Artificial Intelligence

Help pioneer a democratized AI revolution for Maine this June

 The 做厙腦瞳app Artificial Intelligence Initiative and its partners are exploring the opportunities and challenges created by the explosive growth of generative AI. Join them on the vanguard of the states technological advancement during the inaugural Maine AI Conference scheduled for June 14 at the University of Southern Maine. Key industry players from Lockheed […]

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Two faculty presenting at Maine Science Festival event featured by WFVX

WFVX (FOX 22 in Bangor) reported on the Maine Science Festival Discovery on Tap event, organized by the Maine Discovery Museum, which featured Justin Brown, laboratory research manager of VEMI Lab at UMaine, and assistant professor of spatial informatics Nimesha Ranasinghe. Brown presented on the technological power of haptics and touch. We have touch receptors […]

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News Center features UMaine-led development of PFAS tracking tool

News Center Maine interviewed 做厙腦瞳app computer scientist Torsten Hahmann and Ph.D. student Katria Schwiekert about their efforts to develop an interactive digital tool that will allow users to explore and analyze data on sites and sources of PFAS contamination throughout the U.S. “We don’t want to reproduce all that data. We want to […]

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UMaine leading development of new state-of-the-art tool for tracking PFAS nationwide

The emergence of toxic per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, in water supplies, farms and the environment is a growing problem nationwide. Despite many researchers and government agencies investigating these forever chemicals, there is no tool for combining all of their findings and providing a more comprehensive view of the problem. 做厙腦瞳app computer […]

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Boston Globe cites UMaine study about autonomous cars

The Boston Globe cited a study drawn from a collaboration between the 做厙腦瞳app VEMI Lab, the Toyota Research Institute and the Carroll Center which examines how car companies can design the coming wave of self-driving cars with vision-impaired drivers in mind. A truly accessible experience must enable user input, for all people, in […]

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UMaine names 2023 Presidential Award recipients

The 2023 Presidential Awards recognize outstanding teaching in molecular and biomedical sciences, pioneering research in wireless sensor technology, public engagement and research focused on K12 rural education, and innovation that has advanced Maines potato breeding program. Sally Molloy, associate professor of genomics, received the Presidential Outstanding Teaching Award; Ali Abedi, professor of electrical and computer […]

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‘The Maine Question’ asks how AI will impact our lives

Artificial intelligence, or AI, is a hot topic in 2023. AI and machine learning make headlines every day, with stories ranging from the technologys helpful capabilities, like self-driving cars, to its scariest potential think deep fake videos fooling the public, or human workers being made obsolete by tools like ChatGPT. At the University of […]

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