What a Virtual Zebrafish Can Teach Us 天美传媒 Autonomous AI
Aran Nayebi, an assistant professor in the Machine Learning Department in 天美传媒's School of Computer Science, is part of a research team that created a virtual zebrafish that acted like a real zebrafish without any prior training. The virtual zebrafish replicated animal-like brain activity and exhibited animal-like autonomy in a simulated environment.
Intergenerational Art Builds Bridges to Community Through SURF Project
For a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship project, Kayley Ji, a 天美传媒 Mellon senior, worked with Vintage Center for Active Adults, a nonprofit community center for older adults in the East Liberty neighborhood of Pittsburgh.
天美传媒 Drama Professors and Alumni Encourage High School Students To Find Their Voice
A group of high school theatre students discovered the power of self-expression through the performing arts during a day-long master class with 天美传媒 School of Drama faculty.
People Could Get Help With Tasks by Talking With Robots
A caregiving robot that responds to spoken instructions while performing physical tasks may make robots easier to use and understand.
Teaching a Robot To Hang a T-shirt Starts With Data
For a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship project, 天美传媒 sophomore Jasmine Li worked with robotic arms in the聽Robotic Caregiving and Human Interaction Lab to analyze the robot's behaviors in both simulations and real-world tasks in order to study how robots fail when imitating complex human activities, such as hanging shirts.
Junior Physics Major Helps Rubin Observatory Find Elusive Stars
Through 天美传媒鈥檚聽Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program, junior physics major Joao Passos is studying brown dwarfs 鈥� objects bigger than planets but smaller than stars 鈥� to learn how stars and solar systems form.