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Research + Innovation

Revolutionizing Cardiovascular Risk Assessment with AI

A recent position paper in the Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology explores the transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in ophthalmology. Led by Lama Al-Aswad, Professor … Read More ›

Posted on October 4, 2024June 2, 2025
Eric Eaton and several other researchers stand in a field while controlling robots.
Research + Innovation

Pioneering Robotic Triage

On Feb. 6, 2023, massive earthquakes struck Turkey and Syria. Measuring 7.8 and 7.7 on the Richter scale and felt as far away as Egypt, … Read More ›

Posted on October 2, 2024June 2, 2025
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In the News, Research + Innovation

Net Zero by 2050: a Q&A with Jen Wilcox on Carbon Management

In February 2020, at a talk hosted by the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the Stuart Weitzman School of Design, Jen Wilcox, who at … Read More ›

Posted on September 3, 2024
A strand of RNA assembling itself
Grants, In the News, Research + Innovation

Melding AI and RNA: $18M NSF AIRFoundry to Revolutionize RNA Research

In a typical foundry, raw materials like steel and copper are melted down and poured into molds to assume new shapes and functions. The U.S. … Read More ›

Posted on August 28, 2024June 2, 2025
Portrait of Nandan Tumu
Research + Innovation, Students

Nandan Tumu: Pioneering Efficient Traffic Control and Sustainable Energy Solutions

In the bustling corridors of the Penn Research in Embedded Computing and Integrated Systems Engineering (PRECISE) Center, groundbreaking research is unfolding. Led by Nandan Tumu, … Read More ›

Posted on August 27, 2024June 2, 2025
A rendering of the human intestines with bacteria outlined in bright colors.
Research + Innovation

Mining the Microbiome: Uncovering New Antibiotics Inside the Human Gut

The average human gut contains roughly 100 trillion microbes, many of which are constantly competing for limited resources. “It’s such a harsh environment,” says César … Read More ›

Posted on August 19, 2024August 15, 2024
In the News, Research + Innovation, Students

Detecting Machine-Generated Text: An Arms Race With the Advancements of Large Language Models

Machine-generated text has been fooling humans for the last four years. Since the release of GPT-2 in 2019, large language model (LLM) tools have gotten … Read More ›

Posted on August 12, 2024August 16, 2024
Jacob Gardner smiles while wearing a button-down shirt.
Research + Innovation

The Electron Microscope of AI: Jacob Gardner’s Mission to Supercharge Scientific Research

In North Carolina, where Jacob Gardner, Assistant Professor in Computer and Information Science, grew up, hurricanes arrive like unwelcome relatives — Fran, Matthew, Florence. In … Read More ›

Posted on August 5, 2024June 2, 2025
Eric Lu, left, sits next to his advisor, Insup Lee
Research + Innovation, Students

Pengyuan Eric Lu: Embracing the Power of Deep Learning in Safety-Critical Systems

What if the technology that powers our cars, medical devices and energy grids could guarantee safety and reliability like never before? Pengyuan “Eric” Lu, a … Read More ›

Posted on August 1, 2024June 2, 2025
A series of humanoid figures pace back and forth in front of a large screen with a brain in the foreground, representing the influence of misinformation.
Research + Innovation

Misunderstanding the Harms of Online Misinformation

In 2006, Facebook launched its News Feed feature, sparking seemingly endless contentious public discourse on the power of the “social media algorithm” in shaping what … Read More ›

Posted on July 31, 2024July 29, 2024

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