Category: Research and Innovation

Adam Czajka

Notre Dame’s Lucy Family Institute launches new AI Trust and Reliability Lab led by Adam Czajka

Adam Czajka, associate professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has been appointed the director of the AI Trust and Reliability (AITAR) Lab within the Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society. In harmony with the initiatives of the University’s …

Toby Li

Toby Jia-Jun Li appointed to lead the Lucy Family Institute’s new Human-Centered Responsible AI Lab at Notre Dame

Toby Jia-Jun Li, assistant professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has been appointed the director of the Human-Centered Responsible Artificial Intelligence (HRAI) Lab in the Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society. In alignment with the …

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Network biology connects the dots for human health

Networks form the backbone of transportation infrastructure, communication systems, and even the neurons in our brains. When computational scientists map data points into networks—quite literally connecting the dots—the patterns they reveal can provide significant insights. In network …

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Notre Dame researchers leverage social media data to develop a new AI-driven model for opioid misuse prevention in teenagers and young adults

Teenagers spend over five hours on social media each day – their online interactions might reveal clues that save them from the opioid epidemic. Graduating classes are dwindling as the opioid epidemic claims the lives of high school and college-aged adolescents from communities throughout the …

Agboola Suleiman holding membrane

Machine learning discovers ‘hidden-gem’ materials for heat-free gas separation

Chemical separation, including gas separation, accounts for a whopping 15 percent of U.S. energy consumption and produces millions of tons of carbon emissions. Separating gases by passing them through membranes could be an efficient, environmentally-friendly alternative to current methods—if …

Karla Badillo-Urquiola

Overburdened caseworkers put foster youths’ online safety on the back burner

Foster parents and caseworkers agree: Sexual-related risks are the top concern for online safety for youths in the U.S. child welfare system. But how these two groups approach technology access and other online risks is conflicted, according to research from the University of Notre Dame. In a …

Toby Li

AI browser plug-ins to help consumers improve digital privacy literacy, combat manipulative design

Researchers at the University of Notre Dame are developing artificial intelligence tools that help consumers understand how they are being exploited as they navigate online platforms. The goal is to boost the digital literacy of end users so they can better control how they interact with these …

Karla Badillo-Urquiola and Katherine Walden

Interdisciplinary team of faculty to create new curriculum for responsible computing

While many computer science programs offer students a single, stand-alone course on ethics, an interdisciplinary team of University of Notre Dame researchers is rethinking that model. Faculty from the College of Arts and Letters and the College of Engineering are working together to integrate …

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Disinformation expert explores history and future of fake news in new book

The era of fake news feels brand-new. But a new book, “A History of Fake Things on the Internet,” takes a deeper look into the origins of online deception. “There’s this conventional narrative about fake news and manipulated imagery on the internet. But when I started to actually …

Matthew Morrison

Matthew Morrison awarded Google Visiting Faculty Research Fellowship to advance digital hardware education

Matthew Morrison, associate teaching professor in computer science and engineering, has been awarded a Google Visiting Faculty Research Fellowship. His research project will focus on integrating semiconductor chip design software into K-12 and university curricula, with the goal of …