Technical Committee News

Microsoft revealed a new deep learning acceleration platform at the Hot Chips conference held in California.

The company has designed this new system for "real-time AI" meaning that it can process all data very fast and ultra-low latency. For more details, please read https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/microsoft-unveils-project-brainwave/.

In October 2016, inside a sold-out arena in Zurich, a man named Numa Poujouly steered his wheelchair up to the central podium. The 30-yearold, who became paralyzed after a bicycle accident in his teens, had triumphed in the tournament’s most futuristic event: a video-game-like race in which the competitors controlled their speeding avatars with just their minds.

Gibson, a guitar manufacturer, is know for pushing what the technology can do for die-hard guitar fans. The latest innovation, revolving around signal processing, is a Gibson Custom Lightly Figured Les Paul Standard with a built-in distortion circuit. A creation Gibson is calling the Burstdriver.

For more details, please read http://newatlas.com/gibson-burstdriver-les-paul-guitar/50692/

Claude Shannon has changed electrical engineering, and he was one of the greatest influencers on the field of signal processing. In recent years, there are more stories about his remarkable life.

For more details, please read http://www.thedailybeast.com/claude-shannon-the-juggling-poet-who-gave-us-the-information-age