Category: Research and Innovation

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Federally funded research explores how AI tools can improve manufacturing worker safety, product quality

Recent artificial intelligence advances have largely focused on text, but AI increasingly shows promise in other contexts, including manufacturing and the service industry. In these sectors, targeted AI improvements can improve product quality and worker safety, according to a new study …

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Notre Dame Research, Athletics address challenges of ACL tears, sleep loss, and stress in new joint research projects

Notre Dame Research and Athletics have awarded three research teams the first-ever Human Performance & Wellness Research Grants. The grants will provide funding to support exceptional research projects that contribute meaningfully to fields related to the health, well-being, and performance of …

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Major investments announced to accelerate research at the intersection of bioengineering and life sciences

Notre Dame’s Bioengineering & Life Sciences Initiative has announced significant investments aimed at enhancing and growing biomedical research at the University. These include funding of four new cross-disciplinary faculty research teams and a milestone instrument acquisition that will …

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Notre Dame researchers advance encryption and high-performance microelectronics technologies

Researchers at the University of Notre Dame have received new funding through the Silicon Crossroads Microelectronic Commons (SCMC) Hub as a part of the CHIPS and Science Act. In the fall of 2024, the White House announced the initial round of technical projects through the Microelectronic Commons …

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A global majority trusts scientists, wants them to have greater role in policymaking, study finds

In what is considered the most comprehensive post-pandemic survey of trust in scientists, researchers have found a majority of people around the world carry widespread trust in scientists — believing them to be honest, competent, qualified and concerned with public well-being. Researchers …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …