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3/6/2023
AI's mysterious 鈥榖lack box鈥 problem, explained
Artificial intelligence can do amazing things that humans can鈥檛, but in many cases, we have no idea how AI systems make their decisions. UM-Dearborn Associate Professor Samir Rawashdeh explains why that鈥檚 a big deal....
2/22/2023
If robots could talk (or at least make intelligible sounds)
During a recent NSF-funded project, Assistant Professor Alireza Mohammadi stumbled on an interesting discovery that could make it easier to understand what robots might be trying to tell us....
1/9/2023
How can we make the electric grid more resilient to cyberattacks?
UM-Dearborn faculty are teaming up with the U.S. Department of Energy and GE to protect power systems from a serious emerging threat....
11/30/2022
UM-Dearborn officially cuts the ribbon on the Omron Robotics and Human Factors Lab
The teaching and research lab features a special class of robots called 鈥渃obots,鈥 which will help students explore the frontiers of human-robot collaboration....
10/12/2022
Have we been thinking about autonomous vehicles all wrong?
UM-Dearborn Assistant Professor Jaerock Kwon sees driverless vehicles not as giant computers, but as cognitive beings with bodies....
10/3/2022
UM-Dearborn announces inaugural Chancellor's Inclusive Excellence Fellows
Professor Hafiz Malik and Associate Professor Terri Laws will work on two projects designed to make campus a more inclusive place to learn, teach and do research....
9/28/2022
UM-Dearborn is getting a really cool new autonomous research vehicle
Driverless vehicle research on campus is about to get a big boost thanks to a new National Science Foundation grant....
7/18/2022
鈥楤uild stuff. Be cool鈥
Why the MSEL, UM-Dearborn鈥檚 machine shop, is still an essential stop on the pathway to becoming a standout engineer. ...
6/27/2022
After years of effort, why aren鈥檛 engineering programs more diverse?
Leaders in UM-Dearborn鈥檚 College of Engineering and Computer Science talk about why universities aren鈥檛 gaining more ground when it comes to recruitment of women and Black students 鈥 and some new approaches that could finally transform the college....
6/6/2022
Why proteins could make for amazing nanobots
A fascinating new NSF-funded project from UM-Dearborn Assistant Professor Alireza Mohammadi is exploring what proteins and robots may have in common. ...
