http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/computers_math/software/ Software Development -- Software Engineering. From embedded software to smart machines, read about advanced logic systems and more. en-us Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:05:01 EDT Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:05:01 EDT 60 http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/logosmall.gif http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/computers_math/software/ For more science articles, visit ScienceDaily. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080723201244.htm Newly developed software will help to allay patients' fears about who has access to their confidential data. A new computer program is capable of deleting details from medical records which may identify patients, while leaving important medical information intact. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080723201244.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080723192900.htm Computer scientists are analyzing medical procedures, including blood transfusions and chemotherapy treatments, with the goal of improving patient safety. The team is also analyzing the flow of patients in emergency rooms to reduce waiting time. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080723192900.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080723144710.htm To help IT managers safeguard valuable information most efficiently, computer scientists are applying security metrics to computer network pathways to assign a probable risk of attack, calculating the most vulnerable points of attack. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080723144710.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080716154355.htm Will it ever be possible to buy software guaranteed to be free from bugs? A team of European researchers think so. Their work on the mathematical foundations of programming could one day revolutionize the software industry. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080716154355.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080716161557.htm A new virtual environment enables scientists and engineers to interpret raw data collected with powerful instruments called dynamic atomic force microscopes. This is part of a research trend, with tools for other applications also being developed. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080716161557.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080717225057.htm A robot with empathy sounds like the stuff of sci-fi movies, but with the aid of neural networks researchers are developing robots in tune with our emotions. Feelix Growing is developing software empowering robots that can learn when a person is sad, happy or angry. Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080717225057.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080710113014.htm NIST has developed two demonstration software packages that show how Personal Identity Verification cards can be used with Windows and Linux systems to perform log-on, digital signing and verification, and other services. Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080710113014.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080625140626.htm New software lets blind and visually impaired people surf the Internet on the go. The computer science student who created the software, called WebAnywhere, says more accessibility tools must move from desktop machines to the Web. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080625140626.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080611135052.htm Computer scientists have developed open-source software that cuts the time to find symmetries in complicated equations from days to seconds in some cases. Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080611135052.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080606130201.htm European researchers have made it easy for software developers to build educational tools that let pupils collaborate to see, hear -- and now also feel -- what is on the computer screen. When you think of the solar system you probably picture a textbook diagram: nine planets, different sizes and colors, all circling the bright yellow sun. But how can a visually impaired child take in this information? How can they grasp how the solar system works? Mon, 09 Jun 2008 02:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080606130201.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080602114700.htm Computers of the future will change shape, respond to touch and physics, and fold into your pocket. The shape of things to come in the computer world will be anything but flat, predicts one computing professor, who is now developing prototypes of these new "non-planar" devices in his Human Media Laboratory. Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080602114700.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080527155517.htm A Yale research team has engineered a system with the potential for making the Internet work more efficiently, in which Internet Service Providers and Peer-to-Peer software providers can work cooperatively to deliver data. Fri, 30 May 2008 11:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080527155517.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080521105255.htm Real-time access to manufacturing data is essential to modern factories. Researchers are developing software that takes advantage of the real-time data generated by smart devices to support real-time decision-making. Thu, 22 May 2008 23:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080521105255.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080519135116.htm Many software designers intentionally create unnecessarily complex products that do less to serve their companies and customers than to advance their careers, according to a new article. Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080519135116.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080512141718.htm Insects have provided the inspiration for a team of European researchers seeking to improve the functionality of robots and robotic tools. The research furthers the development of more intelligent robots, which can then be used by industry, and by emergency and security services, among others. Smarter robots would be better able to find humans buried beneath the rubble of a collapsed building, for example. Tue, 13 May 2008 23:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080512141718.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080508174310.htm A free, e-mail-based service that translates text into Braille and audio recordings is helping to bridge the information gap for blind and visually impaired people, giving them quick and easy access to books, news articles and web pages. Developed by European researchers, the RoboBraille service offers a unique solution to the problem of converting text into Braille and audio without the need for users to operate complicated software. Mon, 12 May 2008 14:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080508174310.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080502154248.htm Engineeers have discovered a way for peer-to-peer (P2P) users to efficiently identify nearby P2P clients in order to reduce costly cross-network traffic without sacrificing performance for the user. Mon, 05 May 2008 23:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080502154248.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080421162240.htm Teaching robots to understand enough about the real world to allow them act independently has proved to be much more difficult than first thought. The team behind the iCub robot believes it, like children, will learn best from its own experiences. The technologies developed on the iCub platform -- such as grasping, locomotion, interaction, and even language-action association -- are of great relevance to further advances in the field of industrial service robotics. Sat, 26 Apr 2008 14:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080421162240.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080423101810.htm Researchers have developed a method to calculate how a device can provide maximum functionality with a minimum quantity of processor and memory capacity. TVs, DVD players and mobile phones can malfunction when the inbuilt chips and software cease to cope with the increasingly large flow of data. Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080423101810.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080416161215.htm There's safety in numbers -- especially when those numbers are random. That's the lesson learned from new research that is already helping to beef up security at LAX airport in Los Angeles. Soon it may be used across the country to both predict and minimize risk. Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080416161215.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080416111607.htm From cars and mobile phones to computers and furniture, most of today's products are created virtually on a computer before they are actually produced. Researchers are adding new functionalities to digital product development. Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080416111607.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080411103046.htm Would you like instant access to information on the buildings and scenery you see on your travels? A novel mobile phone program is able to provide information on what you see when you see it. Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080411103046.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080411150948.htm Supercomputers simulate products and manufacturing processes within minutes. In the Computer Aided Robust Design CAROD project, researchers are developing new methods and software that significantly improve the quality of the virtual components. Mon, 14 Apr 2008 05:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080411150948.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080404122139.htm Will the Miss America pageant ever be the same? "Beauty," goes the old saying, "is in the eye of the beholder." But does the beholder have to be human? Not necessarily, say computer scientists who have successfully "taught" a computer how to interpret attractiveness in women. Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080404122139.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080402101656.htm Engineers have created a software program to help avoid the network timing glitches called 'cyclic jitters' that can cause real jitters, making production line machines jump or shake, damaging products, even shutting down assembly lines. Sat, 05 Apr 2008 08:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080402101656.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080328070108.htm As the scope of genome research expands on an almost daily basis, researchers confront increasingly large volumes of data. Now biologists are developing software that enables researchers to analyze millions of DNA sequences faster and with greater accuracy. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080328070108.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080327172415.htm Scientists have developed and patented a virtual telemicroscope. The software permits off-site pathologists to diagnose cancer or other diseases in patients living in remote locations around the world. Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080327172415.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080325115635.htm Some people may know where their ancestors lived 10 or 20 generations ago, but the rest of us can learn our distant biological heritage only from our DNA. New genomics analysis software developed by computer scientists at Stanford appears far more adept than prior methods at unraveling the ancestry of individuals. Going back 20 generations the software can identify what continent or broad global region an individual's ancestors were from. Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080325115635.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080324124643.htm Mathematicians have developed powerful new tools for winnowing out the genes behind some of humanity's most intractable diseases. With one, they can cast back through generations to pinpoint the genes behind inherited illness. With another, they have isolated 11 variations within genes -- called single nucleotide polymorphisms, SNPs or "snips"--associated with type 2 diabetes. Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080324124643.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080317141210.htm Researchers have developed new software that can reduce the impact of cyber attacks by identifying the possible vulnerability paths through an organization's networks. By their very nature networks are highly interdependent and each machine’s overall susceptibility to attack depends on the vulnerabilities of the other machines in the network. Attackers can take advantage of multiple vulnerabilities in unexpected ways, allowing them to incrementally penetrate a network and compromise critical systems. Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080317141210.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080313091518.htm For accuracy's sake, medical professionals should use the same software for comparing and analyzing diagnostic heart images taken from different time periods and laboratories, a team of researchers has concluded. Mon, 17 Mar 2008 02:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080313091518.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080311200326.htm From traffic lights to mobile phones, small computers are all around us. Enabling these 'embedded systems' to create wireless communications networks automatically will have profound effects in areas from emergency management to healthcare and traffic control. Networks of mobile sensors and other small electronic devices have huge potential. Applications include emergency management, security, helping vulnerable people to live independently, traffic control, warehouse management, and environmental monitoring. Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080311200326.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080311202414.htm A European research team has achieved the twin, and apparently contradictory goals, of making embedded systems both smarter and tougher. The RobuCab, an autonomous vehicle about the size of a golf cart, trundles at 10kph along a quiet French street. Alarmingly, it looks like it is driving itself. Surprisingly, that is more or less true. Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080311202414.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080229130355.htm In the ever more complex world of computer games, developers are constantly looking for new ways to make the playing experience more life-like. One problem that had remained unsolved was how to quickly simulate the gradation of shadows caused by indirect light bouncing off objects -- until a recent breakthrough. A new method can be used to model the path of light as it bounces off surfaces. Graphics are now far more realistic, with more variation in shade on an object, and hues of reflected light adding extra detail. Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:00:00 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080229130355.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080229132612.htm Cars are becoming more complex, with a range of advanced features we could hardly have imagined a few years ago made possible by sophisticated software-driven electronics. The downside is, with more to go wrong, more is going wrong, but European researchers have developed an antidote: a new computer language. The average new car coming off the production line today has the same amount of electronic systems as a commercial airliner did two decades ago. Hard to accept perhaps, but true if auto-makers are to be believed. Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:00:00 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080229132612.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080223125318.htm Researchers have developed an algorithm that is capable of processing 30 images per second to recognize a person's facial expressions in real time and categorize them as one of six prototype expressions: anger, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness and surprise. Applying the facial expression recognition algorithm, the developed prototype is capable of processing a sequence of frontal images of moving faces and recognizing the person's facial expression. The software can be applied to video sequences in realistic situations and can identify the facial expression of a person seated in front of a computer screen. Although still only a prototype, the software is capable of working on a desktop computer or even on a laptop. Mon, 25 Feb 2008 02:00:00 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080223125318.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080211215636.htm V-Frog, the world's first virtual-reality-based frog dissection software designed for biology education -- allowing not mere observation, but physically simulated dissection -- has been developed. V-Frog, which operates on a personal computer using a standard mouse, actually simulates nearly unlimited manipulation of specimen tissue. As a result, every dissection is different, reflecting each student's individual work. The software is designed for grades 7 through 12, plus advanced placement biology students. Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:00:00 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080211215636.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080214153532.htm Tools developed by researchers exploring language and speech comprehension can be powerful aids for remedial readers, children with language challenges, and anyone learning a second language, according to psychologists. Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:00:00 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080214153532.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080213111053.htm New computer software could enable swimmers to improve a key aspect of their technique more quickly and effectively than previously possible -- ramping up the competition for gold medals. The software provides instant, in-depth feedback on a swimmer's glide technique. Swimmers glide following starts and turns, when a swimmer is not moving their arms or legs but is just using their momentum to travel through the water. As well as supplying data on head position, body posture/alignment etc, the software actively suggests ways a swimmer can improve their posture to minimize resistance and pinpoints the optimum moment to begin kicking. Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:00:00 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080213111053.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080206162044.htm Groundbreaking audio software could help music lovers jump to the hidden beats. Researchers have started a project for automatically extracting and classifying audio signals. Such metadata, as it is called, can be used to tag audio files so they can be more accurately picked up by search engines equipped to handle this kind of information. The software could be the next big step in boosting online music sales, as it could allow companies to exploit their archives more thoroughly and help consumers dig out tracks they might not have discovered otherwise. Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:00:00 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080206162044.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080208095158.htm Human-computer interaction has not improved enormously since Mark Twain's time, when the typewriter was invented. A European research task force hopes to change that by making human-computer interaction, well, 'similar' to the way humans do it. Mark Twain famously invested, and then lost, a fortune on the first typewriter, in 1874. Since then, human-computer interaction has moved beyond basic key-entry (here, the mouse is the most pervasive development), but the keyboard's legacy lives on. We are still using Qwerty, a layout designed to slow down the typist's speed, because the mechanical keys would jam together if pressed in rapid succession. Mon, 11 Feb 2008 05:00:00 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080208095158.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080204143203.htm Instant messaging, blogs, Facebook, MySpace -- there are limitless ways your child communicates online with the offline world. And the risks and opportunities are only increasing. The digital divide between parents and children is widening. Despite what parents might believe, there is an enormous gap between what they think their children are doing online and what is really happening. Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:00:00 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080204143203.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080201093341.htm A new approach to cleaning up digital photos and other images has been developed by researchers in the UK and Jordan. The method uses a computer algorithm known as a PSO to intelligently boost contrast and detail in an image without distorting the underlying features. Sun, 03 Feb 2008 14:00:00 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080201093341.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080129080659.htm Revolutionary technology aims to 'make safety a sure thing.' Aircraft, cars, medical equipment and industrial robots are all examples of modern systems which contain safety-related processors. New technology makes it easier to develop systems with predictable behavior - a key requirement for safe systems. Sat, 02 Feb 2008 14:00:00 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080129080659.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080125233408.htm European researchers have pioneered a breakthrough interface that allows people to touch, stretch and pull virtual fabrics that feel like the real thing. The new multi-modal software linked to tactile hardware and haptics devices have enormous potential for shopping, design and human-machine interaction. A revolutionary new interface allows users to really feel virtual textiles. The system combines a specially designed glove, a sophisticated computer model and visual representation to reproduce the sensation of cloth with an impressive degree of realism. Thu, 31 Jan 2008 02:00:00 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080125233408.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080126100444.htm A new computer program developed by Stanford computer scientists, can take any two-dimensional image and create a three-dimensional "fly around" model of its content, giving viewers access to the scene's depth and a range of points of view. Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:00:00 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080126100444.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080124092529.htm A computer scientist has developed new techniques that make it easier to combine programming languages. Thanks to these techniques, software is no longer sensitive to the most common method of misuse by hackers: so-called injection attacks. Fri, 25 Jan 2008 02:00:00 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080124092529.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080122154415.htm Researchers are working with the state of Indiana to develop a system that would use a network of cell phones to detect and track radiation to help prevent terrorist attacks with radiological "dirty bombs" and nuclear weapons. Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:00:00 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080122154415.htm