CMU Partners with Bosch Center for Artificial Intelligence To Accelerate AI...
Bosch in North America today announced the launch of the Bosch Center for Artificial Intelligence Research Lab in Pittsburgh, which will be the BCAI's fourth location. The lab will conduct advanced...
View ArticleEngineering Advances in Medicine
Chris Bettinger and his group have created a hydrogel material and fabrication process for electrodes that stick to the brain, matching its soft, squishy makeup in order to keep the body from rejecting...
View ArticleWilson, Colbert Sing National Anthem at Citi Field in NYC
Patrick Wilson, a 1995 graduate of Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Fine Arts, and Stephen Colbert, host of CBS’ “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” recently sang “The Star-Spangled Banner” at...
View ArticleCMU Model Is Nation’s Best Fire Predictor
There are over 22,000 commercial properties in the City of Pittsburgh. Many of them are aging, have not been properly inspected in years and pose a high risk of fire. For Michael Madaio, a Ph.D....
View ArticleSmarter Cities Start Underground
Students from Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy have built a new system to facilitate better coordination among public utility companies during...
View ArticleAvocados Staying Riper Longer Thanks to CMU Alumnus
James Rogers has figured out a way to keep the guacamole party going longer. Rogers’ company, Apeel Sciences, has been working to extend the shelf life of fruits and vegetables. The 2007 alumnus earned...
View ArticleThe Future of Gigs and Big Rigs
Advancements in artificial intelligence and mobile connectivity are disrupting transportation industries in ways that were unthinkable a decade ago. Autonomous vehicles are on the road, picking up...
View ArticleTeam Develops Framework To Identify Genetic Missense Mutations Linked to Autism
Missense mutations occur when there is a change in one gene’s DNA base pair, and the change results in the substitution of one amino acid for another in the gene’s protein. Mutations that disrupt the...
View ArticleEstablishing Public Trust in Smart Cities
The deployment of smart city technologies forms a fascinating social quandary. On one hand, smart city technologies have already proven they can make our lives more convenient, and even transform...
View ArticleThe Gaia Sausage: The Major Collision that Changed the Milky Way Galaxy
An international team of astronomers, including Carnegie Mellon University physicist Sergey Koposov, has discovered an ancient and dramatic head-on collision between the Milky Way and a smaller object,...
View ArticleSmarter Cars = Smarter Cities
Realizing the importance of transportation in the development of smart cities, students and faculty in Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy are using...
View ArticleLondon Co-authors Paper on Ethically Conducting Clinical Research During...
Carnegie Mellon University’s Alex John London, a prominent bioethicist, has co-authored a viewpoint article in PLOS: Neglected Tropical Diseases on the ethics of clinical research during public health...
View ArticleFaculty, Students Aim To Drive Autonomous Vehicle Policies for Pittsburgh
Carnegie Mellon University students and faculty recently met with Pittsburgh civic leaders to discuss new policy recommendations for autonomous vehicles. Driverless cars are a fact of life. The...
View ArticleFaculty, Students Aim To Drive Autonomous Vehicle Policies for Pittsburgh
Carnegie Mellon University students and faculty recently met with Pittsburgh civic leaders to discuss new policy recommendations for autonomous vehicles. Driverless cars are a fact of life. The...
View ArticleGene Editing Technique Cures Genetic Disorders in Mice Before Birth
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Yale University have for the first time used a gene editing technique to successfully cure a genetic condition in a mouse before birth. Their findings,...
View ArticleU.S. Team Takes First in International Mathematical Olympiad
A U.S. team of high school students has taken first place in the 2018 International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) held in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. This is the United States’ third world mathematics title in...
View ArticleHodgins, Gupta Join Facebook AI Research
Carnegie Mellon University's Jessica Hodgins will lead a newly established Facebook AI Research (FAIR) lab in Pittsburgh, where she will be joined by CMU's Abhinav Gupta. The appointments are part of...
View ArticleCarnegie Mellon Partners with Bossa Nova To Bring Best-in-class Artificial...
Carnegie Mellon University announces a research partnership with Bossa Nova, the leading provider of real-time, on-shelf product data for the global retail industry, to develop and integrate artificial...
View ArticleStudents Learn How To Speak Up! About Their Studies
Carnegie Mellon University students participated in this year's Speak Up! Program, a five-part cross-disciplinary communication skills seminar for undergraduate summer researchers hosted by the...
View ArticleWhitehead's Research Could Revolutionize Medicine with Cutting-Edge Science
Ribonucleic Acid is a crucial component in human gene expression, and it may have the ability to treat virtually every known disease. Katie Whitehead, an assistant professor in the Department of...
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