MIT and Harvard researchers demonstrate a better way for computers to see (opens in new tab)

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6 pointsprabodh16y ago4 comments

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bioweek16y ago· 2 in thread

Granted I just skimmed the article, but do they discuss the algorithm at all?? It seemed like they're just saying buzzwords, "parallel","gpu","vision is hard", etc.

Does anyone know if a new CV algorithm is involved in this?

klipt16y ago

They did link to the (open access) journal article: http://www.ploscompbiol.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fj...

skorgu16y ago

Based on the video they're tuning model parameters in bulk and screening for best performance at a defined task.

klipt16y ago

Journal article (open access): http://www.ploscompbiol.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fj...

It's a really neat application of General Purpose GPU programming:

http://gpgpu.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPGPU

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