5 December 2016
Photo of Julien Perez illustrating article Agents of Change

Agents of Change. Julien Perez: Teaching machines to t…

“We’re working at pushing the boundaries of what’s possible, and that’s very exciting.”

The age of reason is coming to machines

In his role with Xerox research, Julien has been able to follow an unconventional approach for a research scientist …

2016
26 November 2016
Teaching machines to see illustrating image

Teaching machines to see

Computer vision is important work in the field of artificial intelligence. Improvements in how machines observe and interpret their surroundings could bring about the kind of technological developments that, until now, have been the stuff of sci-fi movies.

But will …

2016
23 November 2016
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Do you act like your computer (designer) thinks you ought to?

This article was written for the occasion of the XRCE 20th anniversary celebration.  Author: Jacki O’Neill

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Since everyone from office worker to police officer uses computers nowadays, their design has a major impact on …

2016
23 November 2016
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https://europe.naverlabs.com/blog/can-made-up-languages-help-computers-translate-real-ones/

4th October 2013 – Article written at the occasion of the XRCE 20th anniversary celebration.

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In the late 1880s a Russian-born doctor Leyzer Leyvi Zamengov created an easy-to-learn, politically neutral language aimed at transcending …

2016
23 November 2016
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A tribute to visual words and how they revolutionized computer vision

We love visual content. While the power of words is limited by language and cultural barriers, pictures and videos are a universal communication media which transcends such differences.

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04 October 2013

With the availability of

2016
22 November 2016
How Avatars and Games Improve Customer Service illustrating image

How Avatars and Games Improve Customer Service

We use the same feedback loops as online games in order to improve customer service at our call centers.

By Ben Hanrahan, 22nd May, 2014

“Game dynamics in the workplace helps [call center] agents and their managers to set …

2016
21 November 2016
A life changing event is the perfect time to stop getting stuck behind the wheel illustrating image

A life changing event is the perfect time to stop getting stuck behind the wheel

Making our cities smarter by changing the daily commute. It works if you do it at the right time.

Road with car and bike image

Getting people to change their habits is just plain hard. But, there are in fact ‘moments in life’ when people may …

2016
21 November 2016
printed circuit board and a stone with hieroglyph image

Will the next great lost civilization be ours?

4th October 2013 – Article written at the occasion of the XRCE 20th anniversary celebration .

Digital obsolescence is a threat to preserving the records of the 21st century. Information systems of the future will need to be preservation …

2016
21 November 2016
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A Walk Through the City in 2035

It’s 2035, and I’m on my way home on a spring evening. I’m a city dweller, one of 6.3 billion people around the world who live in urban areas. Come along with me as I head home in this brand …

2016
21 November 2016
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How to Move a City – Two Cities, in Fact

Our cities are growing. As they expand, so do the inherent problems: more people, more construction and more congestion. Getting from point A to point B can be challenging, and as populations grow and demographics change, it will get even …

2016
20 November 2016
Roles and gender are changing in cinema and TV but maybe not how you’d expect illustrating image

Roles and gender are changing in cinema and TV – but maybe not how you’d expect

Studies on the IMDb database of shows the gender bias of male and female roles. Bias because they do not reflect reality.

Matthias Galle photoAuthor: Matthias Gallé, Senior Scientist and Area Manager, Xerox Research Centre Europe

As anyone who likes watching …

2016

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