Category: EECS: Electrical and Computer Engineering
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An even smaller world’s smallest ‘computer’
The latest from IBM and now the University of Michigan is redefining what counts as a computer at the microscale.
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Light could make semiconductor computers a million times faster or even go quantum
Electron states in a semiconductor, set and changed with pulses of light, could be the 0 and 1 of future “lightwave” electronics or room-temperature quantum computers.
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Preventing deadly hospital infections with machine learning
Model successfully applied to data from medical centers with different patient populations, electronic health record systems
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Semiconductor breakthrough may be game-changer for organic solar cells
Buildings, clothing could generate power.
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New quick-learning neural network powered by memristors
U-M researchers created a reservoir computing system that reduces training time and improves capacity of similar neural networks.
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The million foot view
Kamal Sarabandi has expanded radar capabilities in applications ranging from low earth orbit to thousands of feet underground.
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Precise pulses explore light’s magnetism
A new laser will investigate an unusual magnetic effect that may lead to efficient solar energy harvesting.
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Latest two-legged walking robot arrives at Michigan
Built to handle falls, and with two extra motors in each leg, the new robot will help U-M roboticists take independent robotic walking to a whole new level.
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Precision health pioneer named to MIT Technology Review innovator list
The national magazine recognized Jenna Wiens as one of 2017’s 35 Innovators Under 35.
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LASIK: The bladeless scalpel
Accidental discovery leads to bladeless version of popular permanent vision correction surgery.
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New grad program: Engineering education research
New program turns a researcher’s eye on engineering education in the service of better teaching, learning and diversity at U-M and beyond.
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Next-gen computing inspired by biology
New memristor chips can see patterns over pixels