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Konstantin Klemmer is a researcher at Microsoft Research New England, where he works on the representation of geospatial phenomena in machine learning methods.
By Jiayi Li, Konstantin Klemmer, May 2024
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Designing better simulation software to prepare for a warming world.
By Josefin Ahlkrona, October 2018
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DEPARTMENT: Blogs
The XRDS blog highlights a range of topics from conference coverage, to security and privacy, to CS theory. Selected blog posts, edited for print, are featured in every issue. Please visit xrds.acm.org/blog to read each post in its entirety. If you are interested in joining as a student blogger, please contact us.
By Gunnar Wolf, July 2018
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Unmanned aircraft systems. Aerial robots. Drones. Regardless of the name, this new technology is being developed to revolutionize the sampling and understanding of complex atmospheric phenomena.
By Eric Frew, March 2014
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Oceans cover a majority of our planet and are currently lacking in regards to exploration and technological innovations. One technology that can help enable more aquatic applications is underwater acoustic networks (UANs). This article discusses the current status of UANs, the new applications that can be provided, and the challenges faced by this technology.
By Michael Zuba, March 2014
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Crabster CR200 is a giant crab robot with six legs and 30 powerful joints developed at the Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering. The robot can help explore ancient shipwrecks in areas of harsh tidal currents and turbid water, where traditional underwater vehicles have trouble operating.
By Bong-Huan Jun, Hyungwon Shim, March 2014
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Climate modeling has come a long way since von Neumann declared it a problem too hard for pencil and paper, but tailor-made for the new digital computers. As the models and computers both evolve toward ever-greater complexity, they are changing our notions of digital simulation itself.
By V. Balaji, March 2013
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On the computational resources and techniques required for imaging the Earth's crust.
By Gregory A. Newman, March 2013
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