The taxation of multi-national companies is a complex field, since it is influenced by the legislation of several states. Laws in different states may have unforeseen interaction effects, which can be exploited by allowing multinational companies to minimize taxes, a concept known as tax planning. In this paper, we present a knowledge graph of multinational companies and their relationships, comprising almost 1.5M business entities. We show that commonly known tax planning strategies can be formulated as subgraph queries to that graph, which allows for identifying companies using certain strategies. Moreover, we demonstrate that we can identify anomalies in the graph which hint at potential tax planning strategies, and we show how to enhance those analyses by incorporating information from Wikidata using federated queries.

This paper gives a detailed review of reinforcement learning in combinatorial optimization, introduces the history of combinatorial optimization starting in the 1960s, and compares with the reinforcement learning algorithms in recent years. We explicitly look at a famous combinatorial problem known as the Traveling Salesman Problem. We compare the approach of the modern reinforcement learning algorithms on Traveling Salesman Problem with the approach published in the 1970s. Then, we discuss the similarities between these algorithms and how the approach of reinforcement learning changes due to the evolution of machine learning techniques and computing power.

We show that a particular form of target propagation, i.e., relying on learned inverses of each layer, which is differential, i.e., where the target is a small perturbation of the forward propagation, gives rise to an update rule which corresponds to an approximate Gauss-Newton gradient-based optimization, without requiring the manipulation or inversion of large matrices. What is interesting is that this is more biologically plausible than back-propagation yet may turn out to implicitly provide a stronger optimization procedure. Extending difference target propagation, we consider several iterative calculations based on local auto-encoders at each layer in order to achieve more precise inversions for more accurate target propagation and we show that these iterative procedures converge exponentially fast if the auto-encoding function minus the identity function has a Lipschitz constant smaller than one, i.e., the auto-encoder is coarsely succeeding at performing an inversion. We also propose a way to normalize the changes at each layer to take into account the relative influence of each layer on the output, so that larger weight changes are done on more influential layers, like would happen in ordinary back-propagation with gradient descent.

The market is further segmented on the basis of types and end-user applications. The report also provides an estimation of the segment expected to lead the market in the forecast years. Detailed segmentation of the market based on types and applications along with historical data and forecast estimation is offered in the report. Furthermore, the report provides an extensive analysis of the regional segmentation of the market. The regional analysis covers product development, sales, consumption trends, regional market share, and size in each region.

The market is further segmented on the basis of types and end-user applications. The report also provides an estimation of the segment expected to lead the market in the forecast years. Detailed segmentation of the market based on types and applications along with historical data and forecast estimation is offered in the report. Furthermore, the report provides an extensive analysis of the regional segmentation of the market. The regional analysis covers product development, sales, consumption trends, regional market share, and size in each region.

Facial recognition technology is now common in a growing number of places around the world from public CCTV cameras to biometric identification systems in airports already touching half of the global population on a regular basis. Visualizations from SurfShark classify 194 countries and regions based on the extent of surveillance. More recently, the Department of Homeland Security unveiled its "Biometric Exit" plan, which aims to use facial recognition technology on nearly all air travel passengers by 2023, to identify compliance with visa status. Perhaps surprisingly, 59% of Americans are actually in favour of implementing facial recognition technology, considering it acceptable for use in law enforcement according to a Pew Research survey. Yet, some cities such as San Francisco have pushed to ban surveillance, citing a stand against its potential abuse by the government. Facial recognition technology can potentially come in handy after a natural disaster.

Robots are becoming an important way to deliver health care, and personality is vital to understanding their effectiveness. Despite this, there is a lack of a systematic overarching understanding of personality in health care human robot interaction (H-HRI). To address this, the authors conducted a review that identified 18 studies on personality in H-HRI. This paper presents the results of that systematic literature review. Insights are derived from this review regarding the methodologies, outcomes, and samples utilized. The authors of this review discuss findings across this literature while identifying several gaps worthy of attention. Overall, this paper is an important starting point in understanding personality in H-HRI.

Technovation, a global technology education nonprofit, announced that two teams of girls and two family teams - representing Kazakhstan, Kuwait, India and Ireland - were named winners at its annual Technovation World Summit held virtually August 13-14. The two-day event brought together more than 1,000 members and supporters of the Technovation community from around the world. The Awards Ceremony, held during World Summit, is a culmination of the annual Technovation Girls and Technovation Families programs in which nearly 2,000 teams of girls (ages 10-18) and families (with children ages 8-16) are challenged to develop a mobile application or AI prototype to solve an issue they've identified in their community. This year, teams across 60 countries overcame incredible odds stemming from COVID-19 to participate with the support of more than 3,500 mentors and chapter ambassadors. All finalists will receive a portion of the nearly $30,000 being awarded.

JOHANNESBURG - Artificial Intelligence (AI) is one of the important building blocks of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) or the age of "intelligentisation." The past few years have seen tremendous advances in machine learning and the building of algorithms from data; deep learning simulating the human brain and the processing power and decreasing costs of powerful and fast computers. Intelligent devices are, therefore, increasingly finding their way into our lives, whether it is a personal assistant such as the Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Apple Siri or Samsung Bixby; satellite navigation; real-time language translation; biometric identification such as fingerprint, iris or facial recognition; or industrial process management and decision-making. Unfortunately, noble AI technology also has the possibility to be misused and exploited for criminal purposes. In 2016 two computational social scientists by the name of Seymour and Tully used AI to convince social media users to click on a phishing link within a mass-produced message.

The use of AI (Artificial Intelligence) technology in commercial aviation has brought some significant changes in the way flights are being operated today. The world's leading airline service providers are now using AI tools and technologies to deliver a more personalized traveling experience to their customers. From building AI-powered airport kiosks to using it for automating airline operations and security checking, AI will play even more critical roles in the aviation industry. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and Airports Council International (ACI) have noticed AI's value too. Here, a look at how airlines are currently using AI, and emerging areas that show promising results for a better travel experience.