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Industrial Light & Magic Engineer Wins a Technical Oscar

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But it was a fitting honor for Jim Vanns , who won a 2023 Technical Achievement Award—commonly referred to as a Technical Oscar—from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for his work on the high-performance computing systems behind the blockbuster films Gravity (2013) and Guardians of the Galaxy (2014).

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Baidu’s PaddlePaddle Spins AI up to Industrial Applications

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The company has also created three new industry-focused large models—one for the electric power industry, one for banking, and another one for aerospace —by fine-tuning the company’s ERNIE 3.0 Titan model with industry data and expert knowledge in unsupervised learning tasks.

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DSM and DONG Inbicon show cellulosic bio-ethanol fermentation on industrial scale with 40% higher yield

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Royal DSM, together with DONG Energy (Denmark), has demonstrated the combined fermentation of C 6 and C 5 sugars from wheat straw on an industrial scale. The facility was reconstructed in 2013 in order to be able to conduct mixed fermentation of C 6 and C 5 sugars. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Daimler, Tsinghua University deepen joint research cooperation on sustainable transportation; automated driving and intelligent mobility

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Daimler and Chinese partner Tsinghua University signed an agreement further to deepen their research cooperation in the fields of automated driving and intelligent mobility. China today plays a leading role not only in terms of its automotive industry, but as an overall engine for innovation. —Prof.

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Volkswagen Power Systems presenting new modular industrial systems at Intermat 2012

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Volkswagen Power Systems is showing its new modular industrial power systems for the first time at the construction machinery fair Intermat in Paris. VR6-gaseous fuel engine and new diesel engines with modular peripherals which will be rated at 55 kW (74 hp) and meet EU 97/68 IIIB and US EPA Tier 4 standards from 2013 onwards.

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Jeff Dahn joins Meta Materials’ scientific advisory board

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Dahn is a pioneering researcher and developer of lithium-ion battery technology and leads a large research group at Dalhousie University. Dahn held the position of NSERC/Tesla Canada Industrial Research Chair with Dalhousie University from 2016 to 2021. Dahn’s research group in 2013. —Prof. He holds a B.Sc.

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ICCT suggests minor changes to Fed tax policy to cut higher investment risk of 2nd-gen biofuels and advance the industry

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biofuel made from cellulose, algae, duckweed, or cyanobacteria) could mitigate the current elevated risk of investing in the industry that is retarding its advance, according to a new paper by a team from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) and Johns Hopkins University. Miller et al. Click to enlarge.

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