The Seattle Times A.I. 101: What is artificial intelligence and where is it going? Such worry was reflected in a recent Northeastern University and Gallup survey that found 71 percent of Americans feared the surge in AI would cause more job loss than gain.
Ars Technica The net neutrality testing app that Apple rejected is available now Choffnes is a Northeastern University professor who researches distributed systems and networking. He’s gathering data for a study on Internet providers’ treatment of different kinds of Internet traffic. A summary of the data collected so far is available here. “Our goal is to understand differentiation (e.g., throttling policies) worldwide and how they evolve over time,” Choffnes […]
EdSurge What Universities Can Learn from Udacity’s ‘Gig Economy’ Service “We’ll see more and more institutions gravitating toward this type of opportunity,” says Charles Kilfoye, who runs Northeastern University’s Experiential Network, a program that matches graduate and professional studies students with six-week projects at sponsor companies. “It really just mirrors the gig economy that’s happening out there.” Will part-time piecework replace traditional internships? Workers are […]
‘Nose-y’ bacteria could yield a new way to fight infection The really important contribution of this study is not lugdunin itself, says microbiologist Kim Lewis of Northeastern University, but rather the new approach for finding antibiotic-producing bacteria within our own bodies. “The reason we ran out of antibiotics in the first place is because most of them came from soil bacteria and they make up […]
Zika is no reason to cancel the Olympics. Here’s why “You have to consider traffic from an entire affected area. There are millions and millions of people,” says Alessandro Vespignani, a disease modeling researcher at Northeastern University who is working on modeling how Zika spreads. “The addition to the risk with the Olympics is extremely small.” The Olympics will account for only 1 or 2 […]
Report says major infrastructure fixes needed to support Greater Boston’s population growth Between 2010 and 2030 the population of Greater Boston is expected to grow by 10.5 percent. In that same period, a sizable jump in workers between the ages of 25 and 44 is expected — along with a much bigger jump in people over the age of 64. An economic report released Tuesday by researchers […]
The Patriot Ledger Governor proposes ‘critical investment’ in vocational education A November 2015 report on the findings of a Northeastern University study predicts a serious skilled-workers shortage over the next seven years. The report, commissioned by the Massachusetts School Building Authority and conducted by Northeastern University’s Kitty and Michael Dukakis Center for Urban Regional Policy, says nearly 1.2 million jobs will open up by 2022 […]
Al Jazeera Crime spikes in several US cities confound criminologists James Alan Fox, a criminologist at Northeastern University in Boston, is dismissive of the half-year statistics. “The shorter the window, the more volatile the numbers,” he said. “Six-month homicide numbers are especially unreliable.” He likens it to a 100-point spike in the stock market on one day. “It doesn’t say anything. … You really shouldn’t […]
Scientific American Lyme disease may linger for 1 in 5 because of “persisters” These ideas stem from the observation of a few rogue bacterial cells. Kim Lewis, director of the antimicrobial discovery center at Northeastern University, and his colleagues grew B. burgdorferi in the laboratory, treated them with various antibiotics and found that whereas most of the bacteria died within the first day, a small percentage—called persister cells—managed […]
Newsweek Syrian rebels in orange jumpsuits execute 18 Isis militants Max Abrahms, professor of political science at Northeastern University and a member at the Council on Foreign Relations, says that the video is an attempt to prise other rebel groups away from the lure of Isis and to join the Army of Islam’s similarly-brutal ranks. “The video tried to portray Isis as being in cahoots […]
Got battery? Lots of low battery hacks but no quick fix The common lithium-ion battery that’s used to power laptops, cellphones and tablet computers has improved in recent years. Battery capacity has tripled since 1990, says K. M. Abraham, a professor at Northeastern University who researches batteries. But it’s not nearly enough to keep up with the demand we gadget addicts have for constant use of […]
Governor Deval Patrick’s hits and misses Say what you will about Patrick’s lack of oversight when it comes to state agencies and the current budget deficit, but on the Massachusetts economy, he can leave Beacon Hill with his head held high. On his watch, the number of jobs increased by 4.1 percent in Massachusetts, compared with 1.7 percent nationally, according to […]