Scholars propose a way to help mobile robots choose when to communicate with the cloud without latency or lost data issues. Marco Pavone and postdoctoral scholar Sandeep Chinchali used deep reinforcement learning algorithms to smartly and sparingly tap into the cloud to improve perception while reducing demands on data channels.
Stanford engineers have overcome a key obstacle that has limited the widespread adoption of phase-change memory which is thousands of times faster than conventional hard drives. “The big appeal of phase-change memory is speed, but energy-efficiency in electronics also matters,” Eric Pop, professor of electrical engineering said.
The Sustainable Procurement Barometer, a survey of more than 350 companies, found that most firms remained committed to integrating sustainability into their supply chains even with the challenges of the pandemic.
In their new book, System Error: Where Big Tech Went Wrong and How We Can Reboot, three Stanford scholars show how we can collectively shape a technological future that supports human flourishing and democratic values.
Using tools from autonomous vehicles, the research team from Mykel Kochenderfer's lab has built an augmented cane which helps people detect and identify obstacles, move around those object and follow routes both indoors and outdoors. The smart cane weighs only 3 pounds and can be built from off-the-shelf parts and free, open-source software for $400.
The UN Climate Change Conference COP25 began on October 31 and runs through November 12 in Scotland. Stanford experts in a range of fields discuss their hopes for the talks as well as major themes likely to influence negotiations, keys to success and more.
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released the first installment of its Sixth Assessment - the world's most comprehensive scientific study to date of climate change, its impacts and options to protect our planet. Paul N. Edwards, the William J. Perry Fellow in International Security and Senior Research Scholar at CISAC, served as a lead author. The report was four years in the making with work from more than 900 scientists and 195 governments.
