Research effort driving advances to combat traumatic brain injuries
Many concussions don’t produce noticeable symptoms, leaving them likely to go undiagnosed and putting the injured at increased risk for lasting complications like brain damage. A team of researchers led by University of Wisconsin–Madison mechanical engineer Christian …
December 14, 2020UW–Madison to Continue Fundamental Data Science Research with Phase II Award from NSF
University of Wisconsin–Madison data scientists are harnessing big data and laying the foundations for major advances in data-rich applications thanks to a five-year, $4.6 million grant from the National Science Foundation. The team at UW–Madison …
September 1, 2020Fall Research Competition continues to support researchers, graduate students
Despite a year full of uncertainty, University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers can still count on the Fall Research Competition. The annual contest offers funding for select research projects across each faculty division — biological sciences, physical sciences, social sciences and …
August 24, 2020UW–Madison named member of new $25 million Midwest quantum science institute
As joint members of a Midwest quantum science collaboration, the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and the University of Chicago have been named partners in a National Science Foundation Quantum Leap …
July 28, 2020Computerized Tomography Acquisition
The acquisition of a highly flexible Computerized Tomography (CT) X-ray System has added a powerful research instrument to the College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison. The 465 KeV (Kilo-electron-volt) system is capable of X-ray imaging …
July 13, 2020Hu receives National Science Foundation nanoscale interactions grant
The National Science Foundation’s Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems recently extended a Nanoscale Interactions Program grant for UW-Madison Materials Science and Engineering Assistant Professor and Grainger Institute for Engineering Fellow Jiamian Hu. Hu serves as principal investigator …
July 3, 2020American Family Insurance Data Science Institute awards “mini grants” to advance data science
MADISON — Nine teams of University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty and collaborators have been awarded nearly $1 million through the American Family Funding Initiative, a research competition for data science projects. Brian Yandell “The American Family Insurance …
July 3, 2020Investigating Challenges and Opportunities in Data Science
Critical advances in machine learning and artificial intelligence have been accelerated by experts in the College of Engineering. With the launch of a new impact area in Machine Learning and Optimization, Rob Nowak, Professor of …
June 2, 2020INVESTIGATING CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN DATA SCIENCE
Critical advances in machine learning and artificial intelligence have been accelerated by experts in the College of Engineering. With the launch of a new impact area in Machine Learning and Optimization, Rob Nowak, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, …
May 1, 2020Stephan Rudykh Could Develop Remote Control of Soft Robots
Soft materials, such as rubber or polymers that can endure drastic changes to their shape, are promising for applications where flexibility and shapeshifting abilities are paramount. For example, these materials can be used to create …
April 17, 2020Discovery led by Dakotah Thompson Brings Nanoscale Thermal Switches Needed for Next-Gen Computing
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. — Researchers working on an Army project developed nanoscale thermal switches that are key to thermal management of nanoscale devices, refrigeration, data storage, thermal computing and heat management of buildings. The …
February 14, 2020Focus on new faculty: Dakotah Thompson, probing thermal transport at the nanoscale
As advances in nanotechnology have exploded in recent years, it’s increasingly important to understand the underlying physics in nanoscale systems in order to enhance the performance and efficiency of devices. For example, the microprocessors that …
December 3, 2019New Faculty Focus: Engineering welcomes 12
The UW–Madison College of Engineering has added 12 new faculty members this academic year, with expertise ranging from fusion energy to quantum systems to the earth’s energy. Meet the new faculty members, and learn about …
November 19, 2019Neural Connections Across Campus
UW-Madison professor Aviad Hai is developing tiny electronic sensors to study brain activity using MRI. A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner can be used to take detailed anatomical snapshots of the brain noninvasively — without …
November 3, 2019American Family Insurance and UW–Madison: Queuing up quantum computing research
GIE Board Member Glenn Fung, chief research scientist in machine learning and director of data science research at American Family Insurance, is excited about the collaboration between UW-Madison and American Family. As the field …
September 30, 2019Ludwig lands $2 million grant as part of NIH effort to combat opioid abuse
Kip Ludwig will lead a more than $2 million NIH grant to test a novel liquid metal electrode as an alternative means of treating chronic back pain. “Right now there is a huge market for …
September 26, 2019Hai lands NIH grant to use new brain sensors to study epileptic seizures
Aviad Hai, GIE Fellow and Assistant Professor of biomedical engineering, will use a new grant to develop sensors for brain imaging to provide new insights into brain seizures in epilepsy.
September 17, 2019Focus on new faculty: Kangwook Lee uses deep learning to solve its own problems
Kangwook Lee, a new GIE Fellow and assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, uses information coding to improve understanding and performance of machine learning across large-scale systems.
August 23, 2019Target acquired: Using magnets to help medicines deliver a more powerful punch
GIE Fellow Jiamian Hu is part of a team that hopes to reduce the side effects of medicines and boost their efficacy by delivering them only to their intended targets within the body. His research …
August 20, 2019Hands-on learning in the Rockwell Automation lab
Not many undergraduates have the chance to get their hands on top-of-the-line industrial control equipment. But in late-spring 2019, University of Wisconsin-Madison engineering juniors and seniors in the class Computer Control of Machines and Processes (ME …
May 2, 2019Focus on new faculty: Jennifer Choy, taking precision to new levels with quantum systems
Extremely precise quantum sensors promise to be a transformative technology with a variety of potential applications. For example, quantum sensors could advance neuroimaging by allowing researchers to detect nanoscale changes in electromagnetic fields in the …
April 8, 2019Papailiopoulos earns NSF CAREER Award: What can cellphone clarity teach machine learning?
“For applications that involve human lives you want to be very confident in the decisions these predictive models make,” says Dimitris Papailiopoulos, an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. …
April 4, 2019Aviad Hai on Probes for Directly Recording Neural Activity | ApplySci @ Stanford
Watch Aviad Hai’s talk from the Wearable Tech + Digital Health + Neurotech Silicon Valley Conference that was held at Stanford University on February 21 & 22, 2019.
February 21, 2019Dimitris Papailiopoulos earns Sony innovation award
Sony, the multinational electronics, entertainment and financial services corporation, honored Electrical and Computer Engineering Assistant Professor Dimitris Papailiopoulos with a faculty innovation award for distributed deep learning. The award is designed to accelerate and expand the creation of new …
February 12, 2019Accelerating materials development to advance clean energy production
A group of University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers has received a $1.8 million grant to develop new materials for multiple uses, including the ability to withstand the corrosive environment within a molten salt nuclear reactor. The …
January 10, 2019Automatic, and Anything but Ordinary: Partnership with Rockwell Prepares Engineers to Excel
Thanks to a partnership with industrial automation giant Rockwell Automation, engineering students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison can get their hands on today’s most advanced industrial manufacturing technologies. That’s one reason the Rockwell Automation Industrial …
October 16, 2018ML4MI Pilot Research Grant Winners Announced
The UW’s Machine Learning for Medical Imaging Initiative (ML4MI) selection committee recently announced the winners of the ML4MI Pilot Research Grants. These grants are expected to expand the scope of Machine Learning activity on campus …
August 15, 2018Shiva Rudraraju Explores Materials to Make Metal 3D Printing a Reality in Manufacturing
In the global economy, manufacturing is a central pillar that drives innovation and competition. It’s a fast-growing sector and a vital source of opportunity, which has only increased since metal additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, …
July 1, 2018Air Force-backed center to make machine learning more independent, predictable, secure
MADISON – Artificial intelligence has become so smart and commonplace that most people accept computer-generated restaurant recommendations or movie suggestions without blinking an eye. Underneath the virtual surface, however, much remains mysterious in the realm …
May 29, 2018WATCH: Nowak Leads Machine Learning for Medical Imaging Seminar
Watch this Machine Learning for Medical Imaging Seminar led by Rob Nowak!
February 12, 2018Younghyun Kim aims to make our interconnected world a safer place
In our modern interconnected world, we rely on cyber infrastructure in our daily lives. We have phones, medical devices, and cars that are connected to the internet—and this rise of interconnectedness creates vulnerability. Younghyun Kim works to …
June 19, 2017Focus on new faculty: Jiamian Hu, using computer models to improve materials for many applications
For materials scientist Jiamian Hu, the culture of interdisciplinary research collaboration at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is a major selling point for the university. “That’s actually one of the very important reasons that I wanted …
February 23, 2017Focus on New Faculty: Shiva Rudraraju, Studying Mechanics and Morphology Evolution in Materials
In January 2017, Shiva Rudraraju will join the Department of Mechanical Engineering as an assistant professor. Also an affiliate of the college’s Grainger Institute for Engineering, Rudraraju comes from the University of Michigan, where he’s been a graduate …
November 22, 2016Focus on New Faculty: Varun Jog, Mining Big Data for Big Attitudes
Varun Jog puts a modern spin on the old proverb “people are known by the company they keep” by applying advanced mathematical tools to analyze interpersonal connections within social networks. People’s social interactions dramatically shape how …
November 17, 2016Focus on New faculty: Dimitris Papailiopoulos, Speeding Up Machine Learning Pipelines
The world of science and technology is currently being reshaped by machine learning. At the heart of machine learning are algorithms whose aim is to mimic the complex processes of human learning, but on a …
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