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Donald Snyder, a senior professor of electrical and systems engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, died Nov. 21, 2022, of complications of gastrointestinal cancer. He was 87. 

Grace Hopper, in full Grace Murray Hopper, née Grace Brewster Murray, (born December 9, 1906, New York, New York, U.S.—died January 1, 1992, Arlington, Virginia), American mathematician and rear admiral in the U.S. Navy who was a pioneer in developing computer technology, helping to devise UNIVAC I, the first commercial electronic computer, and naval applications for COBOL (common-business-oriented language). After graduating from Vassar College (B.A., 1928), Hopper attended Yale University ...

WND interviewed Robert J. Marks on the possibility of creating a sentient being, the prediction of "the Singularity" by the famed Google futurist Ray Kurzweil, and the extraordinary breakthroughs in AI that are benefitting mankind.

The Polytechnic University of Timisoara (UPT) will host between November 10-11 the 15th edition of the International Symposium on Electronics and...

The researchers behind UCF-101, a challenging action recognition dataset, are being awarded for their impressive collection of 13,320 clips across 101 action categories. The dataset has been cited over 4,000 times since its creation.

Oct. 28, 2022 — A Ken Kennedy Institute Distinguished Lecture by David Abramson of the University of Queensland on Thursday, Nov. 10 at 4-6 p.m. [...]

Bob Thomas was an accomplished guitar player, airplane and boat pilot, pool player, woodworker, mechanic, gentleman farmer, and teacher.

The head of the Regulatory Authority has been appointed the chief executive officer of the BAC group of companies. Denton Williams, who will take up the post on Monday, has also served as chief operat...

Ever since democracy took root in Nigeria in the last 2twenty-three (23) odd years, there has been a sustained effort on the part of the government to bring the country out of the backwaters of underdevelopment to first-world status. This is the reason why government ministries, agencies and private organisations keep formulating several economic and business policies to drive the country forward. 

The Class of 2022-23 includes a Nobel Prize recipient and multiple National Academies-level scholars, plus a distinguished lecturer.