Information Science

Researchers at Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), South Korea, have developed a core technology that supports a fast and efficient large-scale data analysis, which can have a huge impact on large-scale data analysis in a near future.

A research team at Korea's Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) succeeded in analyzing big data up to 1,000 times faster than existing technology by using GPU-based ‘GMiner’ technology. The finding of big data pattern analysis is expected to be utilized in various industries including the finance and IT sectors.

Heat and cold waves affect people with certain health conditions differently, highlighting the need for tailored public service risk communication.

University of Malaya’s researchers and publications shine at the Malaysia’s Research Star Award (MRSA) and CREAM Status Recognition (CREAM) 2017 by Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia.

University of Malaya scored big with 6 researchers winning the Malaysia Rising Star Awards 2016 and 4 journals receiving the CREAM status by Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia.

Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) invites outstanding early-career researchers to join one of nine research programs which address some of the most complex challenges facing the world today.

The field of quantum science has attracted considerable funding in recent years reflecting the potential for converting quantum-physics research into commercial products. To address the growth in this area, IOP Publishing is launching a new journal, Quantum Science and Technology.

Researchers in Japan have designed the first ever single nucleotide polymorphism array that has been optimized for the Japanese population. This basic analysis tool can be used for studying the genes related to the physical constitution and diseases that are peculiar to the Japanese.

An open innovation hub for promoting research on new materials was set up at NIMS under the name of “Materials research by Information Integration” Initiative (MI2I).

A collaboration of physicists and a mathematician has made a significant step toward unifying general relativity and quantum mechanics by explaining how spacetime emerges from quantum entanglement in a more fundamental theory.

Singapore, 26 Nov 2013 – A*STAR Institute of Microelectronics (IME), GLOBALFOUNDRIES Singapore Pte. Ltd., and Masdar Institute of Science and Technology (MI) will collaborate to develop and advance micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) technologies for automotive, aerospace, consumer, healthcare, industrial, and mobility applications.

(Tokyo, August 7, 2012) – Researchers at Tamagawa University announced today that they had proved the incompleteness and limit of the security theory in quantum key distribution. The present theory cannot guarantee unconditional security. Details will be given at the SPIE conference on Quantum Communication and Quantum Imaging on August 15, 2012.

Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) further strengthened its relationship with the universities of higher learning in Japan through the signing of two memorandums of understanding (MoU) recently.

Scientists at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute (BSI) have uncovered mechanisms that help our brain to focus by efficiently routing only relevant information to perceptual brain regions.

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Summaries of newsworthy papers include: Competition and the Internet; Digitizer in Chief; Leafing Behind a Carbon-Filled World; Turning Human Evolution on its Head?; The Elusive Theory of Everything

More than 300 leading experts in geospatial information science (GIS) from over 20 countries and regions are gathering at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) from 26 to 28 May to participate in the Joint International Conference on Theory, Data Handling and Modelling in GeoSpatial Information Science.

Advances in Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits for Wireless Systems: Modeling and Design Technologies.

These 2 papers from the Asian Institute of Technology outlines problems faced and possible solutions for e-governance in Bangladesh

Asia Pacific Conference on Plant Tissue Culture and Agribiotechnology (APaCPA) 2007 - "Biotechnology for Better Food, Health and Quality Living" 17 - 21 June 2007, PWTC, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Prof. Shigeru Watanabe and Associate Prof. Eiichi Izawa of Keio University and his group became the first in the world to succeed in drawing up a stereotaxic atlas of a crow. Crows are known to be smart, and the findings proved that the pallium of the crow brain, which is related to intellectual activities, is well developed.

Archives and museums are distinct institutions that follow different standards principles and practices in managing their respective collections. However, many museums today, such as the UP Vargas Museum, have adopted archival procedures as well, thus, blurring the line between the two institutions.