A watchkeeper analyzes Skylight rendezvous alerts at an operations center in Accra, Ghana. Skylight is a maritime monitoring program that will be transferred from Vulcan Inc. to the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence. (MMCC Zone F Photo)
Two and a half years after the death of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, his legacy in science and philanthropy is still being reshaped and this time, the reshaping involves two of his deepest passions: conservation and computation.
Over the next few months, an entire portfolio of AI-centric environmental projects will be shifted from Vulcan Inc., the diversified holding company that Allen created, to the nonprofit Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (a.k.a. AI2).
Vulcan Productions shuts down, 23 years and more than 80 films after Paul Allen launched the venture
March 8, 2021 at 1:40 pm
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The Vulcan Productions website features promotion for the documentary film “Summer of Soul,” which just won top awards at the Sundance Film Festival. The site also includes a note about how Vulcan Productions has closed down after 23 years. (Vulcan screen shot)
Just a few weeks after taking top honors at the Sundance Film Festival for one of its latest films, the curtain closed for good on Vulcan Productions. The storytelling venture started 23 years ago by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen shut down at the end of February.
Creative physics rap on molecular clusters wins
Science s annual Dance your Ph.D. contest
Competition also awards new prize for dance about COVID-19
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The newest overall winner of
Science s annual Dance your Ph.D. contest, now sponsored by the artificial intelligence company Primer, is a Finnish researcher studying atmospheric molecular clusters. With the help of several friends, Jakub Kubecka brought his studies to life with trash-talking rap lyrics ( I m the first author, you re just et al. ) endearingly crude dance moves, computer animation and drone video footage. To prepare for recording the lyrics, I was running with headphones playing the music at least 30 times per day for the whole month to get it into my blood. I think that I even dreamed about it. Kubecka recalls. Throughout the whole process, we always stayed close to our main goal of showing non-scientific muggles that science can be fun, si
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Startup Ozette unveils AI approach to understanding the immune system
Ozette applies artificial intelligence to immune monitoring to gain greater insight into a cancer patient s immune system. Beyond informing treatment decisions, the technology can guide drug and diagnostic development.
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Cancer patients receive a check-in to see how their immune cells are working and whether the disease is responding to treatment. This immune monitoring is a routine part of cancer care and it helps guide treatment decisions. Yet current analysis methods remain limited, according to Ali Ansary, co-founder and CEO of startup Ozette.
The Seattle-based company aims to take immune monitoring further and it is using artificial intelligence to do it. The approach could accelerate analysis of the immune system, helping clinicians make better diagnostic and treatment decisions. The technology could yield insights not only for cancer care, but also infectious disease, inflammato