Mount Sinai researchers build models using machine learning technique to enhance predictions of COVID-19 outcomes

Mount Sinai researchers have published one of the first studies using a machine learning technique called “federated learning” to examine electronic health records to better predict how COVID-19 patients will progress. The study was published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research – Medical Informatics on January 18. The researchers said the emerging technique holds…

Make a Maze With Newspaper

Mazes are ubiquitous in the video game world. Whether you are playing or designing a game, navigating turns and obstacles are the main actions of many computer games. Here is a chance to unplug and create your own hand-held challenge, figuring out the path, the hurdles and the way to win. For an additional method…

Six Great Movies About Presidents

Watch it on Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Google Play, Vudu, YouTube [Read The New York Times review.] ‘Seven Days in May’ The characters in this jittery 1964 thriller are fictional, but the situation — particularly of late — feels all too real. Kirk Douglas plays a Marine colonel who suspects that a hawkish Air Force…

How to Celebrate The Inauguration Safely

The inauguration of President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on Jan. 20 will be different from past ceremonies. The Presidential Inaugural Committee is urging people to stay home to keep large crowds from potentially spreading the coronavirus, and there’s heightened security after a violent attack on the Capitol. But there are…