The soccer field in UT Austin’s Gates-Dell Complex is smaller than what you’d see in the FIFA World Cup. The goals are low, the turf a little worn, and the players are less than four feet tall. But don’t let the modest setup fool you. What’s happening here is university research that sits at the intersection […]
Imagine having a pair of smart glasses that don’t just record what you see, but truly understand it. Maybe you’re DIYing a leaky faucet, improving your tennis swing, or rehabbing a shoulder injury, and there’s an AI expert guiding you with real-time, personalized feedback. This is the vision of researcher Kristen Grauman, a professor in […]
The Institute for Foundations of Machine Learning (IFML) focuses on core foundational tools to power the next generation of machine learning models. Its research underpins the algorithms and data sets that make generative artificial intelligence (AI) more accurate and reliable. Headquartered at The University of Texas at Austin, IFML researchers collaborate across an ecosystem that […]
SRC is the world’s leading nonprofit industry-government-academia microelectronics research consortium. The organization recently launched the Decadal Plan for Semiconductors — a pivotal roadmap guiding research for 2030 and beyond. I’m helping to get the word out as a science writer and social media consultant managing the organization’s Twitter and LinkedIn social channels.
Atea Sverige In Sweden, heightened cybersecurity laws left public sector organizations struggling to raise their IT security profiles. Atea, a leading provider of IT infrastructure, used the IBM® QRadar® Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) platform to build security operations center (SOC) solutions that can be deployed and tuned in less than six months, improving […]
THE CANCER FIGHT, FROM HIROSHIMA TO HOUSTON Dr. Ritsuko Komaki was living with her family near Osaka when the atomic bomb exploded on her native Hiroshima in 1945. But the family returned to the devastated city when she was four, and Komaki grew up a witness to the long-term effects, which likely contributed heavily to […]
Oral History, Lawrence Barrientes, Rocky Creek,Texas
In a factory setting, a robot moves freely and accurately as every inch of the space is controlled, well known and predictable. But in the real world — the human world — where noise, disruption, and obstacles abound, every street, house, store or city park comes with its own set of unforeseeable challenges. These uncharted […]
KAREN L. DAVIDSON 