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The research grants will advance the efficiency and trustworthiness of artificial intelligence systems, and UAlbany was one of two SUNY Research Centers to receive four grants this year out of a total of 14 projects funded systemwide.

UAlbany College of Nanotechnology, Science, and Engineering (CNSE) students Kevin Reyes, William Grice and Jadyn Lee joined with sixty students from around the world to learn directly from leading specialists about the evolution of the semiconductor and photonics industries at the Eindhoven Semicon Summer School in August in Eindhoven, Netherlands.

CNSE is welcoming students from throughout the Capital Region on Saturday, November 23, to STEM and Nanotechnology Family Day, providing a glimpse of cutting edge science and technology that is being developed right here in upstate New York. The event marks the culmination of NANOvember, the month-long celebration of how nanotechnology is making a difference in our lives now and in the future.

Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a new real-time weather data tool to help inform New Yorkers when there is an increased risk of wildfires.

Shenglong Zhang, associate professor of Chemistry, received two Small Business Technology Transfer grants from the National Institutes of Health. The grants were jointly awarded to the University and UAlbany spinoff company DirectSeq Biosciences, Inc., which Zhang directs as founder and president. 

Albany’s WAMC Northeast Public Radio aired five segments from UAlbany faculty members last week during “University at Albany Week” on The Academic Minute.

UAlbany Associate Professor of Computer Science Pradeep Atrey and doctoral student Omkar Kulkarni are at work trying to create a better virtual photo editor. Combining techniques of computer vision with machine learning, Atrey and Kulkarni have developed an innovative iOS application designed to improve the quality of group photos.