Brink Bites: Tracking Endangered Frogs, Why Concentration Wanders, Studying Kids’ Beliefs
Other research news, stories, and tidbits from around BU, including an AI system for detecting frog calls, a study of disrupted attention, and a project to examine children’s belief formation.
Inauguration 2024 Research on Tap Celebrates BU’s Power to Bring Scholars Together to Better Our World
Event showcased some of BU’s star researchers, celebrating how they cross and blur disciplinary boundaries in the pursuit of change
Six BU Researchers Win Prestigious Early-Career Award
NSF CAREER awards recognize BU researchers innovating in biomedical engineering, artificial intelligence, molecular biology, and more
New AI Program from BU Researchers Could Predict Likelihood of Alzheimer’s Disease
By analyzing speech patterns, machine learning model can say with a high degree of accuracy whether someone with mild cognitive impairment will develop Alzheimer’s-associated dementia within six years
Is AI Biased against Some Groups and Spreading Misinformation and Extreme Views?
BU computer scientists will use support from first-of-its-kind federal AI pilot program to scrutinize artificial intelligence for “socially undesirable behavior”
Can the Bias in Algorithms Help Us See Our Own?
New research by Questrom’s Carey Morewedge shows that people recognize more of their biases in algorithms’ decisions than they do in their own—even when those decisions are the same
Can Cleaner Classroom Air Help Kids Do Better at School?
In a collaborative project with Boston Public Schools, a BU environmental health researcher is studying ways to improve indoor air quality in classrooms
2023 Was the Hottest Year on Record: Current Climate Action Isn’t Enough to Halt Global Warming
BU energy expert Cutler Cleveland uses data visualizations to show what the US and other nations must do to stop the planet from overheating
We Need Stronger Safeguards from Artificial Intelligence
BU law professor Woodrow Hartzog argues that current AI policies and oversights are far too weak, calling on Congress to move beyond what he calls “half measures”
Should You Use Threads, Meta’s New Twitter Rival, or Is It a “Privacy Nightmare”?
BU online advertising expert on how tech companies use our data and sensitive information, and whether the US should better protect our privacy