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Vassilis Athitsos, is associate professor in the Computer Science and Engineering Department at the University of Texas at Arlington. He's assisting a large tech corporation in evaluating existing facial recognition technologies and how they can be improved. [Image: courtesy of UTA]
Discovery: Facial Recognition, Big Leaves, Journalism & Tech
by Lance Murray | Sep 22, 2017
North Texas researchers are making important discoveries all across DFW and the globe. Here are three prime examples.
by D'Anzia Robertson |
Sep 21, 2017
Since its founding three years ago, the nonprofit has expanded its reach beyond students to encompass on-the-ground service opportunities for teacher, civic, and corporate groups.
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 15, 2017
Researchers in labs across North Texas are making discoveries and breakthroughs. Here are three examples of the work being done by DFW scientists.
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 14, 2017
Myers said the school will need to adjust how it approaches education because the North Texas business needs increasingly are more technology-driven.
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Players of Codex: Lost Words of Atlantis are put into the role of an archaeologist traveling the world to decode artifacts. As they work to decipher ancient languages, players are really building a foundation for literacy. [Photo courtesy of David Leeson via SMU]
Dallas Team 1 of 8 Moving on in Literacy XPRIZE Contest
by Heather Noel | Jul 19, 2017
PeopleForWords — made up of members from Southern Methodist University and Dallas-based Literacy Instruction for Texas — was selected from 109 teams.
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by Mallory Houser |
Jul 13, 2017
From school teachers to large company executives, Tech Titans has nominated leading candidates who are shaping the tech industry.
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by Mallory Houser |
Jun 26, 2017
This summer, Dallas ISD teachers are going to school — learning ways to increase student interest in STEM subjects.
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by Mallory Houser |
Jun 13, 2017
The research focusing on how a protein reacts to sunlight could help farmers grow crops under any conditions or any climate.
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SMU Researchers, Gamers Partner on Cancer Research
by Lance Murray | Jun 5, 2017
Adding the processor power of the network of "Minecraft" gamers could double the amount of computer power devoted to the SMU research project.
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by Jeff Bounds |
May 30, 2017
The telecom bust of nearly 20 years ago rattled Richardson. Go there now and you’ll find a city in midst of an awakening built on redevelopment, marketing, perseverance, and a revised real estate tool box.
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by Amy Wolff Sorter |
May 26, 2017
The heated energy sources were discovered in the Mountain State by examining previously overlooked oil and gas data.
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by Dave Moore |
May 24, 2017
Alcuin School's The Hive — funded in part by Bottle Rocket's Calvin Carter — and other makerspaces, are bringing the startup ethos to Dallas area schools. Alcuin is also boosting social entrepreneurship with $1 million from the J.C. Saada Family Foundation.
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The SMU maker truck is awaiting a formal name. [Photo Courtesy SMU]
Mobile Makerspace Once Known as SparkTruck Rolls Into Town
by Lance Murray | May 19, 2017
The big, boxy California transplant is being adopted by SMU and will be retooled for Texas to help teachers fuel the creative spark in students.
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by Lance Murray |
May 16, 2017
Francis S. Collins led the Human Genome Project before taking the reins at the National Institutes of Health.
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by Lance Murray |
May 11, 2017
The small device uses electrical current pulsing through a patient's body to assess their muscle health.
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by Lance Murray |
Apr 28, 2017
Researchers will be able to work with restricted-access data at the new center at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
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