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PI: Martin Herbordt, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, ENG Co-PI: Mayank Varia, Research Associate Professor of Computer Science, CAS Track: HIC & Red Hat Collaboratory Datasets can tell a great story and provide critical insights in almost every aspect of society. Unfortunately, guaranteeing privacy can slow this process, and critical insights otherwise unavailable can be gained by […]
PI: Jennifer Beane, Assistant Professor of Medicine, MED Track: Digital Health Initiative Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death, and the pre-cancer lesion is an important clinical indicator of lung cancer risk to help therapies intercept the cancer development process in the early stage to increase survival. In this case, the team proposes a software […]
PI: Swathi Kiran, Associate Dean, SAR Co-PI: Margrit Betke, Professor of Computer Sciences, CAS Track: Digital Health Initiative & Artificial Intelligence Research Over 2 million people are currently living with aphasia due to a stroke, and the patients do not know whether they will ever recover to improve their communication/cognitive skills. Aphasia therapy is prescribed largely on clinical […]
PI: Mahesh Karra, Assistant Professor of Global Development Policy, CAS Track: HIC In some low- and middle- income countries, transactions between the buyers and the sellers are often conducted informally and are based on credibility. Formalizing contracts can be important and beneficial. The team wants to measure the potential advantages of formalizing contracts. By conducting a field […]
PI: Vijaya B. Kolachalama, Assistant Professor of Medicine, MED Co-PI: Rhoda Au, Professor of Anatomy & Neurobiology, MED Track: Digital Health Initiative & Artificial Intelligence Research Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a disease that will require a high cost of care, and the total amount keeps rising. Identifying risk factors that are amenable to intervention at the preclinical […]
PI: M. Patricia Fabian, Research Assistant Professor of Environment Health, SPH Co-PI: Lucy Hutyra, Associate Professor of Earth and Environment, CAS Track: HIC & Urban Climate Initiative Urban green space can impact communities by mitigating the effects of heatwaves, reducing the rates of urban runoff, and moderating heat islands. Exposure to green space will also lead to various […]
PI: Dan Li, Assistant Professor of Earth and Environment, CAS Co-PI: Kia Teymourian, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, MET Track: Urban Climate Initiative As more and more of the population lives in the city, it is more and more challenging to understand and make predictions of heat transfer and dispersion of air pollutants over urban environments. The […]
PI: Alan Marscher, Professor OF Astronomy, CAS Co-PIs: Svetlana Jorstad, Senior Research Scientist of Institute for Astrophysical Research; Manasvita Joshi, Research Assistant of Institute for Astrophysical Research Track: HIC The team proposed to develop procedures to cross-compare astronomical time series data, obtained at different wavelengths, of highly variable cosmic objects called “blazars”. The analysis will require new techniques […]
PI: Kaija Schilde, Assistant Professor of International Relations, CAS Track: HIC Researchers, journalists, and citizens have used the Freedom of Information (FOIA) Requests since 1965 as a proxy for transparency and democratic oversight. The researcher hypothesized that increases in transparency requests in a given area will produce increased government outsourcing in that area to shield themselves from […]
PI: Allyson Sgro, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, ENG Co-PI: Pankaj Mehta, Associate Professor of Physics, CAS Track: HIC & Artificial Intelligence Research While standard modeling techniques can describe and predict biological behaviors, they fall short of offering strategies for manipulation and reprogramming. The team hypothesizes that single cells have algorithms for interpreting their environment and that […]