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Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, together with scientists at a conservation ranch in Montana, developed a method that trains machine learning models to detect invasive species more ...

At Carnegie Mellon University, researchers are building sophisticated models to forecast the impact on the nation's power grid and to forge the path toward resilient, cost-effective and low-emission ...

AI-SDM managing director Norm Gottron’s wide-ranging to-do list includes everything from crunching numbers and filing reports to organizing a last-minute meeting with a delegation from Turkmenistan.

A project developed by a team of ETC students began with a simple idea: making a VR pet that could substitute for the real ones they’d left behind to come to Carnegie Mellon University.

Castañeda joins CMU from Teachers College, Columbia University, where she most recently served as vice president for enrollment management and student success.

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute (RI) have developed an AI-powered vision system that helps drones safely detect and avoid other aircraft in crowded skies, without ...

Ramayya Krishnan, founding faculty director of the Block Center for Technology and Society, will step down from his leadership role with the center in July 2025 after more than five years of guiding ...

Well, cells have confounders, too.” As one example of how causarray can be used, Roeder said that the tool will be essential in the analysis of data from CRISPR (which stands for clustered regularly ...

Pennsylvania’s national competitiveness as a hub for AI and energy technology brought the nation’s top decision-makers to Carnegie Mellon University July 15 for the inaugural Energy and Innovation ...

It will be important to tap open source models to reduce AI’s energy demand, and Carnegie Mellon University is at the forefront of exploring this opportunity. Why it matters: Transparency about the AI ...

America’s electric grid represents a ‘soft target’ for international adversaries in the AI arms race. The country needs a new grid security framework to adapt to the changing nature of the threat. Why ...