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ComTec Solutions Announces Two Technology Scholarships in Partnership with SUNY Brockport

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Thursday, November 2, 2023
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. , Nov. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- ComTec Solutions, a leading manufacturing technology provider in modernizing operations, is pleased to announce it has partnered with local college SUNY Brockport to offer two student scholarships that will help support the growth of technology and local careers in the New York area.

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  • ROCHESTER, N.Y. , Nov. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- ComTec Solutions , a leading manufacturing technology provider in modernizing operations, is pleased to announce it has partnered with local college SUNY Brockport to offer two student scholarships that will help support the growth of technology and local careers in the New York area.
  • "Offering these scholarships and internship opportunities is our way of connecting with the community, giving back and supporting the growth of the technology industry and future leaders," said Rob Moyer, ComTec Solutions founder and president.
  • "I am extremely happy to announce the establishment of a second scholarship funded by ComTec Solutions: The ComTec Solutions Cybersecurity Scholarship," said Mehruz Kamal, Ph.D., chair at SUNY Brockport.
  • Recognizing the importance of supporting local technology talent, ComTec is offering two academic scholarships, which will benefit students in different fields:
    ComTec Solutions Scholarship In Computing Sciences.

Meet Kuushy: Sit your way to better health

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Monday, August 28, 2023
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SINGAPORE, Aug. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Poor posture can lead to a whole range of problems – from neck and back pains to even heartburn and constipation[1] – one Singaporean startup is aiming to help working adults alleviate these problems by adopting healthier sitting habits. TACNIQ, a pioneering technology company that specialises in advanced tactile sensor technology, today unveiled Kuushy, a smart cushion with an AI-enabled Posture Coach designed to improve posture habits and promote a healthier lifestyle.

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  • Kuushy addresses the growing issue of poor posture and its impact on physical health by offering real-time posture monitoring and personalised posture correction coaching.
  • Kuushy's 3 steps to better back health:
    Intervene: Sensors detect and analyse the user's posture in real-time.
  • "Kuushy allows working adults to improve health habits without making major changes to our lifestyle, by turning work hours into 'back health hours'.
  • This in turn enables us to maintain an active lifestyle and cultivate good health habits in the long term."

MARZ Unveils LipDub AI to Eliminate Mismatched Lip-Syncing of Dubbed Content for Global Distribution

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Tuesday, August 15, 2023
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Emmy-nominated visual effects (VFX) studio and AI technology startup Monsters Aliens Robots Zombies (MARZ) today unveiled LipDub AI , its second AI for VFX product.

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  • Emmy-nominated visual effects (VFX) studio and AI technology startup Monsters Aliens Robots Zombies (MARZ) today unveiled LipDub AI , its second AI for VFX product.
  • LipDub AI is a state-of-the-art lip-syncing solution that dramatically improves the quality and appeal of dubbed content, and will transform the entertainment industry's localization sector.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230815078350/en/
    LipDub AI is the world’s first completely automated lip-sync technology to achieve Hollywood-caliber results.
  • Together they successfully conducted the research for Vanity AI , the first AI solution developed by MARZ.

PolyU awarded RGC Strategic Topics Grant to address societal needs in mental healthcare

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Thursday, July 20, 2023
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HONG KONG, July 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has received funding support from the Strategic Topics Grant (STG) 2023/24 of the Research Grants Council (RGC) for a health technology project aimed at promoting a new paradigm shift with creation of an integrated solution to address urgent mental healthcare needs.

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  • HONG KONG, July 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has received funding support from the Strategic Topics Grant (STG) 2023/24 of the Research Grants Council (RGC) for a health technology project aimed at promoting a new paradigm shift with creation of an integrated solution to address urgent mental healthcare needs.
  • The project has been funded under the STG topic of using AI to address imminent challenges in healthcare, proposing an AI-based, data-driven approach to diagnosis and personalised therapy.
  • PolyU has been working with various sectors to provide solutions to societal challenges.
  • The ceiling of project cost per project to be awarded by the RGC is $40 million (excluding on-costs).

PolyU awarded RGC Strategic Topics Grant to address societal needs in mental healthcare

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Thursday, July 20, 2023
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HONG KONG, July 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has received funding support from the Strategic Topics Grant (STG) 2023/24 of the Research Grants Council (RGC) for a health technology project aimed at promoting a new paradigm shift with creation of an integrated solution to address urgent mental healthcare needs.

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  • HONG KONG, July 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has received funding support from the Strategic Topics Grant (STG) 2023/24 of the Research Grants Council (RGC) for a health technology project aimed at promoting a new paradigm shift with creation of an integrated solution to address urgent mental healthcare needs.
  • The project has been funded under the STG topic of using AI to address imminent challenges in healthcare, proposing an AI-based, data-driven approach to diagnosis and personalised therapy.
  • PolyU has been working with various sectors to provide solutions to societal challenges.
  • The ceiling of project cost per project to be awarded by the RGC is $40 million (excluding on-costs).

The insurability of large-scale cyber risks: The symposium underlines the urgency of sustainably protecting the Swiss economy from major cyber attacks

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Monday, June 5, 2023
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The insurability of large-scale cyber risks: The symposium underlines the urgency of sustainably protecting the Swiss economy from major cyber attacks

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  • The insurability of large-scale cyber risks: The symposium underlines the urgency of sustainably protecting the Swiss economy from major cyber attacks
    Helvetia's first cyber symposium tackles the "The challenges of overcoming the main cyber risks".
  • Enhancing cyber resilience through cooperation between business, government and science as a major locational advantage for Switzerland.
  • With cybercrime becoming one of the central top risks, the insurance gap for major cyber events is growing – both nationally and internationally.
  • Helvetia's "The challenges of overcoming the main cyber risks" symposium on 5 June 2023 aggressively brought this acute problem area into the public eye.

EQS-News: DFV Deutsche Familienversicherung AG implements Executive Management Team

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Thursday, February 2, 2023
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Frankfurt am Main, 18 January 2023 – DFV Deutsche Familienversicherung AG (DFV) has appointed Bettina Hornung as Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Maximilian Knoll as Chief Operations Officer (COO).

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  • Frankfurt am Main, 18 January 2023 – DFV Deutsche Familienversicherung AG (DFV) has appointed Bettina Hornung as Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Maximilian Knoll as Chief Operations Officer (COO).
  • Both are members of DFV’s newly implemented Executive Management Team (EMT) with immediate effect, supporting the Management Board of Deutsche Familienversicherung.
  • Maximilian Knoll joined Deutsche Familienversicherung on 1 April 2022 and has since headed the newly created Operations and Claims department.
  • At the same time, the Management Board has appointed Bettina Hornung, previously Head of IT Governance, as Chief Information Officer of Deutsche Familienversicherung and appointed her as member of the Executive Management Team.

NTHU Team Wins Championship at SCC

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Monday, December 12, 2022
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A student team from the Department of Computer Science at National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) in Taiwan has recently won the championship at the World Supercomputer Student Cluster Competition (SCC) held in Dallas, USA.

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  • A student team from the Department of Computer Science at National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) in Taiwan has recently won the championship at the World Supercomputer Student Cluster Competition (SCC) held in Dallas, USA.
  • This was the fifth championship won by an NTHU team at the two largest supercomputer competitions in recent years.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221212005056/en/
    NTHU team advisor Jerry Chou (second from right) with team members (right to left) Tsai, Wu, Kuo, Ting, Chang, Huang, and Mou (in wheelchair).
  • The NTHU team previously won the SCC in 2010 and 2011, and also won the Student Supercomputer Challenge in 2019 and 2021.

Appointment of Two New Members to the Standing Committee on Technological Developments of the PCPD

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Friday, November 11, 2022
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His research interests focus on Chinese computing, database and information retrieval.

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  • His research interests focus on Chinese computing, database and information retrieval.
  • Prof YIU is currently a Professor and an Associate Head of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Hong Kong (HKU).
  • Separately, three incumbent members, namely Mr Francis FONG, Prof Jason LAU and Mr Mark PARSONS, have been re-appointed to the SCTD as members.
  • The current membership of the SCTD (in alphabetical order of surname) is as follows:

G2M Insights to partner with CU Boulder for the development of its Analyzr platform

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Thursday, August 18, 2022
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DENVER, Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- G2M Insights, a business and technology consulting firm focused on supporting the go-to-market strategy and execution of B2B sales and marketing teams, announced today it is partnering with the Department of Computer Science at the University of Colorado Boulder through a Capstone sponsorship for the academic year 2022-2023.

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  • Earlier this year G2M Insights launched Analyzr, a software-as-a-service offering focused on making machine learning simple and secure for business-to-business (B2B) sales and marketing predictive analytics.
  • "We're thrilled to be Capstone sponsors" said Pierre Elisseeff, co-founder of G2M Insights.
  • Through its work with the Boulder community G2M Insights plans on continuing to support and expand access to its no-code Analyzr platform for students and business analysts alike, and democratize the use of machine learning for B2B sales and marketing analytics.
  • Analyzr is a software-as-a-service offering by G2M Insights focused on making machine learning analytics simple and secure for midmarket and enterprise customers that may not have a full-fledged data science team.