Abstract: There has been an increasing interest in the development of unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) in recent decades. As USVs are required to carry out complex missions without any human ...

Abstract: This research presents a novel approach for missions of coverage path planning (CPP) carried out by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in a three-dimensional environment. These missions are ...

We introduce the heat method for solving the single- or multiple-source shortest path problem on both flat and curved domains. A key insight is that distance computation can be split into two stages: ...

We propose a method to allow precise and extremely fast mesh extraction from 3D Gaussian Splatting (SIGGRAPH 2023). Gaussian Splatting has recently become very popular as it yields realistic rendering ...

Few people have invented an algorithm with the potential to spark a worldwide crisis, so why is quantum computing pioneer ...

Genomic surveillance—the process of monitoring and sequencing pathogens—is one of the most important tools for detecting ...

The internet has never been more connected, yet millions of people feel more isolated than ever. In this talk, Reddit co-founder Steve Huffman explores how social media, AI-generated content, and ...

As long as pop stars have existed, they've had beef with each other. It's as natural as a dog barking at a mailman or a tech bro starting a podcast. Conflict is the cheapest promotion in music, Jeff ...

Madonna has become the latest artist to criticize the use of artificial intelligence, describing it as “the opposite of making art” whilst speaking with Vogue Italia. “Once you were around painters ...

After a terrific first wave of artists—including Paste faves like Dove Ellis and SXSW standouts like Adult DVD—Iceland Airwaves is back with their second batch of musicians, spanning continents and ...

When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years since that ...

Wendy's shares failed to extend their rally for a second day on Thursday after the fast-food chain became the latest target of retail traders. The company's stock fell nearly 7% after surging by ...