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by Synced 2021-02-09 2

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Staying Abreast of Changing Language: DeepMind Explores Temporal Generalization in Language Models

In a bid to solve the temporal generalization problem of modern language models, a team of DeepMind researchers propose it’s time to develop adaptive language models that will remain up-to-date in our ever-changing world.

by Synced 2021-02-08 4

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The Eyes Have It: 20 Million Images Make TEyeD World’s Largest Human Eye Dataset

A new study by University Tübingen introduces the world’s largest unified eye dataset with over 20 million human eye images captured using head-mounted eye trackers.

by Synced 2021-02-05 2

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55 Researchers From 44 Institutions Propose GEM, a ‘Living Benchmark’ for NLG

To track progress in natural language generation (NLG) models, 55 researchers from more than 40 prestigious institutions have proposed GEM (Generation, Evaluation, and Metrics), a “living benchmark” NLG evaluation environment.

by Synced 2021-02-04 1

AI Conference Research

AAAI 2021 Best Papers Announced

The Thirty-Fifth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-21) kicked off today as a virtual conference. The organizing committee announced the Best Paper Awards and Runners Up during this morning’s opening ceremony.

by Synced 2021-02-04 2

AI Research

CMU Researchers Explore ‘Crazy Idea’ of Automating AI Paper Reviews

A bold Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) team recently explored the prospect of using AI to review AI papers.

by Synced 2021-02-03 3

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New Transfer Learning Approach Summarizes Historical Texts in Modern Languages

Researchers from the University of Sheffield, Beihang University, and Open University’s Knowledge Media Institute have proposed a transfer learning approach that can automatically process historical texts at a semantic level to generate modern language summaries.

by Synced 2021-02-02 3

AI Popular Research

Georgia Tech & Facebook Tensor Train Approach Achieves 112x Size Reduction in DL Recommendation Models

A new study by the Georgia Institute of Technology and Facebook AI introduces TT-Rec, a way to drastically compress the size of memory-intensive Deep Learning Recommendation Models (DLRM) and make them easier to deploy at scale.

by Synced 2021-02-01 2

AI Hot Machine Learning & Data Science Research

Google Brain Introduces Symbolic Programming + PyGlove Library to Reformulate AutoML

A recent study by the Google Brain Team proposes a new way of programming automated machine learning (AutoML) based on symbolic programming.

by Synced 2021-01-29 1

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UmlsBERT: Clinical Domain Knowledge Augmentation of Contextual Embeddings Using the Unified Medical Language System Metathesaurus

UmlsBERT is a deep Transformer network architecture that incorporates clinical domain knowledge from a clinical Metathesaurus in order to build ‘semantically enriched’ contextual representations that will benefit from both the contextual learning and domain knowledge.

by Synced 2021-01-28 2

AI Research

NVIDIA, UToronto, McGill & Vector Study Delivers Real-Time SDF Rendering & SOTA Complex Geometry Reconstruction

A new study by NVIDIA, University of Toronto, McGill University and the Vector Institute introduces an efficient neural representation that enables real-time rendering of high-fidelity neural SDFs for the first time while delivering SOTA geometry reconstruction quality.

by Synced 2021-01-27 3

AI Machine Learning & Data Science Research

ZeRO-Offload: Training Multi-Billion Parameter Models on a Single GPU

Researchers from University of California, Merced and Microsoft have introduced ZeRO-Offload, a novel heterogeneous DL training technology that enables training of multi-billion parameter models on a single GPU without any model refactoring.

by Synced 2021-01-26 1

AI Community

Rebiber: Normalizing BibTeX with Conference Information

A new BibTeX-normalizing tool dubbed Rebiber is gaining popularity in the AI research community. The creation of a PhD student, Rebiber addresses incomplete or confusing paper citation information.

by Synced 2021-01-26 6

AI Popular Research

Naver AI Lab Researchers Relabel 1.28 Million ImageNet Training Images

Researchers from Naver AI Lab says they’ve found a computationally efficient re-labelling strategy that fixes a significant flaw in popular image classification benchmark ImageNet.

by Synced 2021-01-26 1

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Chinese AI Firm 4Paradigm Raises $700M for Series D

On January 22, Beijing-based AI firm 4Paradigm announced USD 700 million series D investments from Boyu Capital, Primavera Capital and Hopu Investments.

by Synced 2021-01-26 1

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Japan: Harvesting Robots to Help Aging Farmers and Shortage of Labor

Recent footage shows agricultural robot co-developed by National Research Institute Agricultural Research Organization, Ritsumeikan University, and automobile parts manufacturer Denso harvesting apples in Japan’s orchards.

by Synced 2021-01-25 4

AI Machine Learning & Data Science Research

AI Art Critic? New Dataset and Models Make Emotional Sense of Visual Artworks

Is it possible for machines to understand and integrate human emotions in visual arts? Meet ArtEmis, a new large-scale dataset of emotional reactions and explanations for visual artworks.

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Tsinghua AI Report: China Applied for 389,571 AI Patents in the Past Ten Years

Analyzing papers and patent data collected from top AI journals and conferences, 44 in total from 2011 to 2020, Tsinghua University’s new AI development report revealed new statistical insights.

by Synced 2021-01-25 1

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IBM Closes China Research Laboratory

IBM has closed off its Beijing-based China Research Laboratory (CRL) after 25 years of operation.

by Synced 2021-01-23 3

AI Tech Blog

Synced Tradition and Machine Learning Series | Part 2: Optimization Basics

This is the second in a special Synced series of introductory articles on traditionally theoretical fields of studies and their impact on modern-day machine learning.

by Synced 2021-01-22 3

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Drift with Devil: Security of Multi-Sensor Fusion based Localization in High-Level Autonomous Driving under GPS Spoofing

This paper is the first to systematically study the security of Multi-Sensor Fusion (MSF) based localization in high-autonomy Autonomous Vehicles (AVs). Researchers design FusionRipper, a novel and general attack that opportunistically captures and exploits take-over vulnerabilities.

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CHI 2021 | ‘AI as Play’ Challenges the Productivity-Based Human-AI Interaction Paradigm

Researchers from Drexel University, Northeastern University and IT University Copenhagen explore how humans interact with AI in such contexts, with a focus on computer games.

by Synced 2021-01-20 7

AI Health Research

Stanford Study Says Higher ImageNet Performance Does Not Improve Medical Image Interpretation

In a new paper, Stanford University researchers dispel the assumption that boosting deep learning model performance on ImageNet translates to better performance on medical imaging tasks.

by Synced 2021-01-20 1

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Google Creates New SOTA Text-Image Generation Framework

Synced invited Dr. Linchao Zhu, a lecturer at the ReLER lab, University of Technology Sydney whose works focus on video representation learning, to share his thoughts on the paper Text-to-Image Generation Grounded by Fine-Grained User Attention.

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South Korea’s Gwangju City Applies AI to City Governance

According to reports on January 20, South Korea’s Gwangju is adopting integrated AI technology to help with city governance.

by Synced 2021-01-20 1

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McGill Researchers Use AI to Manage Extreme Weather Events

On January 18, in efforts to understand and manage extreme weather events, McGill University announced a new interdisciplinary project to combine deep learning (DL) with social network analysis (SNA).

by Synced 2021-01-19 4

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‘Papers-With-Video’ Browser Extension Adds Video Access to arXiv

A Nepalese machine learning (ML) researcher has introduced a handy browser extension that lets users directly access videos related to research papers published on the popular preprint platform arXiv.

by Synced 2021-01-18 2

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Trump Administration Cuts Off Licenses for Huawei Chips Suppliers Including Intel

According to a report from Reuters, the Trump administration has notified Intel among others, that their supplier licenses to Chinese telecommunication giant Huawei have been revoked.

by Synced 2021-01-18 2

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Kenyan-Developed APP Utilizes ML to Predicate the Migration and Breeding of Locusts

Kuzi is using satellite data, soil sensor data, ground meteorological observation and machine learning technology trained on predict the locusts’ breeding, appearance and migration routes.

by Synced 2021-01-18 2

Global News Machine Learning & Data Science Research US & Canada

ICLR 2021 | UT Austin Training-Free Framework Performs High-Quality NAS on ImageNet in Four GPU Hours

Researchers from the University of Texas, Austin have proposed a novel framework called Training-Free Neural Architecture Search (TE-NAS) for “training-free” neural architecture search.

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Max Planck Institute & Facebook Model Performs Human Re-Rendering From a Single Image

In a new paper, researchers from Max Planck Institute for Informatics and Facebook Reality Labs propose an end-to-end trainable method that enables re-rendering of humans from one single image.

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Germany launches“AI Breakthrough Hub” funded by the federal and state governments and Hector Foundation

The German Federal government and the State of Baden-Württemberg pledged new AI funding schemes for an “AI breakthrough hub”.

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South Korea Expands AI Caregiver Service to Protect Socially Vulnerable Groups

South Korea’s Seodaemun-gu will expand the number of “artificial intelligence (AI) caregiver service” target from 200 to 450 from next month.

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Toyota and Stanford University Join Hands to Research on Automotive Safety Improvements

Researcher from Toyota Research Institute announce joint efforts with Stanford’s Dynamic Design Lab, to research on automotive safety improvements.

by Synced 2021-01-14 5

Machine Learning & Data Science Popular Research

Will Humans Be Able to Control Superintelligent AI? New Study Says ‘No’

A paper in the Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research goes a step further, warning that it could become fundamentally impossible to control a superintelligent AI.

by Synced 2021-01-14 6

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Google Brain’s Switch Transformer Language Model Packs 1.6-Trillion Parameters

Google Brain’s Switch Transformer language model packs a whopping 1.6 trillion parameters while effectively controlling computational cost. The model achieved a 4x pretraining speedup over a strongly tuned T5-XXL baseline.

by Synced 2021-01-13 2

Machine Learning & Data Science Popular Research

ICLR 2021 Announces List of Accepted Papers

Of the 2997 submissions, 860 papers have made it to ICLR 2021, for an acceptance rate of 28.7 percent — slightly higher than last year’s 26.5 percent.

by Synced 2021-01-12 2

Computer Vision & Graphics Machine Learning & Data Science Research

VisualVoice Uses Facial Appearance to Boost SOTA in Speech Separation

Recent AI research on speech separation has explored ways to associate lip motions in videos with audio, but this approach suffers when speakers’ lips are occluded, which they often are in busy multi-speaker environments.

by Synced 2021-01-11 3

Computer Vision & Graphics Machine Learning & Data Science Research

StyleGAN-Based VOGUE Is a SOTA AI-Powered Fitting Room

VOGUE, an AI-powered optimization method that deforms garments according to a given body shape while preserving pattern and material details to deliver state-of-the-art photorealistic, high-resolution try-on images.

by Synced 2021-01-08 3

Machine Learning & Data Science Research

Nature Paper: Atomistic ML Models Demonstrate Amorphous Silicon States & Transitions

AI’s acceleration of scientific discoveries continues - last month DeepMind’s AlphaFold solved a grand challenge in biology, and now an international AI research team has targeted materials science.

by Synced 2021-01-07 3

Computer Vision & Graphics Machine Learning & Data Science Research

Columbia University Model Learns Predictability From Unlabelled Video

Researchers propose a novel framework and hierarchical predictive model that learns to identify what is predictable from unlabelled video.