A new algorithm generates practical paper-folding patterns to produce any 3-D structure. In a 1999 paper, Erik Demaine -- now an MIT professor of electrical engineering and computer science, but then ...

Researchers out of the University of Southern California (USC) have developed a tool that can identify signs of depression through speech patterns. The team thinks it could help diagnose the condition ...

Maryam Shanechi, the Sawchuk Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering and founding director of the USC Center for Neurotechnology, and her team have developed a new AI algorithm that can separate ...

The New York Police Department developed new pattern-recognition computer software that compares robberies, larcenies and thefts to thousands of crimes in its database. Instead of officers poring over ...

A new study from Stanford University shows how a complex algorithm can identify cars in Google Street View images – and predict the area residents’ voting patterns, as well as income, race, and ...

The NYPD says the tool can help connect the dots between related crimes and that it’s taken steps to eliminate bias, but civil libertarians still urge caution. The New York Police Department (NYPD) ...

In a 1999 paper, Erik Demaine -- now an MIT professor of electrical engineering and computer science, but then an 18-year-old PhD student at the University of Waterloo, in Canada -- described an ...