Abstract: Activation functions are pivotal in neural networks, determining the output of each neuron. Traditionally, functions like sigmoid and ReLU have been static and deterministic. However, the ...

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is a potentially important new technology, but its impact on the economy depends on the speed and intensity of adoption. This paper reports results from a ...

Abstract: Simulators are indispensable parts of the research and development necessary to advance countless industries, including cellular networks. With simulators, the evaluation, analysis, testing, ...

(Image credit: NASA Earth Observatory images by Michala Garrison, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey.) A 'new' island has appeared in the middle of a lake in southeastern Alaska after ...

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This Pew Research Center report examines the U.S. public’s views on whether God influences presidential elections, whether Christians think it is essential to support or oppose President Donald Trump, ...

Plum officials want to hear from residents as they consider the long-term future of the borough. A recent survey made available to residents and taxpayers online at growingplumforward.com asks 23 ...

The largest remaining contiguous stretch of forest in Seattle is right here on the peninsula. This community announcement coalition we invites you to answer a survey meant to help shape its future: ...

Anger has erupted in South Korea after U.S. immigration agents detained more than 300 of its nationals in a raid at a Hyundai–LG electric vehicle battery plant in Georgia last week. Newsweek has ...

One in three students believe that using violence to stop campus speech is acceptable, with 2% deeming it 'always acceptable', 13% 'sometimes acceptable', and 19% 'rarely acceptable'. The survey ...

The gender gap between men and women has been a durable fact of life in American politics — and nowhere is this gap larger than among the youngest cohort of American adults, Gen Z. But it’s not just ...