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UK’s Brent Seales launches global competition to decipher Herculaneum scrolls

The computer science professor is leading a global competition to read the charred scrolls after demonstrating that an artificial intelligence program can successfully extract letters and symbols from X-ray images from unrolled papyri too fragile to unroll.

UK alum co-founds app that turns outdoor exercise into a giant game

Destin George Bell graduated from UK in 2020 with a degree in marketing from the Gatton College of Business and Economics. He’s now the CEO and co-founder of the smartphone app Card.io, a gamified app turning any outdoor movement into a social competition.

UK Social Work launching Oculus VR support group for foster teens

Facilitators will use virtual reality to create a safe, compassionate environment for teens to share with one another and receive peer support.

UK, NSF-funded partners complete phase 1 to reimagine global cyberinfrastructure

The NSF-funded FABRIC project has completed Phase 1 in its work to establish a groundbreaking network testbed cyberinfrastructure to reimagine the way large amounts of data are generated, stored, analyzed and transmitted across the world.

NSF-funded Surface Engineering Research to Contribute to Air Safety

His NSF CAREER award will provide Schoop with $500,000 over five years to conduct research using artificial intelligence (AI) and high-speed microscopy to understand the impact of machining on material failure — like those responsible for plane crashes.

UK to Collaborate on $10 Million NSF Cyberinfrastructure Initiative

UK will collaborate on a five-year, $10 million National Science Foundation (NSF) initiative, to reimagine cyberinfrastructure user support services and delivery to keep pace with the evolving needs of academic scientific researchers.

AI Bot vs Live Agent? UK Researchers Examine Customer Responses

A new study discusses the implications for customer response and satisfaction when comparing service delivery from Artificial Intelligence versus live customer service agents.

UK Awarded $14 Million NSF Grant to Launch World-Class Cultural Heritage Lab

Using NSF funding, Brent Seales has gathered a team of experts from UK's College of Engineering and the College of Arts and Sciences to build EduceLab — UK’s vision for next-generation heritage science.

UK Libraries Welcomes Princeton Scholar Ruha Benjamin for Fall Lecture

“Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code.” will take place 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 12, in the UK Gatton Student Center. This event is free and open to the public.

NEH to Help UK Build One-of-a-Kind Lab for Imaging, Restoring Ancient Artifacts

Brent Seales, professor and chair of the Department of Computer Science, is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant to create EduceLab — a cultural heritage imaging and analysis laboratory.

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