February 13, 2023
Bring up robot-human relations, and you’re bound to conjure images of famous futuristic robots, from the Terminator to C-3PO. But, in fact, the robot invasion has already begun. Devices and programs, including digital voice assistants, predictive text and household appliances, are smart, and getting smarter. It doesn’t do, though, for computers to be all brain and no heart. Computer scientist Aniket Bera, an associate professor of computer science in Purdue University’s College of Science, is working to make sure the future is a little more “Big Hero 6” and a little less Skynet. From therapy chatbots to intuitive assistant robots to smart search and rescue drones to computer modeling and graphics, his lab works to optimize computers for a human world. “The goal of my research is to use AI to improve human life,” Bera said. “Humans, human behavior and human emotions are at the center of everything I do.” Bera is an expert in the interdisciplinary field of affective computing: using machine learning and other computer science methods to program artificial intelligence programs to better incorporate and understand human behavior and emotion.
Purdue New:You’ve got to have heart: Computer scientist works to help AI comprehend human emotions
February 13, 2023
Bring up robot-human relations, and you’re bound to conjure images of famous futuristic robots, from the Terminator to C-3PO. But, in fact, the robot invasion has already begun. Devices and programs, including digital voice assistants, predictive text and household appliances, are smart, and getting smarter. It doesn’t do, though, for computers to be all brain and no heart.
Purdue News: You’ve got to have heart: Computer scientist works to help AI comprehend human emotions
February 10, 2023
The PurdueWomen’s Global Health Institute has awarded six women’s health research grants for 2022.
Purdue News: Women’s Global Health Institute awards 6 women’s health research grants
February 9, 2023
Purdue’s Shandey Malcolm promotes positive health behaviors in at-risk adolescents
February 9, 2023
A single oral dose of the antibiotic azithromycin can reduce the risk of postpartum sepsis and death among women who deliver vaginally by one-third, according to a large multi-country clinical trial funded by the National Institutes of Health. Only 1.6% of women in the study who received azithromycin during labor developed sepsis or died within six weeks after delivery, compared to 2.4% of those who received placebo. Azithromycin did not reduce the risk of stillbirth, newborn sepsis or newborn death.
February 3, 2023
Our environment and experiences over the first 1,000 days of life have an enormous influence on our growing brain and long-term wellbeing, said Dr. Laura Stroud at the annual Stephen E. Straus Distinguished Lecture in the Science of Complementary Therapies.
February 2, 2023
Leaders from the National Institutes of Health and partner organizations outline NIH’s COVID-19 research response in a policy forum(link is external) in the journal Science. The authors also reflect on crucial lessons learned that will inform the public health research response to future pandemics. The authors emphasize that by building on decades of basic and applied research and convening all sectors in highly collaborative partnerships, the biomedical research community was able to quickly develop vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lessons learned from the NIH-led research response to COVID-19
February 1, 2023
Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have developed a new method to process MRI scans to reveal the distinct compartments of the placenta, take measurements of oxygen levels in each region and determine if there are malformations in blood vessels (i.e., placental lesions). Obtaining this level of detail is currently not possible using standard MRI analysis methods. The small study was supported by NIH’s Human Placenta Project, which is led by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD).
New MRI method provides detailed view of the placenta during pregnancy
February 1, 2023
OmniVis, which focuses on the speed, accuracy and economics of pathogen detection, has received $100,000 from the Purdue Ag-Celerator, an agriculture innovation fund.
Purdue News: Ag-Celerator fund invests $100,000 in pathogen detection company
January 31, 2023
Please join us on Friday, February 17, 2023 for the Indiana CTSI Winter Retreat, held on the campus of Purdue University. There will also be a virtual retreat option for those who cannot attend in person.
