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Article ItemShould chatbots chime in on climate change? , article
An interdisciplinary research team tested ChatGPTs accuracy talking about three climate change-related hazards – tropical storms, floods, and droughts – in 191 countries.
Date: Apr 30, 2024 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech hosts national summit on creativity, empathy, and AI , article
More than 70 experts in the arts and technology convened in the greater Washington, D.C., metro area to discuss and share their usage of artificial intelligence in the arts.
Date: Apr 18, 2024 -
Article ItemWomen encouraged to pursue careers in AI test and evaluation during Virginia Tech National Security Institute workshop , article
Ten undergraduate students to attend the first Graduate Research in Artificial Intelligence Test and Evaluation Women Workshop funded by a gift from Google’s exploreCSR program and organized by the Virginia Tech National Security Institute.
Date: Feb 27, 2024 -
Article ItemDylan Losey receives National Science Foundation CAREER award to build assistive AI , article
Losey leads a team that has explored the possibilities of human-robot interaction, and now he will expand that research to develop robots that understand — and are understood by — their everyday users.
Date: Feb 27, 2024 -
Article Item'Curious Conversations' podcast: Zheng 'Phil' Xiang talks about emerging technology and tourism , article
Xiang joined Virginia Tech’s “Curious Conversations” to talk about the intersection of technology and tourism. He shares the significant technological shifts in the tourism industry over the past decade, including the influence of social media and artificial intelligence on trip research and the experience itself.
Date: Feb 26, 2024 -
Article ItemExperts available: Freedom of speech, West Coast winter storms, tax preparation, AI and fake news, and more , article
The Virginia Tech media relations office has experts available for interviews this week surrounding issues in the news, such as the U.S. Supreme Court cases concerning the First Amendment, Super Tuesday, RNC chair ouster, government shutdown, West Coast winter storms, AI and fake news, AI and travel, and more.
Date: Feb 26, 2024 -
Article Item2024 headlines in the news - Virginia Tech experts available , article
Looking ahead to 2024 headlines in the news, Virginia Tech has the following experts available for interviews to help with your reporting. Please let us know if you’re interested in connecting with any of them. Thanks for your consideration!
Date: Jan 24, 2024 -
Article ItemThree computer scientists elected fellows of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers , article
Chang-Tien “C.T.” Lu, Dimitrios Nikolopoulos, and Naren Ramakrishnan, all faculty in the Department of Computer Science, have been elected to the 2024 class of fellows
Date: Jan 18, 2024 -
Article ItemResearchers use environmental justice questions to reveal geographic biases in ChatGPT , article
Assistant Professor Junghwan Kim has discovered limitations in ChatGPT’s capacity to provide specific information about environmental justice issues, suggesting a geographic bias in large-language artificial intelligence models.
Date: Dec 15, 2023 -
Article Item'Curious Conversations' podcast: Koeun Choi talks about screen time, young children, and AI as a reading aide , article
Choi talked about the impact of media on young children, shared insights from her research on screen time, and introduced a project that explores the use of artificial intelligence to help children learn to read.
Date: Dec 11, 2023 -
Article ItemHighly Cited Researchers 2023: Walid Saad , article
A professor of electrical and computer engineering, Saad was one of six Virginia Tech researchers recently named to Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers 2023 list. His research interests include the intersection of wireless systems, artificial intelligence, game theory, and cyber-physical systems.
Date: Nov 26, 2023 -
Article Item'Curious Conversations' podcast: Erik Westman on autonomous technology and mining , article
Westman shares his insights on how machine learning and autonomous technologies are impacting the mining industry as well as what Virginia Tech is doing to prepare students for the future of the industry. Westman is a professor in the Department of Mining and Minerals Engineering and oversees Virginia Tech’s Center for Autonomous Mining.
Date: Oct 30, 2023 -
Article ItemWhat is success for AI? Professor to discuss topic during Capitol Hill briefing , article
Janet Abbate, an Arlington-based professor of science, technology, and society, will discuss historical perspectives on the challenges posed by artificial intelligence during a congressional briefing on Capitol Hill on Friday.
Date: Oct 18, 2023 -
Article ItemAutonomous driving tested with real-world scenarios , article
Virginia Tech Transportation Institute researchers and their partners put an autonomous Ford F-150 through a series of driving scenarios related to public safety on the Interstate 395 express lanes in Arlington.
Date: Oct 13, 2023 -
Article Item'Curious Conversations' podcast: Bimal Viswanath on artificial intelligence's impact on virtual threats and toxic chatbots , article
Viswanath joined Virginia Tech’s “Curious Conversations” to chat about how the rise in artificial intelligence and large language models has changed the online threat landscape. He explained how this technology works and shared about a current project he’s involved with that aims to mitigate toxic language in chatbots.
Date: Oct 09, 2023 -
Article Item'Curious Conversations' podcast: Cayce Myers on AI's impact on work, regulation, copyright law, and more , article
Myers, professor and graduate director in the School of Communication, joined the podcast to field questions on artificial intelligence. His work focuses on media history, political communication, and laws that affect public relations practice.
Date: Oct 02, 2023 -
Article ItemJiangtao Cheng receives international funding to study spiderwebs as biosensors , article
The dew-covered spiderweb you see in your yard might soon become a platform to detect airborne viruses. Cheng received an international grant from the United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation to build bio-inspired technology that could serve as an early warning system for pathogens such as COVID.
Date: Sep 29, 2023 -
Article Item'Curious Conversations' podcast: Walid Saad on the metaverse, digital twins, and artificial intelligence , article
Saad is a professor in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Next-G faculty lead for Virginia Tech Innovation Campus in Alexandria.
Date: Sep 25, 2023 -
Article ItemGrowth and impact highlight FY '23 research numbers , article
Based 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 -
Article ItemMaking a CAREER on bridging scientific knowledge and AI , article
Anuj 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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