Computer Science

Vanderbilt researchers are part of an artificial intelligence-driven project that has received a nearly $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to optimize bus service on one of Nashville’s busiest routes. Abhishek Dubey, associate professor of computer science and electrical and computer engineering at Vanderbilt University, is… Read More

Four engineering Ph.D. students have received prestigious 2025 Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowships, a showing that highlights Vanderbilt’s strengths as a hub of transportation research, connected cities, resilience and sustainability. Eisenhower fellows will be recognized at the 104th annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies in… Read More

Meiyi Ma, Assistant Professor of Computer Science Meiyi Ma, assistant professor of computer science at Vanderbilt, is leading research funded by a $300,000 National Science Foundation grant to develop what’s considered the world’s first Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) training system for 911 call takers and dispatchers. The work… Read More

Abhishek Dubey, associate professor of computer science and electrical and computer engineering at Vanderbilt University, is leading a consortium comprised of several different universities and regional transit agencies that has received more than $8 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation to accelerate artificial intelligence-driven multimodal transit operations across… Read More

In May 2023, Professor Jules White released his first generative AI online course using the Coursera platform: Prompt Engineering for ChatGPT. In the next 18 months, the university’s partnership with Coursera expanded significantly, and Vanderbilt added 13 more courses and seven “specializations.” The Coursera content has proven popular. More than… Read More

Vanderbilt and Nissan showcased their partnership during an event in September that included more than 85 representatives from the university and Nissan North America. Participants heard from Vanderbilt Chancellor Daniel Diermeier and Nissan North America Chairperson Jérémie Papin, and discussion was moderated by Vice Provost for Career Advancement and… Read More

Eleven clinical centers in the United States have been selected to participate in a national study with the potential to improve brain health and psychosocial function in children with Type 1 diabetes (T1D). The Vanderbilt University Medical Center study arm, which received a $1.8 million, five-year National Institutes of Health… Read More

Kidney stone disease research is the focus of a five-year, $7.37 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) RC2 grant awarded to Vanderbilt University Medical Center and led by Vanderbilt urologist Ryan Hsi, MD, and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia pediatric urologist Gregory Tasian, MD. The project will create the Urinary Stone Disease… Read More

A team of Vanderbilt researchers has released a new benchmarking study that aims to assist scientists in selecting the most effective methods for analyzing spatial transcriptomics (ST) data. The study led by Xin Maizie Zhou, assistant professor of biomedical engineering and computer science, evaluates computational tools in spatial transcriptomics… Read More

A team of Vanderbilt researchers has developed a novel tool in the detection and analysis of structural variants (SVs) in human genomes that could potentially transform genomic analysis and precision medicine. The research was recently published in Nature Communications. Structural variants (SVs) – which include deletions, insertions, translocations, duplications,… Read More