Researchers from UNC, including Distinguished Professor Ron Alterovitz and doctoral student Angelos Angelopoulos, describe how to transform science labs into automated factories of discovery by integrating robotic automation and AI.
Lilly Nekervis is working with Computer Science researchers to modify a robot dog to be a guide dog for people with visual impairments.
Since September 2022, Henry Fuchs, Danielle Szafir and others have collaborated with medical researchers at Carolina on the multifaceted Parkinson’s Project. Their PD-Insighter software combines graphics and data visualization to allow clinicians treating Parkinson’s disease to watch and analyze patient movement in real-world home scenarios.
Perched atop a hill in the Kathmandu Valley, the ancient Swayambhu Temple proudly reflects Nepal’s rich cultural tapestry. In a groundbreaking initiative this past October, Religious Studies Professor Lauren Leve and Computer Science Research Scientist Jim Mahaney traveled to Swayambhu to start the long process of capturing the data needed to create an accurate 3D model of the entire temple complex.
Members of UNC Computer Science’s VisuaLab received two Best Paper Honorable Mention awards from the 2023 IEEE Visualization Conference. Led by Danielle Szafir, the group undertakes research at the intersection of data science, visual cognition, and computer graphics, examining how visualization design enhances understanding and engagement with data.
In a recent paper: “Any-to-Any Generation via Composable Diffusion,” Microsoft Azure Cognitive Service Research and UNC NLP present CoDi, a novel generative model capable of processing and simultaneously generating content across multiple modalities.
