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Category: Research + Innovation

Sam Dillavou, a postdoc in the Durian Research Group in the School of Arts & Sciences, built the components of this contrastive local learning network, an analog system that is fast, low-power, scalable, and able to learn nonlinear tasks. (Image: Erica Moser)
Research + Innovation

A First, Physical System Learns Nonlinear Tasks Without a Traditional Computer Processor

Scientists run into a lot of tradeoffs trying to build and scale up brain-like systems that can perform machine learning. For instance, artificial neural networks … Read More ›

Posted on July 8, 2024
Lasya Sreepada stands with her arms crossed, looking into the distance, with trees and campus buildings in the background
Research + Innovation, Students

Who, What, Why: Lasya Sreepada on decoding Alzheimer’s disease

Lasya Sreepada has always been fascinated by the brain and the underlying biology that shapes how people develop and age. “My curiosity traces back to … Read More ›

Posted on July 5, 2024July 5, 2024
Picture of a person holding a remote while watching a political debate on TV
In the News, Research + Innovation

Duncan Watts and CSSLab’s New Media Bias Detector

The 2024 U.S. presidential debates kicked off June 27, with President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump sharing the stage for the first time … Read More ›

Posted on July 1, 2024
Photo of computer with AI image on it.
Research + Innovation

Artificial Intelligence to Accelerate Antibiotic Discovery

The growing threat of antimicrobial resistance demands innovative solutions in drug discovery. Scientists are turning to artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to accelerate … Read More ›

Posted on June 28, 2024
Fact versus opinion road sign.
In the News, Research + Innovation

Mapping Media Bias: How AI Powers the Computational Social Science Lab’s Media Bias Detector

Every day, American news outlets collectively publish thousands of articles. In 2016, according to The Atlantic, The Washington Post published 500 pieces of content per … Read More ›

Posted on June 25, 2024June 2, 2025
Grants, Honors + Awards, In the News, Research + Innovation

Cynthia Sung Receives Army Early Career Award to Make Robots Move Like Animals

Inspired by the variety of muscles that control movement in animals, Cynthia Sung, Gabel Family Term Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics (MEAM) … Read More ›

Posted on June 14, 2024June 11, 2024
Chinedum Osuji
Academics, Research + Innovation

Environmental Innovations Initiative Faculty Spotlight: Chinedum Osuji

Chinedum Osuji, a faculty fellow of the Environmental Innovations Initiative (EII), is the Eduardo D. Glandt Chair and a professor in the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering department of the School … Read More ›

Posted on June 13, 2024July 17, 2024
An illustration of a set of screens showing various images, representing the stream of daily
Research + Innovation

Mapping How People Get Their (Political) News

With political polarization in the American public at a record high, determining where Americans get their political news is crucial to making sense of the … Read More ›

Posted on June 13, 2024June 12, 2024
Three people looking at a 3D model representing antibiotics.
In the News, Research + Innovation

Looking to AI to Solve Antibiotic Resistance

Make sure you finish your antibiotics course, even if you start feeling better’ is a medical mantra many hear but ignore,” says Cesar de la … Read More ›

Posted on June 12, 2024
Six robots gather around an oversized typewriter using their own laptops, tablets, and phones, illustrating the concept of writing or journalism work being performed by artificial intelligence. Illustration uses a unified palette of neutral and turquoise colors, comprised of vector shapes over a dark gray background on a 16x9 artboard, and presented in isometric view.
Research + Innovation

Censoring Creativity: The Limits of ChatGPT for Scriptwriting

Last year, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) labor union, which represents film and TV writers, went on strike for nearly five months, in part … Read More ›

Posted on June 10, 2024June 2, 2025

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