The best way to fix Americans’ cost-of-living problem is to give workers bigger raises, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said last week. The problem: That solution looks broken, too. The US job ...

Abstract: Crowd counting, an important problem in computer vision, is commonly solved with deep learning approaches, such as convolutional networks and transformers. However, Deep networks often ...

The study of Yang–Mills theory on compact surfaces forms a beautiful bridge between geometry, topology, and physics. In this talk, we will explore some of the ideas that illuminate this connection, ...

Abstract: This article addresses the challenge of scale variations in crowd-counting problems from a multidimensional measure-theoretic perspective. We start by formulating crowd counting as a measure ...

In the third century BCE, Apollonius of Perga asked how many circles one could draw that would touch three given circles at exactly one point each. It would take 1,800 years to prove the answer: eight ...

We meet a solutions architect who tells us that his defining characteristic is curiosity, and that for him success is in solving problems with technology, for people. In a recent episode of the First ...

Three years into the Kenya Kwanza administration, numbers are everywhere. The government has been emphatic on how it has made progress, especially in turning around the economy. How the inflation rate ...

Poornika Ananth does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Getting into competitive programming can feel like a lot at first. You’re trying to solve problems, make your code run fast, and not use too much memory. It’s a bit like a sport. But with tools like ...

From climate change and COVID-19 to violent crime and the national budget deficit: why are Americans increasingly divided over which issues deserve attention? And how do these divisions emerge even ...

Taylor Logistics is a full-service, third-party logistics (3PL) company that offers various services including warehousing, transportation, and more to help optimize supply chain management. Their ...

Consider someone who’s perfectly content with their office chair. It’s not ergonomic, it doesn’t have lumbar support, but it works. Then, during a meeting or a visit to a friend’s office, they sit in ...