The End of Language As We Know It? Scientists Challenge 60 Years of Linguistic Research

An international team proposes replacing Hockett’s feature checklist with a model of language as a dynamic, multimodal, and socially evolving system.
IEEE

Vision–Language Pretraining for Image Captioning Using Facial Expression Recognition

Abstract: This paper presents a novel approach incorporating Facial Expression Recognition (FER) to improve emotional and contextual understanding in Vision-Language Pretraining (VLP) model-generated ...
GitHub

JObfuscator — Java Source Code Obfuscation & Protection

JObfuscator is a source code obfuscator for the Java programming language. It can protect your Java source code and algorithms from hacking, cracking, reverse engineering, decompilation, and ...
IEEE

Improving Scene Knowledge Referring Expression Comprehension with Large Language Models

Abstract: Scene Knowledge Referring Expression Comprehension (SK-REC) is an emerging multimedia reasoning task. It requires the model to perform joint reasoning over referring expressions and scene ...
InfoQ

Are You Missing a Data Frame? The Power of Data Frames in Java

Vladimir Zakharov explains how DataFrames serve as a vital tool for data-oriented programming in the Java ecosystem. By ...
GitHub

Python CEL - Common Expression Language

Fast, Safe, and Expressive evaluation of Google's Common Expression Language (CEL) in Python, powered by Rust. The Common Expression Language (CEL) is a non-Turing complete language designed for ...

Java Journals: What you need to know about Ethiopia, the birthplace of coffee and soul of terroir

Your coffee is more than just a beverage. It’s a legacy. A lesson in patience. Proof that the small things, the grind, the ...