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The mission of I2S is to sustain and grow national leadership in the creation, dissemination, and commercialization of new technologies in computer systems, communication systems, and radar systems.

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KU Engineering researcher receives NSF CAREER award for work on reliable healthcare AI

Zijun Yao, assistant professor of electrical engineering & computer science at the University of Kansas, earned a National Science Foundation CAREER award for a project that tackles a major hurdle in healthcare technology: teaching AI to understand a patient’s full medical history without losing sight of human clinical judgment.

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National Science Foundation honors KU Engineering researcher for protecting public trust in global supply chains

Sumaiya Shomaji, assistant professor of electrical engineering & computer science at the University of Kansas, is building a secure, high-tech tracking system powered by artificial intelligence. Her project, AuthenTrack, recently earned her a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award.

KU engineering associate dean named Vice Chair/Chair-Elect of ASEE Engineering Research Council

University of Kansas School of Engineering professor Suzanne Shontz has been named Vice Chair/Chair-Elect of the Engineering Research Council (ERC) of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). Her term began in June.

Photo of lead author Fairuz Shadmani Shishir at a poster session with his faculty advisor and coauthor Sumaiya Shomaji, assistant professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Kansas.

Researchers unveil method for safeguarding privacy of electrocardiograms

Researchers from the University of Kansas have developed a privacy-preserving AI model called (PP-VAE) to protect personally sensitive data about a patient’s sex, age, race and even exact identity derived from electrocardiogram signals.

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