Major earthquakes are just as random as smaller ones

For obvious reasons, it would be useful to predict when an earthquake is going to occur. It has long been suspected that large quakes in the Himalayas follow a fairly predictable cycle, but nature, as ...
Interesting Engineering

New adaptive system lets robots replicate human touch with far less training data

Researchers in Japan have developed an adaptive motion reproduction system that allows robots to generate human-like movements using surprisingly small amounts of training data. Despite rapid advances ...
eLife

Learning sequence-function relationships with scalable, interpretable Gaussian processes

This important work introduces a family of interpretable Gaussian process models that allows us to learn and model sequence-function relationships in biomolecules. These models are applied to three ...
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H-1B visa process changes: DHS proposes ending random approval

A key White House office has approved a proposed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) rule that could fundamentally change how H-1B visas are assigned, moving away from the long-standing random ...
Science Daily

Quantum dice: Scientists harness true randomness from entangled photons

Scientists at NIST and the University of Colorado Boulder have created CURBy, a cutting-edge quantum randomness beacon that draws on the intrinsic unpredictability of quantum entanglement to produce ...
C&EN

Bayesian Optimization with Gaussian Processes Assisted by Deep Learning for Material Designs

Developing novel materials drives significant breakthroughs across various engineering fields. Recent advancements in computational resources and techniques have enabled comprehensive material ...
PBS

ICE deported 3 children who are U.S. citizens, their families’ lawyers say

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have in recent days deported the Cuban-born mother of a 1-year-old girl — separating them indefinitely — and three children ages 2, ...
Observer

JPMorgan Just Beat Big Tech to a Quantum Breakthrough

At JPMorgan Chase headquarters, a quiet quantum coup: the bank just beat Big Tech to a breakthrough in certified randomness—marking a rare win for Wall Street in the race to make quantum computing ...
IEEE

Hyperspectral Image Classification Using Spectral-Spatial Dual Random Fields With Gaussian and Markov Processes

Abstract: This article presents a novel hyperspectral image (HSI) classification approach that integrates the sparse inducing variational Gaussian process (SIVGP) with a spatially adaptive Markov ...
C&EN

Applying Gaussian Process Machine Learning and Modern Probabilistic Programming to Satellite Data to Infer CO

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. Satellite data provides essential insights into the spatiotemporal distribution of CO ...
Scientific Research Publishing

Mauro, R. (2015) Traffic and Random Processes. Springer.

ABSTRACT: Road traffic flow forecasting provides critical information for the operational management of road mobility challenges, and models are used to generate the forecast. This paper uses a random ...