SURF Project Bridges Data Divides in Health Care
Under the mentorship of Ph.D. student Venkatesh Sivaraman, Ziyong Ma spent the summer developing a tool designed to help clinicians query medical databases without needing programming expertise.
Mixing Lab Rigor with Real Life, CMU Researchers Craft New Recipe for Groundbreaking Alcohol Studies
By studying drinking in a controlled social environment, CMU researchers can learn how drinking unfolds in real time between people — an innovative approach that brings the rigor of the lab closer to the authentic social contexts where alcohol use usually occurs.
Alcoholism Study Grants SURF Student Entry Point Into Psychology Research
Carnegie Mellon University senior Solomon Wechter, majoring in global studies and art, said his interest in psychology led him to research on alcohol use disorder conducted by Kasey Creswell, leading sessions with participants in the Drinking in Young Adult Duos study for his Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship SURF) project.
Researchers Identify New Target To Fight Antibiotic Resistance
Carnegie Mellon University researchers have uncovered a vulnerability in bacteria that could pave the way for an entirely new class of treatments.
Researchers Unlock Clues to the Origin of the Longest Gamma-ray Burst Ever Observed
Astronomers have observed the longest-ever gamma-ray burst — a powerful, extragalactic explosion that lasted more than seven hours. Observations from a team led by Carnegie Mellon University are providing crucial information about the possible origin of this unusual event.
Blending Humanistic Inquiry and Technology, Carnegie Mellon Leads a New Era of Cultural Study and Research
Carnegie Mellon University will introduce new academic programs and resources for students and researchers to blend traditional humanistic inquiry with computational methods like computer vision, machine learning, network analysis and data visualization.
From Summer Research to Smarter AI
Aidan Zhang arrived at CMU from Canada with a deep curiosity about artificial intelligence and a desire to explore its boundaries. Now, he's taking on one of AI's more complex challenges: improving how models generate and refine code.
Quantum Hide-and-Seek: SURF Project Automates Finding the Invisible
Patrick Kaczmarek, a junior at Carnegie Mellon University majoring in applied physics and mechanical engineering, was awarded a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) to work on a project that blends quantum physics, robotics and machine learning — all in pursuit of making the invisible visible.
CMU-Backed PennSTART Project To Bring Training, Testing and Jobs to the Region
Carnegie Mellon University’s Safety21 U.S. Department of Transportation National University Transportation Center helped shape the vision for PennSTART — the Pennsylvania Safety Transportation and Research Track — now under construction.
Speaking Their Language: CMU's New AI Lets Kids Hear Their Own Corrected Voice
Researchers in CMU's Language Technologies Institute have created an AI tool that could help fix a child's speech and preserve their identity and personality by allowing them to hear the reconstructed speech in their own voice.
CMU Junior Creates New Tool To Inspect Epilepsy Data
To help scientists learn more about epilepsy, Alan Song has used a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship to build a new software package that displays brain activity data for epilepsy in a revolutionary way.
Hands-On Experience Helps Rales Fellow En Route to Role as Additive Manufacturing Engineer
Cameron Drewery, a member of the first cohort of CMU’s Rales Fellows Program, is now working as an additive manufacturing engineer for Nikon AM Synergy in Long Beach, California.