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Growth and impact highlight FY '23 research numbers , articleBased on fiscal year 2023 data estimates, federal, state, local, and private research awards grew a combined 17 percent, while research expenditures rose 12 percent in a single year. Over a two-year period, awards have seen a 31 percent increase and expenditures a 28 percent increase.
Date: Aug 31, 2023 -
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Making a CAREER on bridging scientific knowledge and AI , articleAnuj Karpatne, associate professor in the Department of Computer Science, received a five-year, $595,738 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program award to explore a unified approach for accelerating scientific discovery using scientific knowledge and data.
Date: Aug 28, 2023 -
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Two networks, two realities, one big problem , articleNational news coverage from the two largest broadcast outlets, CNN and Fox News, not only reflects growing political polarization in America, but in a recent publication, researchers at Virginia Tech have shown that partisan and inflammatory broadcast coverage has increased over time and can exacerbate growing divides in the new public square of social media.
Date: Aug 25, 2023 -
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Children's National Hospital, Virginia Tech unite to advance AI for pediatric health , articleScientists shared their progress in building digital twins to predict surgical outcomes, enhancing visualization to increase the precision of delicate interventions, establishing data command centers to anticipate risks for fragile patients, and more.
Date: Jul 07, 2023 -
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Vehicle stop study illuminates importance of officer's first words , articleEugenia Rho is the lead author of a new research paper that illustrates how a law enforcement officer’s first 45 words during a stop with a Black driver can often indicate how the stop will end. Published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, the peer-reviewed research also found that Black males could often predict a stop’s outcome simply by listening to those same 45 words, which generally spanned less than 30 seconds.
Date: May 29, 2023 -
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Amazon-Virginia Tech Initiative showcases innovative approaches to robust and efficient machine learning , articleVirginia Tech and Amazon gathered for a Machine Learning Day held at the Virginia Tech Research Center — Arlington on April 25 to celebrate and further solidify their collaborative Amazon–Virginia Tech Initiative for Efficient and Robust Machine Learning.
Date: May 02, 2023 -
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The chatbot whisperers , articleVirginia Tech computer scientists are working to tame the violent, racist, sexist language that has been reported from chatbots.
Date: Apr 28, 2023 -
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Virginia Tech team selected for the Alexa Prize TaskBot Challenge 2 to advance task-oriented conversational artificial intelligence , articleThe team of five computer science Ph.D. students at the Sanghani Center, advised by Ismini Lourentzou, received a $250,000 grant to fund its work and are provided with Alexa-enabled devices, Amazon Web Services cloud computing services, and Alexa team support.
Date: Feb 15, 2023 -
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Virginia Tech’s Center for Future Work Places and Practices launches , articleThe newly formed center uses transdisciplinary research related to the design, development, and deployment of future work spaces, processes, and domains, with an emphasis on human-centered approaches to focus on the individual and the broader workplace.
Date: Jan 25, 2023 -
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Pamplin College of Business names Ivana Bartoletti as inaugural visiting cybersecurity and privacy executive fellow , articleAs Pamplin’s inaugural visiting cybersecurity and privacy executive fellow, Bartoletti will help strengthen the collge’s continuing impact in the fields of security, privacy, and trust by stimulating new research opportunities and collaborations.
Date: Jan 13, 2023 -
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Fall rankings spotlight Virginia Tech’s emphasis on research , articleSeveral organizations that rank higher education institutions listed Virginia Tech among the top universities in the nation and the world in the areas of research, sustainability, and international faculty. Three of Virginia Tech’s subject areas ranked in the top 100 globally — electrical and electronic engineering, water resources, and general engineering — according to U.S. News & World Report.
Date: Dec 20, 2022 -
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Virginia Tech HokieBot competes in Alexa Prize SocialBot Grand Challenge 5 to develop advanced AI technology that enhances user conversation , articleA team of four graduate students at the Sanghani Center for Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics is one of nine international university teams selected to compete in the challenge sponsored by Amazon.com Services LLC.
Date: Dec 08, 2022 -
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Hang Yu chosen for DARPA Young Faculty Award , articleYu's project will focus on autonomous manufacture and repair for austere environments like space.
Date: Nov 11, 2022 -
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Virginia Tech researchers use artificial intelligence to combat soybean nematodes , articleResearchers at the Tidewater Agricultural Research and Extension Center are studying how to use artificial intelligence to identify the presence of plant-parasitic soybean nematodes that cause upward of $1 billion worth of soybean loss each year in the United States.
Date: Oct 24, 2022 -
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A path to human-like machine intelligence , articleJoAnn Paul, associate professor in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, received a National Science Foundation grant to investigate methods to design a computer architecture that emulates the way the human brain operates.
Date: Oct 20, 2022 -
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New AI fairness technique has significant lifesaving implications , articleComputer science professor Danfeng “Daphne” Yao is leading a research team to present a new artificial intelligence fairness technique to correct prediction errors; thereby reducing bias and potentially life-threatening prediction mistakes for minority populations.
Date: Sep 27, 2022 -
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Innovation drives research forward , articleVirginia Tech sponsored research expenditures and awards increased by 12 percent, with growth in federal, state, private, and local funding.
Date: Sep 12, 2022 -
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Smile, you’re on camera: Virginia Tech research gauges public support for facial profiling technology , articleCompanies are using facial profiling in their recruitment process to judge applicants’ employability, judge customers’ trustworthiness to pay back their loans, and more. But how does the average person feel about this? Research from Pamplin College of Business faculty Shilpa Madan aims to find out.
Date: Aug 18, 2022 -
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Biomechanics researcher uses artificial intelligence to detect injuries and improve treatment , articleVincent Wang conducts research in biomechanics, specifically related to musculoskeletal injuries. He knew early on he wanted to incorporate artificial intelligence into his research, so he pursued collaborations with experts in other fields.
Date: Jul 11, 2022 -
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Agricultural Cyber Field Day showcases collaboration and innovation , articleThe inaugural event highlighted the important partnership between the Center for Advanced Innovation in Agriculture at Virginia Tech and Commonwealth Cyber Initiative Southwest Virginia.
Date: Jun 21, 2022
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