Picture this: small towns in China dedicated to sports and wellness, but with a critical gap. The aging population living there faces unique challenges. Enter wireless sensor networks (WSNs), a technology that could bridge the gap and improve the lives of older adults. Imagine having sensors ar
In late 2019, a respiratory illness emerged in Wuhan, China. By January 2020, the World Health Organization declared it a global health emergency—Covid-19. Countries worldwide imposed travel restrictions to fight the pandemic, sending air traffic into a tailspin. Only essential flights like health,
Imagine you're in a room filled with famous people. The goal? To get closer to those with more fame than you. This is the premise of a new game in network creation, called "celebrity games. " Each player, or "celebrity, " has a different level of fame, or "celebrity weight. " To win, you need to be
Have you ever thought about how you read and understand documents? Humans can easily connect ideas across paragraphs, tables, and even figures. But getting machines to do the same thing isn't so simple. Traditionally, different machine learning techniques were used for different parts of a document—
Imagine having a super-smart home where you can stream movies, music, and games seamlessly across different rooms. This experiment explored how to do just that using two common cable types: CATV coaxial cable and Ethernet. The idea behind this was to create a simple setup with a central server and m
Imagine you're in a big group, and someone important—say, a news anchor—has an update. That person tells a few influential friends, who then share it with everyone else. This is how messages and opinions move around, according to something called mass media theory. Most models only look at how opini
Ever wondered how leaders' opinions spread in social groups? And how groups reach a consensus in big decisions, like elections? Experts have a cool way to explain this using something called "fuzzy opinion networks. " Let's start at the top. Imagine a leader with a strong opinion. This opinion isn'
Imagine a group of people where some are more famous than others. We'll call these important folks "celebrities" and their status "celebrity weight. " The goal for everyone in this group is to get close to the most famous people while keeping their own costs down. This is what we're calling the "cel
Weather is studied using weather stations scattered worldwide. These stations collect data on various weather phenomena. Many organizations set up networks of these stations to gather data. The data is then sent to processing centers. However, the methods used to transmit this data aren't ideal. The
Imagine if you could change the weather in a photo just by using an app. That's what a new approach called Weather GAN (Generative Adversarial Networks) aims to do. This isn't just about making a few tweaks; it's about completely transforming the weather conditions in a picture. Think of it like giv
