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Atmospheric Sciences Research Center Partners with Tomorrow.io to Build New Forecasting Tools
The University at Albany announced a new partnership with Tomorrow.io, a leading weather technology company, to collaborate on developing new AI-driven wind and extreme weather forecasting models.
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UAlbany Inventors Seek Record Number of Patents
Once reviewed by the U.S. Patent Office, the 46 new applications filed last year could join the 62 U.S. patents issued since 2010 to UAlbany and its division within the Research Foundation, which manages and protects faculty inventions and other intellectual property developed on campus.
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Students Take Top Prize for Device to Help Disabled Workers
Students Binh Ho, Alex Pilkey and Shakib Ahmed won first place in NYSID's annual CREATE (Cultivating Resources for Employment with Assistive Technology) competition, which provides a forum for college students across New York help those living with disabilities succeed in the workplace.
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5 Questions with CTG UAlbany Research Director Mila Gascó-Hernandez
The Center for Technology in Government (CTG UAlbany) Research Director Mila Gascó-Hernandez has worked for a wide variety of organizations, providing expertise in the areas of information and knowledge in society. Gascó-Hernandez provides insight into the role that organizations such as libraries can play in advancing our knowledge and understanding of AI.
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UAlbany Launches New AI & Society College, Research Center
A new college and associated research center will support the development of new discipline-specific, AI-focused majors, minors and microcredentials that build on the expansive existing programs in UAlbany’s nine schools and colleges.
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Q&A: AI Plus Institute Director Balakrishnan 'Prabha' Prabhakaran
Prabhakaran, an expert in human computer interaction, previously spent 25 years on the computer science faculty at The University of Texas at Dallas, where he also served as associate vice president for research centers and institutes and director of the Multimedia Systems Laboratory.
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Summit to Focus on AI and National Competitiveness
The University at Albany and the Special Competitive Studies Project will host a daylong AI and National Competitiveness Innovation Summit at ETEC on Friday, followed by an event specifically geared for students on Saturday
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5 Questions with Professor of Mathematics Antun Milas
UAlbany Professor of Mathematics and Statistics Antun Milas examines issues such as representation theory and modular forms. At UAlbany, Milas teaches courses on number theory and cyrpotography. His most recent research project, “Higher Depth in Representation Theory, Number Theory, and Quantum Topology,” was supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF).