Stay informed about new awards, breakthroughs, partnerships, and research events in the College of Information Science and Technology.
Fall 2024
- Dr. Kate Cooper's collaborative research on wearable sensors is highlighted in the Omaha World Herald. NU team developing wearable device to help people with chronic conditions get timely treatment. The team has produced prototype devices with electronics embedded in a kind of patch that can stick to the chest, like a bandage. The idea is that patients would wear it as they go about their daily activities, and it would record and upload data in real-time.
- The inaugural C-BYTES Research Showcase and Student Competition is scheduled for November 19, 2024. A unique opportunity for graduate and undergraduate students to hone their research communication skills, network with faculty and IS&T professionals, and win prizes. This first C-BYTES event will focus on projects that fit within the AI & Advanced Computing Systems research Collaboratorium.
- Chun-Hua Tsai, Ph.D., Working with other UNO Researchers on Elevating Indigenous Voices in AI: A Journey Toward Abundant Intelligence supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation
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Joel Elson, Ph.D., and Erin Kearns, Ph.D., have patented a chatbot technology that modernizes suspicious events and threat reporting, making it more accessible and efficient.
Spring 2024
- Dr. Jorge Fandino received the prestigious NSF CAREER Award.
CAREER: Answer Set Programming for Quantitative Information Read more about it here.