Research
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Vanderbilt computer scientists develop community-based app for managing mobile privacy and security
Mamtaj Akter, a Vanderbilt computer science graduate student in the lab of Pamela Wisniewski, Flowers Family Fellow in Engineering and associate professor of computer science, has co-authored a study evaluating how technology can help people manage mobile privacy and security as a community. Mamtaj Akter Managing mobile privacy and security… Read MoreAug. 3, 2023
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VISE affiliates awarded $2.3M NIH grant to combat childhood blindness
A team of Vanderbilt engineers are working to breach the critical barrier to timely clinical intervention of blindness in preterm infants. One of the major causes of childhood blindness is a rapidly growing retinal vascular disease called Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP). “Clinical intervention options for ROP exist, but our limited… Read MoreJul. 31, 2023
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Engineering undergraduate wins prestigious paper award, will present findings about radiation effects on electronics at conference in France
Isabella Wynocker will travel to Toulouse, France in September to present her work on radiation effects on memory drives in space environments as the only undergraduate researcher of five authors to win best student abstract awards for RADECS 2023. The RADiation and its Effects on Components and Systems… Read MoreJul. 21, 2023
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Biomedical engineering professor leads study of novel technology that helps identify parathyroids during pediatric endocrine surgery
Mahadevan-Jansen Damage or removal of calcium-regulating parathyroid glands during endocrine surgery can put children at risk for poor growth and slow mental development. Preserving the often rice-sized organ in children is vital, but not always easy. Anita Mahadevan-Jansen, Ph.D., professor of Biomedical Engineering and the Orrin H. Ingram Chair in… Read MoreJul. 19, 2023
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Regional consortium secures $18M grant to foster equity in agriculture workforce development
Janey Camp (Submitted photo) Janey Camp, research professor of civil and environmental engineering and director of the Vanderbilt Center for Transportation and Operational Resiliency, is part of a regional consortium that has won an $18 million grant to enable minority-serving institutions to build and… Read MoreJul. 7, 2023
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ORAU Powe Award supports Vanderbilt researcher’s computational simulations of light, sound and bubbles
A Vanderbilt computer science professor studying sonoluminescence—a process by which light is emitted by small bubbles in liquid when bombarded by blasts of high-pitched sound—has received a competitive research grant from Oak Ridge Associated Universities. David Hyde, assistant professor of computer science, is one of 35 junior faculty… Read MoreJun. 30, 2023
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Workshop offers insight on deep learning for medical imaging technology
Vanderbilt researchers are hosting a free workshop on July 13 to shed more light on the Medical Open Network for Artificial Intelligence (MONAI). The daylong workshop is being held following the 2023 MIDL/NVIDIA Conference in Nashville and participation is in person or via Zoom. Registration for the daylong workshop… Read MoreJun. 27, 2023
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Vanderbilt initiated startup Zeno Power receives $30M to build the first commercially developed nuclear–powered satellite
Zeno Power, a startup initiated through the Wond’ry, Vanderbilt’s Innovation Center, has received a total of $30 million from the U.S. Department of Defense and private investors to develop and build a flight-ready radioisotope-powered satellite by 2025. It is expected to be the first… Read MoreJun. 20, 2023
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Vanderbilt researcher wins NSF CAREER award to close a gap in network analysis by better modeling negative online interactions like unfollowing and blocking
Tyler Derr, assistant professor of computer science, has won a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to advance network analysis methods for data that inherently contain both positive and negative interactions, such as that found in e-commerce and online social media. Tyler Derr The prestigious five-year award honors early career faculty with… Read MoreJun. 16, 2023
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Service providers charged with keeping kids safe are cautious but see value in AI tool to track risky behavior online
Photo/Getty Images Educators, mental health professionals, juvenile justice officers, and child welfare caseworkers who often see first-hand the trials faced by vulnerable youth, and who are charged with their protection, do see some value in using artificial intelligence as an early risk detection tool for online safety. But they are… Read MoreJun. 7, 2023