The Maine College of Engineering and Computing (MCEC) strives to solve some of the world’s most pressing coastal challenges, from rising sea levels to hazardous algae blooms. Nine researchers from the University of Maine attended the Physics of Estuaries and Coastal Seas (PECS) conference in Bordeaux, France, presenting their research alongside top international scientists and […]
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University of Maine Ph.D. candidate Amanda Ignacz has received the prestigious Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award from the National Institutes of Health.
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Professor of new media Jon Ippolito was a remote participant in a panel at the American University in Cairo on AI-driven assessment hosted by Times Higher Education for the Digital Universities: Arab World conference. The panel took place on September 18. Learn more here.
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Assistant professor of management and computing ethics Manuel Wörsdörfer has co-authored a policy paper that was recently published. The paper’s title is In Search of “Laws of Robotics”: Merging Constitutional AI with Constitutional Economics, and it was published by the Centres for European Policy Network (CEP). From the abstract: “Increasingly powerful AI systems present politicians and developers with ever greater […]
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Sepideh Ghanavati, assistant professor in the School of Computing and Information Science, co-authored a paper that recently received recognition at a major conference. Gahnavati, along with co-authors Sarah Santos, Travis Breaux, Sara Haghighi and Tom Norton, wrote a paper titled “Requirements Satisfiability with In-Context Learning” and won the RE24 Challenge Award for Research Track at the RE24 Conference. The research challenge, […]
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Professor of spatial computing Nick Giudice played a key role as a contributor to an award-winning paper about developing robot guide dogs to assist the visually impaired. The paper – which is titled “Toward Robotic Companions: Understanding Handler-Guide Dog Interactions for Informed Guide Dog Robot Design” and can be found here – came from a study led by […]
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Assistant professor of spatial computing Nimesha Ranasinghe was recently featured on The Vergecast podcast to discuss his work with taste sensations and taste simulation in virtual reality. Ranasinghe walks the listener through his research on sending electrical pulses to your tongue to manipulate different taste sensations like salty, sweet, sour, and bitter. He also talks about how his research led […]
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Manuel Wörsdörfer, assistant professor of management and computing ethics, recently had a paper accepted for publication in Philosophy & Technology, one of the world’s leading computer ethics journals. The paper is titled “Biden’s Executive Order on AI and the E.U.’s AI Act: A Comparative Computer-Ethical Analysis.” From the abstract: “AI (ethics) initiatives are essential in bringing about fairer, safer, and more trustworthy AI systems. […]
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Congratulations to our Outstanding Graduating Graduate Students in May 2024: Overall, we awarded 35 graduate degrees in the 2023/24 academic year to the students in the Information Systems , Spatial Informatics, Geographic Information Systems, Spatial Information Science and Engineering, and Data Science and Engineering graduate programs. The outstanding graduating students in these programs are: PhD […]
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Prof. Emeritus Albert Co of the Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at The University of Maine has been elected as a fellow of The Society of Rheology and will be inducted at the SoR Austin Meeting in October 2024. For the list of 2024 SoR Fellows and details, see SoR 2024 Fellows.
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