mysteries

Ultrasound reveals the human brain vasculature down to the microscopic scale