‘Learn to code’ is dead. So what the heck should you actually teach your kids in the age of AI?

Holly Baxter asks tech experts what students should actually study, now ‘learn to code’ is dead — and gets some surprising ...
IEEE

Optimizing Polar Codes for Reduced Latency Successive Cancellation List Decoder

Abstract: This letter presents the application of genetic algorithms (GenAlg) to optimize polar codes for reducing the decoding latency of fast cyclic redundancy check aided successive cancellation ...
The New York Times

From Blocks of Wood Come Miniature Houses

Yukihiro Akama, who trained as an architect, now designs whimsical pieces in oak, fir and other varieties. By Melanie Abrams Reporting from London In 2013 Yukihiro Akama found some small blocks of oak ...
Detroit News

House speaker says Flint water emergency is over, blocks aid for students

Lansing — Michigan House Republicans have unilaterally blocked about $8.3 million in spending aimed at helping residents of Flint deal with the long-term fallout of the drinking water crisis, as the ...
The Boston Globe

Lawsuit attempts to block alleged sale of R.I.’s ‘Conjuring’ house to ‘Ghost Hunters’ star

The complaint alleges the house’s current owner has experienced serious mental health issues and “lacked the capacity” to enter an agreement related to the potential transaction PROVIDENCE — A new ...
IEEE

Learning Rate-Compatible Linear Block Codes: An Auto-Encoder Based Approach

Abstract: Artificial intelligence (AI) provides an alternative way to design channel coding with affordable complexity. However, most existing studies can only learn codes for a given size and rate, ...