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Facilitating augmented learning using AI
11/14/19
Fei Xu and Bhargava Urala Kota, both PhD students in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and part of UB’s Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors (CUBS), received Best Paper Awards at the 15 International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR).
17 SEAS faculty and staff recognized at UB's Celebration of Excellence
11/3/19
Seventeen faculty and staff from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences are among those who were honored for notable achievement, service and teaching at UB's 16th annual Celebration of Faculty and Staff Academic Excellence.
With artificial intelligence, UB researchers aim to improve diabetes care
10/31/19

Team receives $200,000 JDRF grant to develop hybrid model to better understand blood glucose and insulin dynamics.

Sixth Annual SEAS Awards Night honors alumni, corporate partners and students
10/30/19
On Thursday, October 3, 2019, over 100 members of the UB community gathered in Slee Hall to honor exceptional alumni, students and corporate partners at the Sixth Annual School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Awards Night.
Student rocket flies to 15th at the Spaceport America Cup
10/25/19
On the tenth floor of Furnas Hall sit three 10-foot-high blue and white rockets. Though often the backdrop to students hanging out, studying, and talking about space, these aren’t just any rockets – they’ve each been built entirely by hand, travelled to New Mexico and back for the annual Spaceport America Cup, and – most impressively – travelled thousands of feet into the atmosphere.
Can you believe your eyes? How deepfakes are coming for politics
10/24/19
The Financial Times quotes David Doermann, director of UB’s Artificial Intelligence Institute and an Empire Innovation Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, in an article titled, "Can you believe your eyes? How deepfakes are coming for politics."
SEAS and management students team up and win Healthcare Hackathon
10/17/19
When a family member is in surgery, a lack of information turns into stress, anxiety and uncertainty for those in the waiting room.
Facebook’s engineering director on 8 ways to think like an entrepreneur
10/15/19

After graduating from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences with a degree in computer engineering and spending a few years freelancing in Western New York, Tom Occhino, BS '07, was recruited to Silicon Valley to work as a software engineer at Facebook.

Three faculty receive IEEE Region 1 awards
10/14/19

This year, three faculty members in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering were recognized by the Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers (IEEE) Region 1 chapter for their technological innovation.

DARPA seeks advancements in urban autonomous swarm tactics, technologies to enhance physical testbeds
10/3/19
Homeland Preparedness News mentioned that UB was among the research centers for recently awarded Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contract applications of AI.