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Special Issue: What's New @ IEEE Year-in-Review
This month's issue of What's New @ IEEE in Computing will take a look
back at the most popular news stories for the past year, ranked in
order of popularity based on the number of clicks received.
How to Deal With a Low Salary Offer
It is said that in this life you don't get what you deserve, but what
you negotiate. Your value has little to do with it, so take your ego
out of the equation, says an article at theladders.com. You may feel
that you received a lowball offer, but far more often than not, a
company's initial offer is not meant to denigrate you. It is just part
of the game. To play well, the article advises job hunters to
understand what led the other party to toss out a set of figures as
well as where the pitch lands with respect to your ideal and no-go
amounts.
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Microsoft Promises Better Operating System in Windows 7
Windows 7, the successor to Microsoft’s Vista operating system, will
use less memory and power than its predecessor, and will start up and
shut down more quickly, among other improvements, the firm has
announced. Vista has been criticized for being sluggish and
power-hungry, according to Computerworld magazine, which quotes
Microsoft executives as saying Windows 7 will also recognize connected
devices more quickly and accurately than Vista does, and it will run
nimbly on low-cost notebook PCs. Though Windows 7 is built on the same
code base as Vista, it should be able to boot up several seconds faster
than Vista because Windows 7 loads device drivers in parallel rather
than one by one, and cuts the number of services that are started when
the PC is turned on. Microsoft plans to release a feature-complete beta
of Windows 7 early next year.
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Spectrum Special Issue: The Singularity
Be sure to read the special June issue of IEEE Spectrum,
which focuses on the singularity and how continuous technological
innovation in artificial intelligence could one day outstrip human
brain power, changing life as we know it. The special report touches on
a wide variety of singularity arguments, including how to create
consciousness if we do not know what it really is; thoughts on
reversing the human brain; and whether or not it is possible to escape
death by uploading our minds into machines. The issue also includes a
"Who’s Who in The Singularity" feature, outlining all the inventors,
researchers, academics and authors who have had something to say about
the controversial topic.
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Free Software Helps Embedded Design Shift to High-Performance
Just as embedded design moves from limited-resource to high-performance
systems, a wide variety of open-source software has started to gain a
foothold in the industry. The switch to high-performance systems comes
with complex applications that may require new software functions, such
as high-speed networking, wireless communications, interactive graphics
and data encryption. According to experts, developers can save
thousands of man-hours in development costs by integrating freely
downloadable operating systems, libraries and components with their
application-specific custom software.
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IEEE Computer Society Introduces Computing Now
The IEEE Computer Society has created an aggregation portal to let
visitors access multimedia, engage in community building and
consolidate the resources of its 14 magazines. Computing Now brings
together new print and online content from the IEEE Computer Society’s
peer-reviewed magazines, highlighting coverage of hot topics, such as
computer games, social networking, green computing, robotics and agile
computing. Spanning all computing-related technologies and more than 50
identified subjects, Computing Now provides free access to select
peer-reviewed articles and departments from each magazine. The site’s
multimedia center features podcasts, video blogs, webinars and
online-only interviews with authors and guest editors. Focusing on
serving the community, Computing Now encourages registered users to
comment on blog entries, provide feedback and contribute content. Led
by an advisory board of subject-matter experts from academia and
industry, Computing Now represents the Computer Society’s latest
efforts to bridge the print and online worlds. For more information,
visit Computing Now
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Computer Rates Female Beauty
Marking the latest step in developing artificial intelligence,
scientists have created a computer that can rate a woman's
attractiveness. Israel-based researchers say the breakthrough is the
realization of the theory first offered by Greek mathematician
Pythagoras, who talked of a "golden ratio", defining beauty more than
2,000 years ago. “Until now, computers have been taught how to identify
basic facial characteristics, such as the difference between a woman
and a man, and even to detect facial expressions,” said project leader
Amit Kagian. Applications of the software can be found in
reconstructive surgery and facial recognition technology currently used
in security applications.
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Stanford Adds to Parallel Programming Effort
A three-year project at Stanford University, Palo Alto, California,
USA, is being launched with US$6 million in corporate funds to explore
fresh models for parallel programming, addressing the concern that
software cannot keep pace with evolution of multicore processors. The
problem requires genuine breakthroughs, since top researchers worked
unsuccessfully for more than a decade to develop parallel programming
models for high-end supercomputers. Advanced Micro Devices,
Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel, NVidia and Sun Microsystems are behind the
new Pervasive Parallelism Lab headed by Kunle Olukotun, a Stanford
computer science professor credited with Sun's multicore Niagara
processor. In March, Intel and Microsoft announced their five-year,
US$20 million plan to fund work at new parallel computing labs at the
University of California-Berkeley, USA and the University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign, USA. While there likely will be very different
solutions to the many problems involved, some see this as academic
competition on the technology and a benefit to the computer industry as
a whole.
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Leading Researchers Forecast State of Computing in 2020
With the proliferation of mobile devices changing the mouse-driven,
windowed human-computer interface (HCI), what are the larger computing
changes and impacts on humanity that we can expect in the next decade?
Microsoft Research invited 45 leading researchers to discuss where HCI
would be in 2020; the report from their forum is now available. The
report offered a number of predictions for the coming years. Speech,
gestures and even nerve impulses will play a larger role in HCI,
especially for the disabled. The pervasive connectivity that enables
computers to act as surrogates for human memory will combine with
enhanced processing power to act as a supplement to human reasoning.
Current trends, such as user identification through RFID and facial
recognition and tracking through GPS and closed-circuit monitoring,
will accelerate and raise serious privacy issues. The age of mobile
computing will move into ubiquitous computing, where pervasive
networking will give users access to thousands of computers.
Additionally, by having medical information, personal photos and even
thoughts permanently stored online, people will voluntarily provide
access to more information than ever before. Researchers suggest that
the design process needs to take human values such as personal security
into account, allowing people to be notified and opt out of pervasive
recording.
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Robot Head Can Mimic Emotions
A team at Bristol Robotics Laboratory (BRL) has designed the first
humanoid robot capable of mimicking people’s facial expressions. The
androgynous head, Jules, can identify and replicate 10 emotions
including happiness, sadness and concern. Jules can interpret movements
and expressions at 25 frames per second, allowing it to mirror even the
most subtle movements of its partner almost instantly.
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“Driverless” Cars in Development for Near Future
Though still in early development, General Motors (GM) foresees a
robotic car that will allow you to answer e-mail, eat breakfast or read
a newspaper while driving to work. Working with Carnegie Mellon
University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, GM has already created the
“Boss”, a grand prize-winning prototype robotic car. In addition to
offering convenience, the car’s next generation technology will also
help drivers avoid accidents. An advanced transponder will enable cars
to “talk” to each other, alerting similarly equipped cars when sudden
changes in speed are needed.
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