Last summer, I spent several months working with Google's Knowledge team in Mountain View, working with Jeff Dean and an incredible group of scientists and engineers who have a real shot at making spectacular progress in machine learning.
The recent spectacular progress in modern microelectronics created a big stimulus towards development of embedded systems.
America's ambassador to India, Richard Verma, notes that all this has "chilling effects" on democracy.Mr Modi has made some steady, if not yet spectacular, progress in office so far, but he needs a clearer vision for economic reform, a broader range of talent within his government and a more convincing message of moderation.
In the past few years, spectacular progress in neuroscience has led to the emergence of a new interdisciplinary field, the so-called "neurolaw" whose goal is to explore the effects of neuroscientific discoveries on legal proceedings and legal rules and standards.
The recent spectacular progress in the microelectronic, information, communication, material and sensor technologies created a big stimulus towards development of smart communicating cyber-physical systems (CPS) and Internet of Things (IoT).
Moreover, Washington needs to quietly encourage the spectacular progress in India-Pakistan normalization.
Massachusetts, for instance, has made spectacular progress in math and good progress in reading in fourth and eighth grade.
Investment advisers agree that Latin America has made spectacular progress in the last 10 to 20 years and, with exceptions, has recovered from the instability that once plagued the region.
Spectacular progress in the information processing sciences (machine learning, wearable sensors) promises to revolutionize the study of cognitive development.
The spectacular progress in this research topic has been driven by the development of novel synthetic procedures and by the large variety of applications.
