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Brent Seales discusses his groundbreaking work in reading ancient, carbonized Herculaneum scrolls and the future of EduceLab, a first-of-its-kind heritage science lab in Kentucky.

Hana Khamfroush, Ph.D., associate professor in the Pigman College of Engineering, recently received the prestigious National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award.

Researcher Yang Xiao, Ph.D., and his team are tackling a long-standing privacy challenge faced by many people who use cell phones — mobile tracking and automatic voice calls, commonly known as robocalls.

In this “UK at the Half,” a University of Kentucky professor helps unlock ancient secrets — putting the university in the national and international spotlight.

Brent Seales, computer science professor at the UK, (in partnership with EduceLab, the Library of the Institut de France and founders of the Vesuvius Challenge), presented a monumental breakthrough: for the first time in more than 2,000 years, text has been read from part of the still-closed Herculaneum scrolls.

Restoring an ancient library from the ashes of Mount Vesuvius is now closer to reality. To highlight the progress, this is the first in a four-video series featuring Brent Seales, UK Alumni Professor in the Department of Computer Science and his Digital Restoration Initiative team.

University of Kentucky faculty member John Nash dives into artificial intelligence’s utility in learning and its impact on the future of education.

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.

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.

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