News Update :: Tuesday, May 9, 2006

News

Federal, Higher Ed Team Open Iraqi Virtual Science Library

U.S. government officials, university scientists and publishers launched the Iraqi Virtual Science Library (IVSL) last week, a digital portal that gives the Iraqi science and engineering community free online access to millions of scientific articles and other resources...

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BYU Pres: ‘The Best Technology is the Technology That Wins’

Brigham Young University-Idaho President Kim Clark told Utah business executives last week that “ there are many ways to 'win' in today's fluid economy," but that the companies that win are the ones that find creative ways to meet consumer demand...

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Cornell IT Publishes Online 3-D Annual Report

Cornell University’s information technology department is issuing its business plan and annual report using a Web-based 3-D page-flipping format. The “Digital Flip” format was developed by E-Book Systems, an electronic publishing technology firm...

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Maryland Flexcar to Reduce Parking Pressures

The University of Maryland launched a Flexcar program that would give qualified staff, students, and faculty the free use of one of four fuel-efficient vehicles that will be kept on campus...

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Free Web Player for 3D Content Sharing

Caligari Corp., a producer of 3-D modeling and animation software, announced the release of truePlay, a free Web player for sharing interactive 3D objects, scenes and multimedia “worlds.”...

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Contracts, Deals, Awards

$5M Grant Backs Boise State EE/CE Ph.D. Program

Boise State University received a $5 million grant from the Micron Technology Foundation to support its new Ph.D. program in electrical engineering and computer engineering...

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Duke to Donate Computers to Durham Public Schools

Duke has begun a project to place about 1,000 of its used but stable computers into community schools and nonprofit organizations each year...

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Campus Technology 2006
in Boston, July 31-August 3, 2006

TDWI World Conference
in Chicago, May 14-19, 2006

Events Calendar

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    California Governor Signs AI Content Safeguards into Law

    California Governor Gavin Newsom has officially signed off on a series of landmark artificial intelligence bills, signaling the state’s latest efforts to regulate the burgeoning technology, particularly in response to the misuse of sexually explicit deepfakes. The legislation is aimed at mitigating the risks posed by AI-generated content, as concerns grow over the technology's potential to manipulate images, videos, and voices in ways that could cause significant harm.

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    NIST's U.S. AI Safety Institute Announces Research Collaboration with Anthropic and OpenAI

    The U.S. AI Safety Institute, part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has formalized agreements with AI companies Anthropic and OpenAI to collaborate on AI safety research, testing, and evaluation.

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    Report: Use of Game Engines Expands Beyond Gaming

    Game development technology is increasingly being utilized beyond its traditional gaming roots, according to the recently released annual "State of Game Development" report from development and DevOps solutions provider Perforce Software.

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    Cloud Security Alliance: Best Practices for Securing AI Systems

    The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), a not-for-profit organization whose mission statement is defining and raising awareness of best practices to help ensure a secure cloud computing environment, has released a new report offering guidance on securing systems that leverage large language models (LLMs) to address business challenges.