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People holding umbrellas walk through New York Citys Times Square in 2019. The U.S. Census Bureau plans to change how it protects the confidentiality of peoples information in the detailed demographic data it produces through the 2020 count. As the country waits for more results from last years national head count, the U.S. Census Bureau is facing an increasingly tricky balancing act. How will the largest public data source in the United States continue to protect peoples privacy while also sha...

These updates are republished press releases and communications from members of the Science|Business Network University of Birmingham: Locomotion Vault will help guide innovations in virtual reality Experts in virtual reality locomotion have developed a new resource that analyses all the different possibilities of locomotion currently available. Moving around in a virtual reality world can be very different to walking or employing a vehicle in the real world and new approaches and techniques ar...

Data Center Operators Look To The Sea For Better Performance, Lower Carbon Microsofts Project Natick Notorious for their massive energy requirements, data center operators began to seek alternate methods of powering the structures more than a decade ago. While companies like Google and Microsoft have been investigating the efficacy of water-powered data centers for some time, the concept didn’t come to fruition until the recent launch of a seven-megaw...

Students must be entering their third year or beyond of their PhD program sometime between August 2021 – July 2022 having taken into account transfers, approved leaves of absence, etc. PhD students must continue to be enrolled at the university in the beginning of academic year 2022 or forfeit the award. Fellowships are not available for extension. If you require time away for family or medical leave, this will be accommodated. If you are unsure if a particular need for time away will affect ...

A Microsoft study finds just how often remote workers multitask during videoconferences—especially when the group is large and the meeting runs long.

A U.S. Granted Patent Reveals Microsofts Secret Project for VR Gaming with Sophisticated Arm-Worn Multi-Faceted Controllers   When it comes to VR gaming accessories Microsoft promotes Oculus or the HP Reverb headset and controllers. While The Verge reported in March that VR wasnt a focus for the Xbox team, that hasnt stopped one of Microsoft engineering teams from patenting next-gen arm wearing controllers that are far more sophisticated than whats on the market today. Microsoft filed their pa...

May 12, 2021 In India today, dozens of phone numbers are available for people who are having a severe mental health emergency. Oftentimes, however, callers experience difficulty in getting connected with someone who will listen to them; sometimes the phone will just ring and ring. “People think that technology is the solution – that if you place technology somewhere, that’s going to do wonders,” said Aditya Vashistha, assistant professor in the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing...

 E-Mail Experts in virtual reality locomotion have developed a new resource that analyses all the different possibilities of locomotion currently available. Moving around in a virtual reality world can be very different to walking or employing a vehicle in the real world and new approaches and techniques are continually being developed to meet the challenges of different applications. Called Locomotion Vault, the project was developed by researchers at the Universities of Birmingham, Copenhag...

FRS, CST) as its new independent Co-Chair today. The CST is the government’s highest-level advisory body on science and technology, advising on issues that cut across the full range of the government’s responsibilities. Members of the council are leading figures in the science and technology community, including representation from academia and key high-tech businesses. Presidents from the national academies and the Chief Executive of UK Research and Innovation ( UKRI) participate as ex-...

April 29, 2021 Syrine Belakaria Washington State University computer science doctoral candidate Syrine Belakaria is one of 16 students selected from around the world to receive the 2021 IBM Research PhD Fellowship. The highly competitive fellowship recognizes and supports exceptional PhD students who are working on promising and disruptive technologies, according to the IBM website. The two-year fellowship provides funding as well as mentorship with an IBM researcher in which students collabor...