AI, ML, Robots and Brains (26.10. - 1.11.2020)

Society

Beware of fictional AI narratives

AI teachers must be effective and communicate well to be accepted

Trust levels in AI predicted by people's relationship style, study shows

Researcher uses computer vision to determine which politicians' Instagram posts resonate most

To see what makes AI hard to use, ask it to write a pop song

Algorithms

AI has cracked a key mathematical puzzle for understanding our world

How to figure out what you don't know

Banks roll out robots as pandemic shakes up IT plans

How computer scientists and marketers can create a better CX with AI

With trust in AI, manufacturers can build better

Sensors driven by machine learning sniff-out gas leaks fast

Artificial intelligence dives into thousands of WW2 photographs

Big data, machine learning shed light on Asian reforestation successes

Location and extent of coral reefs mapped worldwide using advanced AI

Super-resolution microscopy and machine learning shed new light on fossil pollen grains

Deep-learning algorithms helping to clear space junk from our skies

New artificial intelligence spots previously undiscovered craters on Mars

Astronomers enlist AI in the search for 'lethal' baby star eruptions

Health

Deep learning and bioinformatics tools enable in-depth study of glycan molecules for understanding infections

Computer vision helps find binding sites in drug targets

Machine learning helps hunt for COVID-19 therapies

Machine learning helps pinpoint sources of the most common cardiac arrhythmia

Artificial intelligence (AI)-aided disease prediction

Artificial intelligence-based algorithm for the early diagnosis of Alzheimer's

Robots

Dog training methods help JHU teach robots to learn new tricks

Multi-drone system autonomously surveys penguin colonies

Raptor-inspired drone with morphing wing and tail

Using off-the-shelf drones to spot deadly jellyfish

New drone technology improves ability to forecast volcanic eruptions

Cars

The chemistry behind self-driving cars

Videos of Tesla's new 'full self-driving' software look futuristic — but show just how far it is from full autonomy

Tesla's beta test of "full self-driving" system worries drivers, pedestrians — and even owners

Tesla's limited FSD beta is learning how to slow down for speed bumps

Tesla's FSD Beta is navigating through roundabouts with great confidence

Tesla FSD beta impressively navigates unpaved, partially covered road with ease

Tesla FSD Beta breezes through parking lot torture test

Tesla FSD beta takes on San Francisco’s famed Lombard Street and its 8 hairpin turns

Tesla plans to roll out incredibly frequent FSD Beta updates

Mercedes-Benz throws in the towel on self-driving efforts: 'We can no longer win'

Hardware

Surrey device takes us closer to high-performing wearable and eco-disposable AI electronics

Graphene-based memory resistors show promise for brain-based computing

Brains

Time-keeping brain protein influences memory: Signaling factor that sets time in the brain also required for normal memory in fruit flies

Efforts to control monkey brains get a boost

War songs and lullabies behind origins of music

How do basal ganglia neurons convey information for the control of voluntary movements?

Mouse studies link some autism to brain cells that guide sociability and platonic love

Single brain region links depression and anxiety, heart disease, and treatment sensitivity

A malformation illustrates the incredible plasticity of the brain

Brainstem neurons control both behaviour and misbehaviour

Should I run, or should I not? The neural basis of aggression and flight

IT links (26.10. - 1.11.2020)

Comparing Apache Commons Collections and Google Guava libraries

Running faster Maven builds with Maven Daemon

Mechanism of JPA and Hibernate first-level cache

Amazon MQ supports also RabbitMQ now

AWS allows to manage costs with predefined budget actions

Retrieving HashiCorp Vault secrets in AWS Lambdas with  HashiCorp Vault AWS Lambda Extension

Deep learning with Deep Java Library (DJL) - Java library from AWS

Deploying a machine learning model to IBM Cloud directly from a Python script

AI, ML, Robots and Brains (19.10. - 25.10.2020)

Society

Machines to 'do half of all work tasks by 2025'

The true dangers of AI are closer than we think

It’s time to rethink the legal treatment of robots

AI has exacerbated racial bias in housing. Could it help eliminate it instead?

Algorithms

Researchers develop machine learning model that will support safe and accurate decision making for the Halifax Harbour

AI detects hidden earthquakes

Artificial intelligence reveals hundreds of millions of trees in the Sahara

Researchers at the forefront of developing machine learning methods for chemical discovery

AI and photonics join forces to make it easier to find 'new Earths'

A machine-learning algorithm that can infer the direction of the thermodynamic arrow of time

A new approach to artificial intelligence that builds in uncertainty

Facebook’s new polyglot AI can translate between 100 languages

Artificial intelligence can now predict students' educational outcomes based on tweets

Health

The AI that spots Alzheimer's from cookie drawing

USC leads massive new artificial intelligence study of Alzheimer's

With deep learning algorithms, standard CT technology produces spectral images

DrugCell: New experimental AI platform matches tumor to best drug combo

AI methods of analysing social networks find new cell types in tissue

Robots

Microsoft teamed up with a nonprofit using autonomous 'interceptor' boats to clean up the ocean and is helping it identify trash with machine learning

The US Navy is experimenting using drones to hand things off to ballistic missile submarines

Geoffrey the robot is the new, cute way to get contactless delivery in Toronto

Cars

C. Elegans inspires self-driving cars

Tesla owners share first glimpse of Full Self-Driving Beta in action, release notes, Autopilot settings

Brains

Neurons in a visual brain area of zebrafish are arranged as a map for catching prey

Comparing canine brains using 3D-endocast modelling

Building blocks of language evolved 30-40 million years ago

Cognitive performance - Better than our predecessors

Newborn brains lack maturity to process emotions as adults do

Humans are born with brains 'prewired' to see words

Happy endings trip up the brain's decision-making

New model of human brain 'conversations' could inform research on brain disease, cognition

UMD-led study shows fear and anxiety share same bases in brain

Word graph analysis confirms that dream report structure varies according to sleep stage

Why can our brains learn and memorize?

Researchers discover 'spooky' similarity in how brains and computers see

What lies between grey and white in the brain

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