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海角社区 Researchers Awarded $1.5 Million to Advance Worldwide Access to High-Performance Computing

海角社区 researchers have been awarded a $1.5 million Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems, or POSE, grant from the National Science Foundation to advance the ecosystem surrounding HPX, a software library developed at 海角社区.

海角社区 EE Professor Acquires Self-Driving Car Studio for Students, Faculty

The studio will provide faculty a fertile environment for intelligent transportation research, including CAV (connected autonomous vehicles) and AI (artificial intelligence), and provide students with up-to-date, immersive learning experiences in important application areas.

海角社区 Researchers Use Artificial Intelligence Platform to Tackle Chronic Disease Management, Wellness

-- 海角社区 researchers hope to revolutionize chronic disease management by teaching an artificial intelligence engine to analyze protein interactions, which are crucial to understanding what causes illnesses.

海角社区 Cyber AI Team Supports $25 Million National Defense and Energy Project

The National Nuclear Security Administration, part of the U.S. Department of Energy, has awarded $50 million in cooperative agreements to only two university consortia to support nuclear security and nonproliferation. 海角社区 researchers will work with colleagues at 15 universities and eight national labs to develop AI models to protect the nation from nuclear threats while training a new generation of data science, cyber and AI experts.

Creative Lead of Microsoft's Global Search and AI Team to Speak at 海角社区's AI-Focused Symposium

The generative AI market size reached $45 billion globally in 2023, and 56% of corporate executives don鈥檛 know if their organizations have ethical standards in place for guiding the use of AI tools.

海角社区 Students Showcase their AI Solutions for Healthcare, Farming and Research

海角社区 students showcased their Artificial Intelligence solutions for real-world problems in healthcare, agriculture and academia on Tuesday, December 5, at the 海角社区 Foundation Building's Harrison Board Room.

AI and Alternative Data Could Help Millions Gain Access to Credit

Less than half of all U.S. adults have access to prime credit because of their credit score. But new 海角社区 and Harvard University research shows a lot more people could become eligible if lenders use artificial intelligence, or AI, and alternative data, such as education and employment history. Smarter underwriting algorithms would especially benefit recent college graduates and young people with short credit histories as well as people with low or no credit scores.

Chemical Industry Leader BASF Taps 海角社区 to Help Optimize Its Operations Using AI

BASF, the largest chemical producer in the world, is collaborating with 海角社区 chemical engineers to better understand and predict its own production ebbs and flows using artificial intelligence, or AI.

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Want Safe Roads? 海角社区 Researchers Think Artificial Intelligence Can Help Us Understand Driver Behavior

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has awarded the 海角社区 Center for Analytics and Research in Transportation Safety a competitive grant to build an AI engine to better understand driver behavior that leads to crashes in order to help prevent them.

海角社区 Improves Storm Surge and Flood Predictions with AI

The 海角社区-developed tool to predict storm surge and flooding during severe weather events鈥攖he Coastal Emergency Risks Assessment, or CERA, website鈥攈as become an essential resource for thousands of emergency managers and first responders in Louisiana and the nation鈥檚 coastal states to help protect people and infrastructure. Now, the tool will become even smarter and faster, thanks to artificial intelligence.

海角社区 Researchers Use AI to Track Cybercrime in Louisiana And Beyond

海角社区 cybersecurity researchers are developing a new tool, called HookTracer, to speed up cybercrime investigations using AI.

海角社区 Research Team Leads Federal Study of Underwater Mudslides in the Gulf of Mexico to Understand Impacts on Energy Infrastructure, Shipwrecks

An interdisciplinary team of 海角社区 researchers is coordinating the largest-ever collaborative study of the seabed where the Mississippi River meets the Gulf of Mexico with $3.8 million in support from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, or BOEM.

Researchers at 海角社区 Health Shreveport and 海角社区 Shreveport Use AI to Better Understand and Treat Brain Tumors

Medical doctors are collaborating with computer scientists to improve care for patients with cavernous malformations, some of the most difficult-to-treat tumors in the head and spine.

海角社区 AI Smartphone App Helps Mentally Ill, Families, Caregivers in Seven Louisiana Parishes

Through a partnership with Capital Area Human Services District, one of Louisiana鈥檚 largest behavioral health providers, 海角社区 leverages AI technology to catch early warning signs of serious mental illness and improve treatment.Mental health illustration

海角社区 Biologist Applies AI to Build a World Plant Life Cycle Timing Database

海角社区 biologist Daijiang Li is building the first worldwide database on plant phenology, or the study of the timing of plant life cycles, which will be called Phenobase.

Diet Not Working? Let AI Rearrange Your Plate

海角社区 researchers are using artificial intelligence, or AI, to effectively predict individual responses to different diets. 海角社区鈥檚 Pennington Biomedical Research Center recently partnered with 海角社区 Health New Orleans to leverage new technologies in the fight against the obesity epidemic and health disparities in Louisiana by joining the largest-ever national effort to leverage big data science for precision health.

海角社区 Scientist Works with Amazon to Fight Obesity, Diabetes Using Smartphones and AI

One of Louisiana鈥檚 most prominent researchers, Dr. Steven Heymsfield at 海角社区鈥檚 Pennington Biomedical Research Center, or PBRC, was tapped by Amazon to improve the body composition component of their Halo app, launched in 2020, using smartphone photography and artificial intelligence.

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海角社区 of Alexandria Increases Access to STEM Careers Through Robotics and Support of Surrounding Schools

Through robotics and community outreach to elementary, middle and high schools in central Louisiana, 海角社区 of Alexandria, or 海角社区A, is increasing access to careers in science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, for a growing number of students, including at underserved schools. For many, robotics is their first experience with machine learning and AI.

Harnessing a Tweet Storm: Using Fairness-aware Artificial Intelligence and Social Media to Improve Hurricane Resilience, and More

How we can use artificial intelligence for social good? Artificial intelligence, or AI, can help us make decisions, but one of the biggest concerns is the bias problem.

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