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Insilico Medicine enrolls a new algorithm evaluating perception of human age into Beauty.AI, a beauty competition judged by a jury of robots Summary:
June 27, Baltimore, MD – Youth Laboratories, the organizer of the first beauty contest judged by a panel of robots today announced the inclusion of AntiAgeist, an algorithm evaluating the difference between the chronological age of contest participants and the age predicted by a system of deep neural networks trained to predict human age. Beauty.AI is a platform where both humans and algorithms compete for prizes to explore new ideas and strategies that may be used to impartially evaluate human beauty. Beauty.AI 2.0 contest started in May will conclude in August 2016. Humans are welcome to download the Beauty.AI mobile app and submit series of pictures to this competition before 19th of July.
The contest is sponsored by multiple cosmetics and IT companies supported the contest including Nvidia, Ernst & Young, Microsoft, Imagene Labs, Faberlic, Klinikk Oslo, Asia Genomics, Insilico Medicine, and many others.
“We are very happy to have AntiAgeist on our jury of robot judges, since this is a rather novel idea of looking at beauty through the prism of how successfully the person is aging. We encourage teams from all over the world to submit algorithms and ideas on how machines can evaluate human beauty to the Beauty.AI contest. Best algorithms will get monetary prizes and will be promoted worldwide”, said Anastasia Georgievskaya, general manager of Beauty.AI. Inside New robot AntiAgeist to help judge Beauty.AI 2.0
Insilico Medicine specializes in drug discovery and biomarker development for a broad range of diseases with a mission to accelerate and improve lead generation and pre-clinical studies within biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. One of the core missions of Insilico Medicine is extending productive longevity and the company engages in a broad range of basic and applied research projects focused on human aging.
“While our business focus in on applying deep learning to drug discovery and lead generation, from its very inception Insilico Medicine is committed to aging research and it is only natural for us to combine blood and tissue-specific transcriptomic, metabolomic and blood biochemistry markers with imaging. Inspired by Microsoft’s How-Old.net, AntiAgeist is a result of these experiments and we are happy to pass it over to Youth Laboratories for the Beauty.AI contest”, said Alex Zhavoronkov, PhD, CEO of Insilico Medicine, Inc.
Earlier this month Insilico Medicine signed an exclusive agreement with Life Extension, a major nutraceutical product vendor to collaboratively develop set of geroprotectors, natural products that mimic the healthy young state in multiple old tissues. This products are able to increase rejuvenation rate of the human body and slow down or even reverse aging process.
Recently Insilico Medicine published several key papers on applying deep learning techniques to biomedical applications in influential peer-reviewed journals including “Deep learning applications for predicting pharmacological properties of drugs and drug repurposing using transcriptomic data” in Molecular Pharmaceutics. The paper received the Editors’ Choice Award from the American Chemical Society. “Applications of Deep Learning in Biomedicine” in also in Molecular Pharmaceutics and “Deep biomarkers of human aging: Application of deep neural networks to biomarker development” in Aging, one of the highest-impact journals in aging research.
About Beauty.AI The Beauty ApproachBeauty.AI is the first beauty contest judged entirely by an all-robot jury, and where humans are evaluated by a variety of algorithms and approaches. Every six months this platform will open submissions for multiple developers of beauty-ranking algorithms to train and test their systems. For more information on getting involved in advanced aging research dedicated to helping humans retain youthful state and looks for as long as possible using advanced in machine learning or to find out more about the contest, please email to team(at)beauty(dot)ai or visit: http://www.beauty.ai.
About Youth Laboratories Youth Laboratories is a company dedicated to helping people retain youthful state for as long as possible using advances in machine vision and artificial intelligence. The company is run by a team of computer and data scientists, biologists, biogerontologists and business people on a quest to develop novel biomarkers and anti-aging interventions. The company develops series of mobile applications that track age-related changes, wrinkles, pimples, dark spots and other parameters affecting perception of beauty, health and youthfulness and help evaluate the effectiveness of multiple interventions. The company’s first application is called RYNKL, developed using the funds crowd sourced via Kickstarter. Youth Laboratories helped to launch the first beauty contest to be judged by artificial intelligence for both humans and algorithms ‒
About Insilico Medicine Insilico Medicine, Inc. is a bioinformatics company located at the Emerging Technology Centers at the Johns Hopkins University Eastern campus in Baltimore with R&D resources in Belgium, Russia and Poland hiring talent through hackathons and competitions. It utilizes advances in genomics, big data analysis and deep learning for in silico drug discovery and drug repurposing for aging and age-related diseases. The company pursues internal drug discovery programs in cancer, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, sarcopenia and geroprotector discovery. Through its Pharma.AI division the company provides advanced machine learning services to biotechnology, pharmaceutical and skin care companies. Brief company video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l62jlwgL3v8 |
BEST FORTH OF JULY BAR
Big Bear Lake: 30th annual Independence Day Fair and Craft Show, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 4, Big Bear Convention Center, 42900 Big Bear Blvd. 800-585-3000, www.bigbearevents.com. Also, fireworks between 8:45 and 9:15 p.m. July 4 on the lake off of Pine Knot Landing. 800-424-4232, www.bigbear.com
Burbank: An American Celebration at the Starlight Bowl, with music by the Kings of 88 and Stone Soul, July 4 at 6:30; fireworks, 9 p.m. $20-$25. No ticket sales on the day of the event. Parking opens 4:30 p.m. ($8, cash only). Gates open, 5:30 p.m. 1249 Lockheed View Drive. 818-238-5300, www.starlightbowl.com
Claremont: July 4 pancake breakfast 7 to 10 a.m., $5, may be purchased day of event, Memorial Park, 840 N. Indian Hill Blvd. Freedom 5000 5k/1k run/walk, 7:30 a.m., $40 over 13, $20 for 12 and younger, register at active.com. Flag-raising ceremony, 10 a.m. T. Willard Hunter Speakers Corner, 10:45 a.m. to 3 p.m. Parade begins 4 p.m. at 10th and Indian Hill, turns right on Harrison Avenue and concludes at Larkin Park. Food vendors, live entertainment at Memorial Park, 840 N. Indian Hill Blvd. Concert with the Silverados and fireworks show, 6:45 p.m. Strehle Track, Pomona College, North Mills Avenue. Doors open 6:30 p.m. Tickets $10, may be purchased in advance at several local vendors, $12 at the gate, free for children 3 years old and younger. 909-399-5460, www.ci.claremont.ca.us
Irwindale Speedway and Event Center: Night of Destruction and fireworks, gates open 4 p.m., event starts 7 p.m. Saturday, July 2. $15 day of event, $10 online, $5 children. 500 Speedway Drive. www.irwindalespeedway.com
Long Beach: America Coast to Coast will thematically bring all parts of the country to the Queen Mary for a July 4 celebration that concludes with a fireworks show set to music. Country, New Orleans, hip-hop, Hawaiian and other music genres performed throughout the day. Event runs 2 to 10 p.m. $44 adults, $24 ages 4-12 in advance (add $5 to each on the day of the event. 1126 Queens Highway, Long Beach. 877-342-0738, www.queenmary.com
Los Angeles: Fourth of July community festival and fireworks show at Exposition Park, with games, food, music and rides. Noon to 10 p.m.; fireworks, 9 p.m. South lawn (at Bill Robertson Lane), 700 Exposition Park Drive. www.lacoliseum.com
Los Angeles: Grand Park + The Music Center’s 4th of July Block Party, with live music and food vendors on five city blocks (Spring to Hope and First to Temple streets), 2 to 9:30 p.m.; fireworks about 9 p.m. Music stages at the Music Center Plaza (between Hope Street and Grand Avenue) and on Grand Park’s Performance Lawn (between Grand Avenue and Hill Street). Free admission. No alcohol or outside beverages allowed (free water filling station for empty bottles) and no chairs. Check website for concert lineup, parking and transportation options, other rules and park map. 200 N. Grand Ave. 213-972-8080, www.grandparkla.org
Los Angeles: Hollywood Bowl fireworks spectacular with Chicago and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. July 2-4, 7:30 p.m. $14-$265 (plus fees). 2301 N. Highland Ave. 323-850-2000, www.hollywoodbowl.com
Ontario: Parade begins July 4 at 9 a.m. on Euclid Avenue in downtown, music at 10:30 a.m. at the bandstand, 10:30 a.m. All States Picnic, 5 to 9 p.m. festivities at Westwind Park, 2455 E. Riverside Drive, free. 909-395-2020, ontarioca.gov
Pasadena/Rose Bowl: Parking lots open 9 a.m. July 4. Festival outside the stadium begins at 2 p.m. Music from Liverpool Legends, stadium opens 6 p.m., TNT motocross riders at 6:35 p.m., opening ceremonies at 7 p.m., fireworks at 9 p.m. Tickets $13-$25, children younger than 5 are free. Email [email protected]. Event parking is $30 per vehicle, $40 for preferred. Rose Bowl, 1001 Rose Bowl Drive at North Arroyo Boulevard, Pasadena. 800-745-3000 or www.ticketmaster.com.
Pomona/Fairplex: July 4 from 8 to 10 p.m., includes monster trucks, motocross and fireworks at the Fairplex grandstand. Tickets are $18-$25, ages 2 and younger free, available at www.fairplex.com. Fireworks and buffet, $48-$58, $28 for ages 3-12, ages 2 and younger are free. Parking is $10 at Gate 17, on Fairplex Drive, gates open 5 p.m.
Redlands: July 4 celebration at Sylvan Park with food, games and music. Parade around the park at 10:30 a.m. Park activities wrap up by mid-afternoon. At 6 p.m., gates open at the University of Redlands’ Ted Runner Stadium for the annual show, which begins at 7 p.m. with a flag ceremony, flyover by a C-17, and skydivers landing at the center of the stadium. Music by the Soul Shake starts at 8 p.m. Pyro Spectaculars by Souza fireworks show at 9 p.m. Sylvan Park, 601 N. University St., Redlands. Ted Runner Stadium, University of Redlands, East Brockton Avenue at North Grove Street. bit.ly/redlands4th
San Gabriel: Parade starts 9 a.m. July 4 at Plaza Park, 428 S. Mission Drive, in front of the San Gabriel Mission and continues north through the Mission District and ends at Smith Park, 232 W. Broadway. Kids are invited to decorate their tricycles, bicycles, scooters or walk in the parade. No registration needed. Activities at Smith Park include a watermelon-eating contest, games, entertainment and barbecue and other food vendors. 626-308-2875.
Santa Barbara: Spirit of ’76 parade, 1 p.m. July 4, music and food vendors, 3 to 9 p.m.; fireworks, 9 p.m. West Beach, Cabrillo Boulevard. 805-564-5418, www.santabarbaraca.gov
Woodland Hills: Arts and crafts vendors and music by David Marks and the Surf City Allstars, 6 p.m. July 4, with fireworks around 9 p.m. Website has parking tips. Warner Center Park, 5800 Topanga Canyon Blvd. 818-704-1358, www.valleycultural.org
If you’re still in search of Fourth of July plans that include views of the Macy’s fireworks display, look no further. From VIP bottle service to BBQ buffets to rooftop soirees, here’s where to find parties in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens that offer prime views of the East River spectacular.
For completely unobstructed views of the fireworks, you can’t go wrong with the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere. All three levels (100, 101 and 102) of the One World Trade Center’s observatory will be open for a special fireworks party, featuring a two-hour open bar and light bites and picnic fare. 8-10 p.m., general admission $250, VIP $325; 285 Fulton St., 844-696-1776, oneworldobservatory.com(Credit: Ivan Pereira)
Watch the fireworks from the hotel’s rooftop terrace during its fireworks party, featuring a live DJ set from Sleepy & Boo, and order seasonal items from the menu, such as East Coast and West Coast oysters, Maine lobster roll, boozy ice pops and Victory Garden goat milk gelato. 7 p.m.-midnight, general admission $25, VIP $75 (includes admission to terrace seating, champagne toast and appetizers); 160 N. 12th St., Williamsburg, 718-218-7500, tickets at eventbrite.com(Credit: Leonardo Cestari)
It’s not the Fourth of July without proper barbecue, and executive chef Seth Levine will be serving up some gourmet barbecue fare at this rooftop restaurant and lounge. Ticket options range from standing room only to a two-hour open bar on the venue’s seventh floor observation deck to bottle service. 3-11 p.m., tickets starting at $65; 8-08 Queens Plaza S., Long Island City, 718-289-6118, tickets at penthouse808rooftop.com(Credit: Scott G. Morris)
The weekend market will be open specially for the holiday. Peruse the more than 80 vendors, from food to vintage goods, grab a cold draft at the all-Queens beer garden and take advantage of the waterfront views of New York City come fireworks time. 1-11 p.m.; 5-25 46th Ave., Long Island City, licflea.com(Credit: LIC Flea and Food)
The seasonal floating bar and restaurant on the East River hosts its first Fourth of July viewing party, complete with live music and a buffet-style BBQ menu with pork sliders, burgers, hot dogs, Mexican-style corn and more. Starting at 6 p.m., general admission costs $150 (includes select beer and wine open bar and meal voucher), VIP barge access costs $225 (includes select well, beer and wine open bar, champagne and meal voucher); 3 Milton St., Greenpoint, 929-337-7212, tickets at thebrooklynbarge.com(Credit: Jason Burke)
Head to this South Street Seaport bar, on Pier 15, for its second annual Freedom Fest. Admission includes a four-hour open bar and barbecue buffet with burgers, pulled pork sandwiches, hot dogs, chicken wings and pulled pork tacos. Starts at 6:30 p.m., tickets start at $105; 78 South St., 212-742-8200, tickets at julyfourth.com(Credit: Watermark Bar)
Grab a seat in Brooklyn Bridge Park at this outdoor restaurant, which is throwing a “good old-fashioned picnic.” Tickets include admission, a full buffet of picnic favorites and two beverages of your choice (including top shelf). 6-10 p.m., tickets starting at $125; 12 Furman St., Brooklyn Bridge Park, tickets at 4th.bbgb.nyc(Credit: Meredith Deliso)
From the 15th floor of the Lower East Side’s Hotel Indigo, watch the fireworks while sipping on frozen margaritas by the pool, chowing down on treats from a traditional Sabrett hot dog stand and dancing to tunes from DJ Phresh. Starting at 4 p.m., general admission $50, tables available for $125-$150/person; 180 Orchard St., tickets at mrpurplenyc.nightout.com(Credit: Noah Fecks)
For a low-key, no-frills night, head to the Festival of Independence in the Seaport District in Lower Manhattan. Grab some grub from the Seaport Smorgasburg, home to six vendors and an outdoor bar, and take in the fireworks from two barges that will be set up off the end of Pier 17. 19 Fulton St., southstreetseaport.com(Credit: Jane Kratochvil)
For a view of the fireworks right from the water, check out these dinner cruises, which depart from Manhattan docks and piers and offer views of the display, as well as Statue of Liberty, Brooklyn Bridge and lower Manhattan skyline:
Manhattan By Sail: The 4 1/2-hour cruise on either the Clipper City Tall Ship or Shearwater Classic Schooner includes an open bar and BBQ buffet. Departs 5:30 p.m., $400- $450/person; manhattanbysail.com
Spirit Cruises: The 5-hour cruise will feature an open bar and buffet. Departs 6 p.m., from $379.90/person;spiritcruises.com
Bateaux New York (pictured): The 5-hour cruise offers a plated dinner menu, open bar and live music. Departs 6 p.m., from $499.90/person; bateauxnewyork.com
Rock the Yacht: The 4-hour cruise aboard the Bay State Yacht will offer a buffer menu, open bar and live DJ. Departs 7:30 p.m., $149/person; julyfourth.com
IndepenDANCE Party Cruise: The 4-hour party on the Amberjack V will offer a buffet menu, open bar, live DJ and nightclub vibe. Departs 7:15 p.m., $169/person; julyfourth.com
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In anticipation of the ‘International Sunglasses Day‘, Edel-Optics reveals the shapes, colours and features that are on trend this year.
‘This summer, we shall see glasses in panto or butterfly styles everywhere,’ says Phil Thomas, vision specialist at the online opticians Edel-Optics . Men and women alike are going for round frames with lenses that are slightly flattened at the top. ‘Ladies like their glasses a little larger and more feminine. But this year, the glasses will not be quite as oversized as last year,’ Thomas says about this year’s trend for the lifestyle accessory, which even has 27 June dedicated to it as ‘International Glasses Day.’
New trend: matt colours and tinted lenses: In addition to rounded shapes, frames in matt colours are playing a large role – in line with the matt vehicle colours that have become popular of late. ‘This makes the model appear softer and more understated,’ explains glasses expert Thomas. Models with mirrored lenses are a totally different matter. While the colours blue, orange and green continue to dominate, the new thing this year is the so-called graduated mirror finish, which means that the glass becomes gradually more transparent towards the bottom. A small help to all those who are desperately trying to look the other person in the eye.
Niche market: sustainable sunglasses: According to Edel-Optics expert Phil Thomas, there is also a new trend emerging with respect to the materials used in the manufacture. The frame of a pair of 2016 sunglasses is no longer made from a single material. The arms could be made from plastic, for instance, but the rims and bridge from metal. There are even sunglasses for vegans this year, which do not involve any animal products in their manufacture. Fair-trade wood is being used instead. ‘But this market is still very limited,’ says Thomas.
Anybody who wants to play it safe will choose a classic, such as the Ray Ban aviator glasses. This year, the glasses company has combined the two models Round Metal and Club Master to produce the Club Round, which can even be combined with coloured lenses. ‘We dug down deep into the trend chest for this,’ says online optician Thomas.
In the Gucci range, floral patterns and the famous red-green colour combination are immortalised in the glasses’ arms. Versace, for its part, has its aficionados sport its logo, the head of Medusa, on their faces this year. And sunglasses from Burberry are also gaining in popularity – ‘not well-known as a glasses designer normally, but making great strides this season,’ according to Thomas. People also increasingly reviving grandma’s frames with new lenses and a little beauty treatment.
For more details visit: http://www.edel-optics.com (UK)
PARIS, June 23, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — “Unlock Supply Chain,” the hackathon organized last weekend by Louis Vuitton with Anaplan, the Smart Business Platform™, and BeMyApp at Ecole 42 was a resounding success. The idea involved inviting several students to dive into the world of Louis Vuitton’s Supply Chain in a 48-hour hackathon, with the ultimate goal of developing a future supply chain model for the luxury leader using the Anaplan platform.
“The results are stunning, it is incredible to see what can be the output of several intelligent brains working together during less than three days,” declared Franck Le Moal, Louis Vuitton’s Information System Director.
“It has been tough for the jury to decide on the winner. We are amazed by the solutions brought up in such a short period of time. Some of the students had never even heard of the supply chain before the challenge,” explained Vincent Barale, Louis Vuitton’sSupply Chain and Logistics Director.
“The Hackathon experience has been a great privilege for Anaplan,” says Edouard Fourcade, General Manager France, Anaplan. “First, we were faced with the strategic issue that Louis Vuitton operates one the best supply chains in the world, if not the best. This demonstrates the potential business value that Louis Vuitton sees in Anaplan. In addition, the Hackathon format meant that students had only one weekend to complete a project based on a new technology they have never seen before. This just proves how versatile and user-friendly the Anaplan platform is, providing the ability for enterprises to deal with an ever-changing world. It is with enthusiasm and gratitude that Anaplan experts lent themselves to the game of coaching in this innovative project.”
More than 50 students and post-graduates from leading French Business and Engineering schools came to participate in the supply chain challenge (HEC, Centrale, Ponts et Chaussées, Ecole 42, Efrei, Epitech, Kedge, Etna, Essec and Arts et Metiers…). The scope of the hackathon was centered around 13 suppliers, seven workshops, 500 product references, a central warehouse, and six distribution centers.
The first prize was granted to the PLAN!T team (Coach Gabriel Eteneau’s team). It answered the following challenge: to anticipate production needs according to the daily sales level. The purpose was to simplify both the operations and planning, and to speed up the information process. A better life for all operational and executive users! The team won a trip to Los Angelesand a selection of Louis Vuitton products.
Second prize was awarded to the Make It Easy Team (Coach Soichiro Ando’s team). Their focus was to make the supply chain simpler and more efficient while taking into account the volatility of demand and the environmental impact.
Team “Supply The Future” finished in third place (Coach Xavier Rouault’s team). The goal was simple: to use new technologies like RFID to anticipate in real-time future sales in Louis Vuitton stores.
A special Anaplan prize has been awarded to the Maru’s Angels team (coach Maru Vasquez). “We recognized the relevance of the Anaplan model built by the Maru’s Angels team,” says Jérémie Brunet, EMEA Senior Consultant Manager, Anaplan. “The students were able to grasp the power of our platform in short notice and to produce an accurate supply chain solution.”
The world’s largest blue diamond, an extremely rare gem known as “The Oppenheimer Blue”, sold for $57.5 million at Christie’s Geneva Wednesday night, making it the most expensive diamond ever to be sold at auction. The sparkling gem sold to a private collector, whose identity Christie’s has not yet revealed.
In the US there’s an idiom that one person’s trash is another person’s treasure. And that’s never truer than in the world of car furniture. Here are 10 of the best examples around.
Ford Mustang pool table
Tony Utegaard, co-founder of Carfurniture.com, which makes the Mustang pool table jokes that people will be stripping his pool tables for parts. The tables are made from glass fibre before being fitted with, the maker estimates, thousands of dollars worth of salvaged chrome badges and bumpers. No wonder their price tag is a healthy $9,995 (£6,900).
Ford GT40 desk
If you need a prompt to do some work, slipping behind a desk that’s in the shape of the classic Ford GT40 should do the trick. It costs £6,000 from car restoration specialists Panel Care.
BMW Z3 sofa
When BMW decided to build a roadster, it probably didn’t imagine the design would end up as a sofa. Gergely Bajzath from Scotland picked up the car from a scrap yard, adapted it with special suspension and legs, added in the rear bench from another junk yard find and hey presto, yours for £1,500.
Lamborghini F1 engine table
Although famous for its supercars, Lamborghini is less famous for Formula One success, largely because it didn’t have any. It did however try, providing the Lotus, Larrousse and Ligier F1 teams with V12 engines in the early 1990s. This is believed to be the aluminium block from one that’s now a unique table by Cherished Parts. Cost £9,000.
SUMMER TRENDS Around the World 2016
No longer just our gym go-to, the classic ponytail has been elevated by a simple twist. Seen at Public School, JW Anderson and Sportmax this hairstyle looks intricate in detail, but it’s simple in practice. It’s also the perfect hairstyle for summer, especially if you suffer from frizzy humidity hair. Simply split your ponytail in two, twist from the centre outwards, then wrap around each other.
Larger than life lashes
If you sometimes worry your mascara looks clumpy, don’t. This season, you’re bang on trend. At Marni lashes were larger than life in the form of spidery extensions, while at Marc Jacobs, models were made to look like they had been out all night. The trend was taken even further at Jeremy Scott and DAKS where lashes were literally drawn on with eyeliner for an almost comic book effect.
Whimsy hair accessories
Hair accessories have always been around, but this season sees a play on whimsical notions: think A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
At Rodarte, antique gold brooches were placed in model’s hair haphazardly to create a blithe look, while at Dolce and Gabbana, head scarves and flower halos were alternated throughout the show. The girlier, the better.
