SEAS in the News

WIVB-TV reports on how 5G wireless technology promises to make computing and information sharing much faster. The station interviewed Filippo Malandra, assistant professor of research in the Department of Electrical Engineering, who said 5G transmissions are over a shorter distance and narrowly focused, which is more advantageous in cities than in rural areas.

FOX News featured a story on DARPA developing a hypersonic ‘glide breaker’ that would knock missile threats out of the sky.

WKBW-TV and other local media outlets reported Friday on robot wars at UB, a popular event that is part of Engineers Week. “Everybody comes with their own design… everybody tackled the challenge their own way,” said engineering student and robot wars competitor Matthew Aungst.

The Toronto Sun and other Canadian newspapers report that UB engineers are studying the brain waves and eye movements of gamers in an effort to incorporate that data into artificial intelligence that would guide the behavior of teams of military robots.

In a WKBW-TV story about the TikTok app and its use by online predators despite its image as a child-friendly platform, Oliver Kennedy, associate professor of computer science and engineering, advised parents to be vigilant about what their children are downloading.

Articles published in FoxNews and the New York Post mentioned that a UB team was funded by DARPA to study the brain waves and eye movements of gamers to help build an advanced AI system that could control the actions of military robots.