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Friday, February 28, 2014

ScienceDaily: Computers and Internet News

ScienceDaily: Computers and Internet News


Digital ears in the rainforest: Estimating dynamics of animal populations by using sound recordings and computing

Posted: 27 Feb 2014 06:14 AM PST

A Finnish-Brazilian project is constructing a system that could estimate the dynamics of animal populations by using sound recordings, statistics and scientific computing. The canopy in a Brazilian rainforest is bustling with life, but nothing is visible from the ground level. The digital recorders attached to the trees, however, are picking up the noises of birds.

Merkel, the Chancellor of Germany, or Merkel, the soccer coach? Software maps ambiguous names in texts to the right person

Posted: 26 Feb 2014 06:52 AM PST

Computer scientists have developed software that resolves the ambiguity of names within texts automatically. This mapping between mentions and actual entities like persons not only improves search engines, but also makes it possible to analyze huge amounts of text efficiently.

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