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Rongqing Hui
In November, the Board of Directors of Optica announced the election of 121 members from 23 countries to the Society’s 2026 Fellow Class. KU electrical engineering and computer science (EECS) professor and Institute for Information Sciences (I2S) researcher Rongqing Hui is among them.
KU researchers host panel discussion on AI
Recently, faculty from the Institute for Information Sciences (I2S) and the School of Medicine joined a panel discussion as part of the Collaborative Research Lunch series on the topic of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The panel was moderated by David Tamez, assistant research professor in the Institute for Information Sciences.
A chatbot with eyes and a smiling face taking part in a virtual therapy session.
A study from the University of Kansas and University of Southern California measured which nonverbal behaviors indicate that people are forming connections in a support group, particularly in virtual groups. The researchers also examined the feasibility of using machine learning in support groups.