Summary
Varun Gupta received his Ph.D & Master of Technology (By Research) in Computer Science & Engineering and Bachelor of Technology (Hon’s) respectively. He also holds an MBA (General) from Pondicherry University. He is working as Postdoctoral Researcher with Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal and is Visiting Scientist at FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland. He was Honorary Research Fellow of the University of Salford, Manchester, United Kingdom (2018 to 2020). He is Associate Editor of IEEE Access, International Journal of Computer Aided Engineering & Technology (Inderscience), IEEE Software Blog, Journal of Cases on Information Technology (JCIT) (IGI Global)and former Editorial Team Member of British Journal of Educational Technology (BJET) (Wiley). He had been Guest Editor of many special issues published/ongoing with leading International Journals and Editor of many edited books to be published by IGI Global and Taylor & Francis (CRC
New pay-for-performance program puts Vermont and UVM in the vanguard of policy research
University of Vermont researchers are partnering with Vermont officials on a new $7-million program that takes a unique approach to protecting watersheds: paying farmers to reduce phosphorus pollution.
The pilot program, informed by UVM research, will test a new tool financial incentives for farm performance to advance the state’s phosphorus reduction efforts. Until now, the focus has primarily been on inspection, enforcement, and pay-for-practice financial assistance programs.
Instead of putting farmers and nature in conflict, the Vermont Pay-For-Phosphorus Program seeks a win-win approach, which could address two major state issues at the same time: phosphorus pollution which hurts water quality and greater economic sustainability among Vermont’s struggling farmers.
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New Algorithm Could Help Public Health Officials Combat Misinformation Online
Written by AZoRoboticsApr 20 2021
Researchers have developed a new machine-learning program that precisely determines the COVID-19-linked conspiracy theories on social media and models how they developed with respect to time. This tool could someday assist public health officials to fight misinformation online.
This image shows the change in word importance over time for tweets related to the Bill and Melinda Gates conspiracy theory. In the top panel, the x-axis represents time while the y-axis shows important words. Color represents the importance of words, with darker color indicating higher importance. In the bottom panel are word clouds for each topic. Word size corresponds to word weight (higher weighted words appear larger). Image Credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory.
New machine-learning program accurately identifies COVID-19 conspiracy theories on social media news-medical.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from news-medical.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.