Frontiers

External defect detection of Orah mandarin based on a non-brightness correction algorithm

External defect detection is a crucial step in Orah mandarin citrus grading. However, in existing defect detection algorithms by image processing, Orah mandarin surfaces exhibit characteristics such ...
MIT Technology Review

What does it mean for an algorithm to be “fair”?

Amsterdam’s struggles with its welfare fraud algorithm show us the stakes of deploying AI in situations that directly affect human lives. What Amsterdam’s welfare fraud algorithm taught me about fair ...
Frontiers

Sliding window based rare partial periodic pattern mining algorithms over temporal data streams

Periodic pattern mining, a branch of data mining, is expanding to provide insight into the occurrence behavior of large volumes of data. Recently, a variety of industries, including fraud detection, ...
Ars Technica

Windows 11’s most important new feature is post-quantum cryptography. Here’s why.

Microsoft is updating Windows 11 with a set of new encryption algorithms that can withstand future attacks from quantum computers in a move aimed at jump-starting what’s likely to be the most ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Thermally Aware Chiplet Placement Algorithm Based on Automatic Differentiation (MIT, IBM)

A new technical paper titled “DiffChip: Thermally Aware Chip Placement with Automatic Differentiation” was published by researchers at MIT and IBM. “Chiplets are modular integrated circuits that can ...