Blog from December, 2016

2017 budget now available
Chloe McLaren posted on Dec 16, 2016

The projected 2017 arXiv budget is now available on the budgets page.

Please note, the reserve balances reflect the 2016 starting balances. These will be revised to accurate 2017 starting balances when the 2016 budget is closed (in Jan-Feb, 2017).

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation awards grant for arXiv upgrade
user-92500 posted on Dec 12, 2016

We're pleased to announced the first phrase of a three-year overhaul and modernization, with the help of a $445,000 grant by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Read the full press release.

arXiv and Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) collaborate on Semantic Scholar pilot for Computer Science papers
user-92500 posted on Dec 12, 2016

Semantic Scholar Pilot for Computer Science Papers: arXiv is collaborating on a 12-month pilot project with the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2), making the AI-based semanticscholar.org search engine available to the arXiv community.