SCS News 2022

October 2022

A collage of cats with altered eyes that make them look more sinister.

Spooky SCS: A Round-Up of Chilling Research

By Kayla Papakie and Aaron Aupperlee - Monday, October 31, 2022
People sit in an auditorium during an event.

Pawn to Queen Four: CMU Celebrates 50 Years of Speech Research

By Aaron Aupperlee - Friday, October 28, 2022
Portrait of Kiran Bhat.

Alumni Profile: Bhat Makes Animation Magic

By Susie Cribbs - Thursday, October 27, 2022
A robotic arm with two flat prongs representing the hand grasps a blue hand towel. An inset in the upper right corner shows a close up of the pronged fingers and the sensor strip attached to them.

Robots That Can Feel Cloth Layers May One Day Help With Laundry

By Stacey Federoff - Wednesday, October 26, 2022
A robotic arm with two flat prongs representing the hand grasps a blue hand towel. An inset in the upper right corner shows a close up of the pronged fingers and the sensor strip attached to them.

Visualization Tool Helps Law Enforcement Identify Human Trafficking

By Aaron Aupperlee - Tuesday, October 25, 2022
A map of the Martian surface, with a highlight in green that shows how a robot could make decisions to balance safety with scientific discovery.

Balancing Risk and Reward in Planetary Exploration

CMU Researchers Develop New Approach for Conducting Automated Science in Space

By Aaron Aupperlee - Monday, October 24, 2022
Logo for CMU CS Academy, which appears like hand-drawn block letters and contains the initiative's URL.

From The LINK: Building Equity in the Next Generation of Computer Scientists

By Kevin O'Connell - Thursday, October 20, 2022
An internet of things label for a smart doorbell shows its make, model and place of manufacture; and also lists what visual and audio data is collected and how it is used.

CMU Presents Internet of Things Privacy and Security Research at White House Summit

By Ryan Noone - Wednesday, October 19, 2022
A robotic hand grasps the door of a miniature refrigerator and opens it.

Research Highlight: Enabling Robot Interaction With Articulated Objects

By Aaron Aupperlee - Wednesday, October 19, 2022
Four screen shots from a cell phone show the progression of solving a math problem with the AI math tutoring program.

HCII Researchers Awarded $2M Grant To Test AI-Based Mobile Tutoring Software

By Kayla Papakie - Tuesday, October 18, 2022
Collaged portraits of Zhihao Jia, Shinji Watanabe, Pradeep Ravikumar and Andrej Risteski.

SCS Faculty Receive Amazon AWS AI Research Awards

By Aaron Aupperlee - Friday, October 14, 2022
The MLD25 logo features a word cloud making the letters two and five, featuring words like pattern recognition, supervised learning, deep learning and more.

Machine Learning Department Celebrates 25th Anniversary

By Aaron Aupperlee - Friday, October 14, 2022
The Rapid Flow logo superimposed on a aerial view of a busy urban intersection.

Miovision Acquires SCS Spinout Rapid Flow Technologies

By Aaron Aupperlee - Thursday, October 13, 2022
Portrait of Siddha Ganju.

Ganju To Receive CMU's Outstanding Recent Alumni Award

By Susie Cribbs - Thursday, October 13, 2022
The AB crown logo.

CMU-Led Team Achieves Back-To-Back Wins at Neural Network Verification Competition

By Kayla Papakie - Wednesday, October 12, 2022
A man and child build a tower from blocks on a table, while a screen in the background shows a digital version of the tower and a gorilla that gives advice for making the tower stable.

AI-Powered Museum Exhibit Shows Technology's Potential in Education

NoRILLA One of Six Projects Selected for Exhibit at CaixaForum in Spain

By Kayla Papakie - Tuesday, October 11, 2022
Portraits of Virginia Smith and Steven Wu.

Smith, Wu Earn Meta Award for Privacy-Enhancing Research

By Susie Cribbs - Thursday, October 6, 2022
A sign at a outdoor gathering says Black Lives Matter.

Researchers Study Tweets To Understand Roles of Optimism and Hope in the Black Lives Matter Movement

By Aaron Aupperlee - Tuesday, October 4, 2022
Two human forearms and hands rest on a turquoise table. The left wrist sports a yellow fitness tracker. The right hand holds a smartphone.

Machine Learning Model Predicts Health Conditions of People With MS During Stay-at-Home Periods

CMU-Led Team Develops Method Using Passively Gathered Smartphone, Fitness Tracker Data

By Aaron Aupperlee - Monday, October 3, 2022

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