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EcoLight: Intersection Control in Developing Regions Under Extreme Budget and Network Constraints

Neural Information Processing Systems

Effective intersection control can play an important role in reducing traffic congestion and associated vehicular emissions. This is vitally needed in developing countries, where air pollution is reaching life threatening levels. This paper presents EcoLight intersection control for developing regions, where budget is constrained and network connectivity is very poor. EcoLight learns effective control offline using state-of-the-art Deep Reinforcement Learning methods, but deploys highly efficient runtime control algorithms on low cost embedded devices that work stand-alone on road without server connectivity. EcoLight optimizes both average case and worst case values of throughput, travel time and other metrics, as evaluated on open-source datasets from New York and on a custom developing region dataset.


Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,203

Al Jazeera

Russia launched a large-scale drone-and-missile assault on Ukraine, killing one person in Kyiv and two in the southern port city of Odesa. At least 13 people were injured. A Ukrainian drone attack on a petrol station in the Russian city of Belgorod killed one person and injured four others, the region's governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia's attack on Kyiv was "one of the biggest" in the three-year-old war. It caused several fires and damaged buildings, including St Sophia Cathedral, a UNESCO World Heritage landmark.


Recognizing Beam Profiles from Silicon Photonics Gratings using Transformer Model

Lim, Yu Dian, Li, Hong Yu, Goh, Simon Chun Kiat, Wang, Xiangyu, Zhao, Peng, Tan, Chuan Seng

arXiv.org Artificial Intelligence

Over the past decade, there has been extensive work in developing integrated silicon photonics (SiPh) gratings for the optical addressing of trapped ion qubits in the ion trap quantum computing community. However, when viewing beam profiles from infrared (IR) cameras, it is often difficult to determine the corresponding heights where the beam profiles are located. In this work, we developed transformer models to recognize the corresponding height categories of beam profiles of light from SiPh gratings. The model is trained using two techniques: (1) input patches, and (2) input sequence. For model trained with input patches, the model achieved recognition accuracy of 0.938. Meanwhile, model trained with input sequence shows lower accuracy of 0.895. However, when repeating the model-training 150 cycles, model trained with input patches shows inconsistent accuracy ranges between 0.445 to 0.959, while model trained with input sequence exhibit higher accuracy values between 0.789 to 0.936. The obtained outcomes can be expanded to various applications, including auto-focusing of light beam and auto-adjustment of z-axis stage to acquire desired beam profiles.


The Download: tech help for herders, and bacteria clean-ups

MIT Technology Review

Herding-- one of humanity's most foundational ways of life--is a pillar of survival in West Africa's Sahel. Migratory herders usher cattle between seasonal pastures, since they rarely own land. However, these traditional ways of doing things are becoming increasingly impossible, thanks to a complex mix of climate change, politics and war. In more recent years, various Western players touting tech trends like artificial intelligence and predictive analysis have swooped in with promises to solve the region's myriad problems. But some think there could be a much simpler solution, that puts real data directly into the herders' hands. Recent advances in data collection--both from geosatellites and from herders themselves--have generated an abundance of information on ground cover quantity and quality, water availability, rain forecasts, livestock concentrations, and more.


The tech that helps these herders navigate drought, war, and extremists

MIT Technology Review

In more recent years, various Western players touting tech trends like artificial intelligence and predictive analysis have swooped in with promises to solve the region's myriad problems. But Garbal--named after the word for a livestock market in the language of the Fulani, an ethnic group that makes up the majority of the Sahel's herders--aims to do things differently. Building on an approach pioneered by a 37-year-old American data scientist named Alex Orenstein, Garbal is focused on how humbler technologies might effectively support the 80% of Nigeriens who live off livestock and the land. "There's still this idea of'How can we use new tech?' But the tech is already there--we just need to be more intentional in applying it," Orenstein says, arguing that donor enthusiasm for shiny, complex solutions is often misplaced.


Global investors plow into Asia data centers on AI boom

The Japan Times

Asia is becoming the latest hunting ground for global investors in data centers, as companies from KKR & Co. to Bain Capital bet on the region's growing computing and data storage needs following an artificial intelligence boom. Like in the U.S., Asia is seeing a surge in demand for data centers as giants like Amazon and Alphabet's Google boost cloud services, the recent generative AI wave fuels data and capacity requirements, and the region's growing population spurs storage needs. Demand in Southeast Asia and North Asia is expected to expand about 25% a year through 2028, according to Cushman & Wakefield data. That compares with 14% a year in the U.S.


Artificial Intelligence in Oil & Gas Market Research Report by Function, Component, Application, Region - Global Forecast to 2027 - Cumulative Impact of COVID-19

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Market Statistics: The report provides market sizing and forecast across 7 major currencies - USD, EUR, JPY, GBP, AUD, CAD, and CHF. It helps organization leaders make better decisions when currency exchange data is readily available. In this report, the years 2018 and 2020 are considered as historical years, 2021 as the base year, 2022 as the estimated year, and years from 2023 to 2027 are considered as the forecast period. Market Segmentation & Coverage: This research report categorizes the Artificial Intelligence in Oil & Gas to forecast the revenues and analyze the trends in each of the following sub-markets: Based on Function, the market was studied across Field Services, Material Movement, Predictive Maintenance & Machine Inspection, Production Planning, Quality Control, and Reclamation. Based on Component, the market was studied across Hardware, Services, and Software.


Region's first autonomous AI medical centre debuted in Dubai

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The first autonomous artificial intelligence medical fitness centre was recently demonstrated by Dubai Health Authority as part of UAE Innovation Month. The Salem Innovation Center uses AI and the Internet of Things technology to provide medical fitness and health occupation screening services to clients without any human intervention. It identifies customers through their facial and Iris print, and conducts tests using a specialised robot. The centre's smart scale machine automatically measures a client's BMI, weight and height as soon as the patient steps inside. All data are safely shared electronically and confidentially to the relevant contacts.


Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Healthcare Market Size, Share, Trends, Analysis and Forecast by Region, Segment, Offering, Technology and End User, 2022-2027

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Summary The AI in healthcare market size was valued at US$7,679.39 million in 2021 and is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 39.05% during 2022-2027. The key to the growth has been increasing investment and development in AI and increasing strategic moves by market players are stimulating. Additionally, key strategic partnerships and mergers and acquisitions are expected to accelerate market growth. Healthcare, including pharma, medical devices, healthcare providers, and payers, is a highly regulated industry, and therefore can be slow to adopt new technologies and modernize.However, the healthcare industry is realizing the benefits artificial intelligence (AI) can bring, and it is now being used in different areas across the entire value chain. Additionally, its use in the healthcare space is expected to continue to increase in the next five years. The integration of software with artificial intelligence is creating growth avenues for the global artificial intelligence in healthcare market.Integration of software with artificial intelligence offers immediate decision support and best results to diagnose diseases.