Category: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Nanobiotics: AI for discovering where and how nanoparticles bind with proteins
A new tool in the fight against superbugs goes beyond protein folding simulations like AlphaFold, potentially revealing antibiotic candidates.
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New apps for visually impaired users provide virtual labels for controls and a way to explore images
With VizLens, users can touch buttons while their phones read out the labels, and Image Explorer provides a workaround for bad or missing alt text.
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$55M quantum institute launches at U-M to accelerate research, education
Quantum technology promises to address global challenges including cybersecurity and energy, and it could supercharge AI.
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Alum wins Emmy
A flying Chevette helped Paul Debevec (BSE CE ‘92) revolutionize filmmaking.
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Fighting the good fight
Elsie MacGill shattered barriers as the world’s first female aeronautical engineer and played a pivotal role in streamlining aircraft production.
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Focused ambitions
While hunger for an artificial intelligence that can think like a human remains unsated, AI continues to appear in our lives in smaller ways.
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Quantum entanglement could make accelerometers and dark matter detectors more precise
And yes, they are looking to miniaturize it for smartphone dead reckoning.
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Optimization could cut the carbon footprint of AI training by up to 75%
Deep learning models that power giants like TikTok and Amazon, as well as tools like ChatGPT, could save energy without new hardware or infrastructure.
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Record number of NSF CAREER awards received
Sustainable fuels, democratized programming tools, and Internet censorship countermeasures are a few of the projects’ broad potential impacts.
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New kind of transistor could shrink communications devices on smartphones
Integrating a new ferroelectric semiconductor, it paves the way for single amplifiers that can do the work of multiple conventional amplifiers, among other possibilities.
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Nanoscale ferroelectric semiconductor could power AI and post-Moore’s Law computing on a phone
Next-gen computing material gets down to the right size for modern manufacturing.
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Scalable method to manufacture thin film transistors achieves ultra-clean interface for high performance, low-voltage device operation
Led by Prof. Becky Peterson, the research focuses on a category of materials important for low power logic operations, high pixel density screens, touch screens, and haptic displays.