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Enhancing Audio-Visual Speech Recognition with Cross-Modal Fusion

Researchers introduce a novel approach to boost audio-visual speech recognition (AVSR) systems using cross-modal fusion and visual pre-training. By correlating lip movements to subword units and utilizing a guided neural network, this technique achieves improved AVSR performance without requiring additional complex training data, showcasing its efficacy on the MISP2021-AVSR dataset.

21 Aug 2023

Harnessing Machine Learning for Drought-Resistant Crops

Researchers explore the power of machine learning models to predict effective microbial strains for combatting drought's impact on crop production. By comparing various models, the study reveals that gradient boosted trees (GBTs) offer high accuracy, though considerations of computational resources and application needs are vital when choosing a model for real-world implementation.

21 Aug 2023

Tackling Digital Ageism in AI: A Call to Action

A review published in Humanities and Social Sciences Communications highlights the pressing issue of age-related bias in AI systems, termed digital ageism. The study reveals the extent of age bias in AI data, deployment, and societal impact, emphasizing the need for collaborative efforts to mitigate this bias and ensure equitable AI for all age groups.

21 Aug 2023

Affordable Wireless Energy Meter for Accurate Power Quality Monitoring in Smart Grids

Researchers introduce a cost-effective wireless energy meter employing the ESP32 microcontroller for power quality monitoring in smart grid applications. By integrating sentiment analysis using Word2vec and LSTM, the model efficiently captures emotional influences on the global economy, leading to improved accuracy and reduced energy consumption.

19 Aug 2023

Enhancing Exchange Rate Trend Prediction with Sentiment Analysis and Hybrid CNN-LSTM Model

Researchers propose a hybrid model that integrates sentiment analysis using Word2vec and Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) for accurate exchange rate trend prediction. By incorporating emotional weights from Weibo data and historical exchange rate information, combined with CNN-LSTM architecture, the model demonstrates enhanced prediction accuracy compared to traditional methods.

19 Aug 2023

Exploring Graph Neural Networks for Temporal Edge Regression in Food and Agriculture Trade

Researchers investigate the application of Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) for forecasting trade values in food and agriculture between nations. The study introduces robust baselines and evaluates static and dynamic GNN models using the United Nations Trade dataset. The findings highlight the strength of baselines and the potential of GNNs, particularly the Temporal Graph Networks (TGN).

19 Aug 2023

Enhancing Aquaculture Water Quality Prediction with PID-RENet

Researchers combine deep neural networks (DNN) with a PID-RENet (Proportional-Integral-Derivative Residual Elimination Network) to improve time-series water quality predictions in aquaculture. The PID-RENet approach effectively corrects DNN predictions using PID control principles, leading to more accurate forecasts for crucial water quality parameters.

19 Aug 2023

Bio-Inspired Hierarchical Control Empowers Humanoid Robots

Researchers introduce a hierarchical generative model that mimics the deep temporal hierarchy of human motor control, allowing humanoid robots to autonomously perform complex motor tasks. This approach combines high-level planning, mid-level limb controllers, and low-level joint servo control, enabling versatile and resilient coordination of actions.

19 Aug 2023

Boosting Concrete Strength: Machine Learning Models for Nanosilica-Reinforced Concrete

Researchers explore 11 ML algorithms to accurately estimate the uniaxial compressive strength of nanosilica-reinforced concrete. The study highlights the significance of nanomaterial concentration and type in enhancing concrete mechanics, paving the way for informed design and improved water management practices.

19 Aug 2023

Enhancing Winter Wheat Water Management with Machine Learning

Researchers devise interpretable and non-interpretable ML models optimized by particle swarm optimization to accurately estimate crop evapotranspiration for winter wheat. By utilizing limited meteorological data, these models offer insights into water usage and agricultural sustainability, aiding water management practices in the face of climate challenges.

17 Aug 2023

Advancing Object Detection in Low-Light: A Breakthrough Approach

Researchers introduce a revolutionary method combining Low-Level Feature Attention, Feature Fusion Neck, and Context-Spatial Decoupling Head to enhance object detection in dim environments. With improvements in accuracy and real-world performance, this approach holds promise for applications like nighttime surveillance and autonomous driving.

17 Aug 2023

TE-VS: Wearable Marvel for Motion Monitoring and Energy Harvesting

A groundbreaking innovation, the TE-VS combines triboelectrification and electromagnetic power generation to revolutionize wearables. With machine learning integration and applications in healthcare and sustainable energy, the TE-VS promises accurate motion monitoring and energy harvesting, shaping a brighter future for technology and well-being.

17 Aug 2023

Empowering Cities: Citizen-Centric Digital Twins for Enhanced Governance

Researchers delve into the realm of Citizen-Centric Digital Twins (CCDT), exploring cutting-edge technologies that enable predictive, simulative, and visualizing capabilities to address city-level issues through citizen engagement. The study highlights data acquisition methods, machine learning algorithms, and APIs, offering insights into enhancing urban management while fostering public participation.

17 Aug 2023

Decoding Authorship: Unveiling AI-Generated Text Sources

Researchers analyze proprietary and open-source Large Language Models (LLMs) for neural authorship attribution, revealing distinct writing styles and enhancing techniques to counter misinformation threats posed by AI-generated content. Stylometric analysis illuminates LLM evolution, showcasing potential for open-source models to counter misinformation.

17 Aug 2023

Top AI Algorithms for Sheep Weight Prediction: Revolutionizing Animal Husbandry

Researchers evaluated various machine learning algorithms to predict sheep body weights, highlighting the effectiveness of models like MARS, BRR, ridge regression, SVM, and gradient boosting for improving animal production decisions, ensuring economic growth and food security. Their study showcases the potential of AI in transforming animal husbandry practices.

17 Aug 2023

Offline Signature Verification with TransOSV: A Holistic-Part Unified Model

Researchers have introduced a groundbreaking model, TransOSV, for offline signature verification using a holistic-part unified approach based on the vision transformer framework. TransOSV employs transformer-based holistic and contrast-based part encoders to capture global and local signature features, achieving state-of-the-art results in both writer-independent and writer-dependent signature verification tasks. The model's effectiveness is demonstrated across various signature datasets, highlighting its potential to enhance the security and accuracy of signature authentication systems.

16 Aug 2023

Revolutionizing Renewable Energy Forecasting with Graph Patch Informer

Researchers introduce the Graph Patch Informer (GPI) as a novel approach for accurate renewable energy forecasting (REF). Combining self-attention, graph attention networks (GATs), and self-supervised pre-training, GPI outperforms existing models and addresses challenges in long-term modeling, missing data, and spatial correlations. The model's effectiveness is demonstrated across various REF tasks, offering a promising solution for stable power systems and advancing renewable energy integration.

16 Aug 2023

Advancing Urban Acoustic Management through Binaural Sensing and Cloud Processing

This article explores a recent research paper that introduces an innovative approach to urban noise monitoring by combining binaural sensing and cloud-based data processing. The proposed system utilizes a 3D-printed artificial head equipped with microphones to capture acoustic data, enabling more accurate and comprehensive noise analysis. The cloud-based architecture further processes the data, offering valuable spatial indicators for urban soundscape evaluations, thereby contributing to enhanced urban planning strategies and overall quality of life.

16 Aug 2023

Revolutionizing Urban Tree Mapping: AI and Remote Sensing in Action

The article highlights a recent study that showcases the transformative potential of combining artificial intelligence (AI) and remote sensing data sources for automated large-scale mapping of urban street trees. By leveraging geographic imagery and deep learning algorithms, the study demonstrates an efficient and scalable approach to overcome the challenges of conventional field-based surveys.

16 Aug 2023

ARGUS: Pioneering the Evolution of Intelligent AR Assistants

Researchers explore the transformative potential of ARGUS, a visual analytics tool designed to enhance the development and refinement of intelligent augmented reality (AR) assistants. By offering real-time monitoring, retrospective analysis, and comprehensive visualization, ARGUS empowers developers to understand user behavior, AI model performance, and physical environment interactions, revolutionizing the precision and effectiveness of AR assistance across diverse domains.

16 Aug 2023