Tag: artificial intelligence

Christina Gardner-McCune, AI4K12 Team Will Receive Outstanding Educator Award
November 15, 2021Christina Gardner-McCune, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering, is expected to receive the 2022 AAAI/EAAI Outstanding Educator award for her work with the Artificial Intelligence for K-12 Initiative (AI4K12.org). The award is presented annually at the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) and the Educational […]
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UF Researchers Awarded $1.1M Grant by National Institute of Health on AI-Powered Medical Research
November 1, 2021Background A multi-departmental team from the University of Florida, Shigang Chen, Ph.D., Samuel Wu, Ph.D., David Vaillancourt, Ph.D., and Kejun Huang, Ph.D., was recently rewarded a $1.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health on AI-powered medical research, specifically for Parkinson’s disease. The project title is SCH: Enabling Data Outsourcing and Sharing for AI-powered Parkinson’s Research. Abstract Artificial intelligence holds […]
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Researchers Seek to Build Confidence into AI for Healthcare Under NSF grant
October 21, 2021A team of researchers at the University of Florida will explore ways to increase trustworthiness and interpretability of artificial machine learning in healthcare under a new $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation. The team will also investigate ways to use AI to diagnose neurodegenerative diseases earlier. The project will provide a paradigm shift […]
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Student Spotlight: Gloria Katuka
April 16, 2021Gloria Katuka first saw a laptop when she was 12 years old, a moment she has never forgotten on her journey to becoming a computer scientist. Years later, Katuka has spent her time finding ways to bring computer science to K-12 students, even founding InTECHgrate, a nonprofit that provides after-school programs to bring computer science, […]
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Gardner-McCune and AI4K12 Initiative Expand Access to K-12 AI Education One State at a Time
March 31, 2021A two-day virtual workshop in late January organized by the AI4K12 Initiative helped education leaders from across the country create new K-12 artificial intelligence (AI) efforts in several states. The workshop sessions were co-facilitated by Christina Gardner-McCune, Ph.D., an associate professor in the University of Florida Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering, and […]
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Smart Safety: Using Apps and Eye-Tracking Technology to Evaluate School Zone Beacon and Bicycle Detection
March 29, 2021Florida Department of Transportation ranks safety as a top priority for the state, and it is listed as one of FDOT’s Vital Few focus areas. Despite the vision of having fatality-free roadways, crashes are still a reality today. The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles noted an increase of total annual traffic crashes […]
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Big Data and AI Help to Improve Operations and Safety at Intersections
March 24, 2021These days, road networks in our cities contain a variety of smart and connected infrastructure which generate an abundance of Big Data. This data can be processed to improve the flow of traffic and safety for both vehicles and pedestrians. At the University of Florida Transportation Institute (UFTI), transportation and computer science engineers are working […]
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Boyer Receives NSF Grant to Study Effects of Introducing AI Education to Middle School Students
March 12, 2021Kristy Boyer, Ph.D., an associate professor in the University of Florida Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering, recently received a $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to investigate artificial intelligence (AI) education for middle school students. This project, a collaboration between Dr. Boyer and Maya Israel, Ph.D., an associate professor […]
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Exposing the Shortcuts: Improving Fairness of Artificial Intelligence in the Connected World
February 26, 2021At the Warren B. Nelms Institute for the Connected World, located in the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering on the University of Florida campus, My T. Thai, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering and associate director of the Institute, is developing software technologies that can explain how bias […]
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Gardner-McCune Receives Career Influencer Award and Appointed as an ACM Education Advisory Committee Member
February 10, 2021Christina Gardner-McCune, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering, recently received the Faculty Career Influencer Award from the University of Florida Career Connections Center (C3). The UF Career Influencer Awards celebrate the collaboration and innovation of C3 partners who have had an exceptional impact on career development and […]
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