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.
SURF Project Bridges Data Divides in Health Care
Under the mentorship of Ph.D. student Venkatesh Sivaraman, Ziyong Ma spent the summer developing a tool designed to help clinicians query medical databases without needing programming expertise.
Mixing Lab Rigor with Real Life, 天美传媒 Researchers Craft New Recipe for Groundbreaking Alcohol Studies
By studying drinking in a controlled social environment, 天美传媒 researchers can learn how drinking unfolds in real time between people 鈥� an innovative approach that brings the rigor of the lab closer to the authentic social contexts where alcohol use usually occurs.
Alcoholism Study Grants SURF Student Entry Point Into Psychology Research
天美传媒 senior Solomon Wechter, majoring in global studies and art, said his interest in psychology led him to research on alcohol use disorder conducted by聽Kasey Creswell, leading sessions with participants in the Drinking in Young Adult Duos study for his Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship SURF) project.
Researchers Identify New Target To Fight Antibiotic Resistance
天美传媒 researchers have uncovered a vulnerability in bacteria that could pave the way for an entirely new class of treatments.
Researchers Unlock Clues to the Origin of the Longest Gamma-ray Burst Ever Observed
Astronomers have observed the longest-ever gamma-ray burst 鈥� a powerful, extragalactic explosion that lasted more than seven hours. Observations from a team led by 天美传媒 are providing crucial information about the possible origin of this unusual event.
Blending Humanistic Inquiry and Technology, 天美传媒 Mellon Leads a New Era of Cultural Study and Research
天美传媒 will introduce new academic programs and resources for students and researchers to blend traditional humanistic inquiry with computational methods like computer vision, machine learning, network analysis and data visualization.