Computing technologies – new directions and new applications

Session 14: New Directions/Applications

One of the highlights of the meeting was a presentation by Julie Payette, an astronaut for the Canadian Space Agency, who discussed the use of speech recognition in space travel. Some of the reasons why voice input and output are potentially valuable in space include the naturalness of the speech modality, the need to have hands and eyes available for performing applications tasks, and the over...

The Food Crisis and New Technologies

The present crisis in global economy, the issue of cli mate change and the fast-growing world population, <span style="font-variant: normal; font-s...

New-Generation Sequencing Technologies: Faster Results and New Applications

Clonal sequencing of amplicons enables ultra-deep genetic analysis at levels of sensitivity not previously possible. I Discover somatic mutations with unprecedented speed, accuracy, and sensitivity.* I I Study DNA methylation patterns with high precision. I I Uncover and screen SNPs at the population and individual level.

Applications of New Technologies and New Methods in ZHENG Differentiation

With the hope to provide an effective approach for personalized diagnosis and treatment clinically, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is being paid increasing attention as a complementary and alternative medicine. It performs treatment based on ZHENG (TCM syndrome) differentiation, which could be identified as clinical special phenotypes by symptoms and signs of patients. However, it caused sk...

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