Summer Researchers Offer Emerald Cloud Lab Optimization Ideas
The Mellon College of Science and Emerald Cloud Lab provided undergraduate mathematicians a taste of operations research.
Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø President Jahanian Joined U.S. President at Signing of the Historic CHIPS and Science Act
Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø President Farnam Jahanian joined President Joe Biden today for the signing into law of the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022.
Physicists Switch Magnetic State Using Spin Current
Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø researchers were able to show proof of concept that running an electrical current through a novel two-dimensional material could control the magnetic state of a neighboring magnetic material without the need of applying an external magnetic field.
NBC News Goes 'Inside the Metaverse' at Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø
NBC’s Gadi Schwartz got a first-hand look at some of the sensations that users can feel in virtual worlds when he visited the Future Interfaces Group (FIG) at Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø.
PNC Foundation Grants $3 Million to Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø, Expands Access to Pre-college Programming
Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø has been awarded a $3 million grant from the PNC Foundation that will enhance and expand access to the university’s summer pre-college programs.
Sloan Foundation Funds New Office to Support Open Source Activities
Âé¶¹¹Ù꿉۪s Helen and Henry Posner, Jr. Dean of the University Libraries Keith Webster has received a grant of $650,000 from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to establish the Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø Open Source Program Office (OSPO).
Robots Learn Household Tasks by Watching Humans
Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø faculty members in the Robotics Institute developed a new learning method for robots called WHIRL, short for In the Wild Human-Imitated Robot Learning.
Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø Team Designs the Airports of Tomorrow
A team from Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø won NASA’s Gateways to Blue Skies: Airports of Tomorrow competition with their project, “Sustainability and Connected Autonomy: A New Era for Aviation.â€
Murphy and Pathak Named 2022 DARPA Risers
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has named Âé¶¹¹Ù꿉۪s Max Murphy and Deepak Pathak as part of the 2022 class of DARPA Risers. Each year the agency selects a cohort of outstanding early-career researchers to be recognized for their work and participate in a symposium.
Modern Languages Launches Online Language Courses
The Department of Modern Languages at Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø is proud to announce the launch of its new online language programs for Chinese, French and Spanish.
Hey Siri: How Much Does This Galaxy Cluster Weigh?
A team led by Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø physicists has developed a deep-learning method that accurately estimates the mass of the Coma Cluster.
Engineering Art
Sophie Paul is among the the first students to have completed Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø's additional major in engineering and arts.