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November 8, 2019 Microsoft’s Sunayana makes computers understand mixed speech
Sunayana Sitaram was in third year of her undergraduate engineering course in NIT Surat when she participated in a three-day conference at Carnegie Mellon University, US, aimed at encouraging women to pursue higher education and research. It turned out to be a watershed moment in her life. “Not only was the seminar radically inspiring, I […]
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COMPUTERS 
February 17, 2019 Are computers finally able to understand the subtleties of language?
We are more comfortable with the idea of talking to machines than ever before. That is due mainly to the growing popularity of smart speakers and virtual assistants, such as Google Home, Amazon Echo and Apple’s Siri. Indeed, as they have proven capable of carrying out tasks such as playing music and setting alarms, we have been happy to ask them to do so. But […]
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COMPUTERS 
May 4, 2017 Computers learn to understand humans better by modelling them
The picture shows how ABC-driven parameters lead to more accurate predictions of user behavior. Credit: Aalto University Computers are able to learn to explain the behavior of individuals by tracking their glances and movements. Researchers from Aalto University, University of Birmingham and University of Oslo present results paving the way for computers to learn psychologically […]
