Viruses like SARS-CoV-2 don’t respect boundaries, moving between species and continents and leaving destruction as they go. Beating the next pathogen with pandemic potential means getting good at crossing borders ourselves — between fields of study, between research universities, and between scientists and the wider community. An $18 million grant announced by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) will […]

James Weichert is a master’s degree student in the Department of Computer Science. His advisor is Hoda Eldardiry. Weichert’s research focuses on artificial intelligence (AI) ethics, computer science education, and AI policy. He is interested in how current computer science students perceive advancements in AI and the landscape of AI regulation, and in developing AI […]

The Innovation Campus Academic Building One (new home to the Sanghani Center for Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics) set to open early next year, has cutting-edge features and is being built with technology befitting of a university committed to expanding the workforce in the areas of computer science and computer engineering. Read full story here.

While not a perfect system, human reasoning still outshines artificial intelligence (AI) in a number of critical areas. One Virginia Tech researcher wants to help change that. Insufficient logical reasoning capability in AI can be a disadvantage when trying to tackle complex problems like diagnosing and treating rare diseases and detecting and disrupting financial fraud, […]

When Lance Collins was named vice president and executive director of the Virginia Tech Innovation Campus in August 2020, he knew that in addition to tailoring the campus approach to the demands of the greater Washington, D.C., metro area, he needed to let the strengths of the faculty lead the way. “Our goal is to build a […]

Sha Li is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Computer Science. Her advisor is Naren Ramakrishnan. Her research interest is in machine learning and data mining. She is currently working on forecasting, natural language processing, and social media analytics.  

Harish Babu Manogaran is a master’s degree student in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. His advisor is Anuj Karpatne. His research focuses on the application of interpretable artificial intelligence models for evolutionary trait identification from images. In particular, he is working on exploring various self-supervised learning approaches to improve the interpretability of […]

For Sanghani Center students interning at tech companies, corporations, and research labs from coast to coast, the benefits are threefold: they gain on the job work experience; they contribute to solving real-world problems; and what they learn enhances their own research interests. Summer 2024 finds them at places as varied at GE Healthcare, Amazon, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, […]

A teenager sends some explicit pictures requested by a new online love interest, only to get a blackmail threat from someone in another country.  A tween goes to meet a teen girl who bought her jewelry online, but she’s greeted by a man she doesn’t know.  From the threat of “sextortion” to cybergrooming, children and […]

Tanner Fredieu, a Ph.D. student in Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer engineering, is a software system engineer in the Mission Systems Engineering Division at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Since May 2023, he has led the design, development, and deployment of deep learning-based computer vision systems for satellites operating in low-Earth orbit. His […]