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Computer Model for Projecting Severity of Flu Season
December 8, 2010 — Researchers have developed a statistical model for projecting how many people will get sick from seasonal influenza based on analyses of flu viruses circulating that ... > full story -
Google -- An Engine of Knowledge Creation?
November 25, 2010 — Search engines like Google have become part of everyday life, not least in the academic context. But if knowledge is power, then search engines themselves are gaining ground as power nodes in their ... > full story -
Most Powerful Supercomputers Rated for Capabilities Using Tough New System
November 18, 2010 — Nine supercomputers have been tested, validated and ranked by the new "Graph500" challenge. The machines were tested for their ability to solve complex problems involving random-appearing graphs, ... > full story -
Orangutans Count on Stats for Survival
November 17, 2010 — Orangutans threatened with extinction could be brought back from the brink with help from an Australian statistician, who is part of a study to guide efforts for saving the Indonesian ... > full story -
New Statistical Model Moves Human Evolution Back Three Million Years
November 5, 2010 — Evolutionary divergence of humans and chimpanzees likely occurred some 8 million years ago rather than the 5 million year estimate widely accepted by scientists, a new statistical model ... > full story -
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Plants and Animals Under Stress May Provide the Key to Better Stock Market Predications
November 3, 2010 — Stock markets react to crisis in a similar way to plants and the human body, according to a major new study that may help to predict future financial down-turns. An extensive analysis of biological ... > full story -
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Computer Scientist, Student Design Software to Combat Hacking Using Keystroke Anti-Spoofing Technique
November 1, 2010 — One of the serious threats to a user's computer is a software program that might cause unwanted keystroke sequences in order to hack someone's identity. This form of attack is increasing, infecting ... > full story -
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New Search Method Tracks Down Influential Ideas: Computer Scientists Have Developed a New Way of Tracing the Origins and Spread of Ideas
October 20, 2010 — Princeton computer scientists have developed a new way of tracing the origins and spread of ideas, a technique that could make it easier to gauge the influence of notable scholarly papers, ... > full story -
Eat Safer: Novel Approach Detects Unknown Food Pathogens
October 15, 2010 — Researchers have developed a novel approach to automated detection and classification of harmful bacteria in food. The investigators have designed and implemented a sophisticated statistical approach ... > full story -
Twitter Used to Predict Flu Outbreaks
September 28, 2010 — Keeping track of disease trends such as influenza outbreaks has the potential to be far quicker and less costly by monitoring a social network program such as Twitter than following the traditional ... > full story -
Tool to Improve Wikipedia Accuracy Developed
September 24, 2010 — Check the Microsoft entry on Wikipedia at some point in the past and you might have learned that the company's name is Microshaft, its products are evil and its logo is a kitten. Similarly, you may ... > full story -
Mapping New Paths for a Stressed-out Internet: Collaboration Aims to Create First Accurate Geometric Map of the Internet
September 10, 2010 — Researchers have created the first geometric "atlas" of the Internet as part of a project to prevent our most ubiquitous form of communication from collapsing within the next decade or ... > full story
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