Utilizing Machine Learning to Tackle Biology’s Toughest Challenges
An intercollegiate group of researchers led by Associate Professor Dan Sheldon has released BirdFlow, a novel predictive model capable of accurately forecasting the flight pattern of migratory birds--one of the most difficult tasks in biology.
CICS Team to Participate in Alexa Prize TaskBot Challenge
A team led by doctoral student Chris Samarinas and advised by Assistant Professor Hamed Zamani is, again, one of just ten teams selected worldwide to participate in the Amazon Alexa Prize TaskBot Challenge.
A UMass team led by Associate Professor Jie Xiong won the prestigious ACM SenSys Best Paper Award for research detailing that waste energy from Visual Light Communication can be harvested using the human body as an antenna.
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The Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences (CICS) at UMass Amherst announces the appointment of twelve new tenure-track and teaching faculty in 2023 for its expanding academic and research programs.
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Alzheimer's Disease, a debilitating and degenerative brain disease that has no cure, affects approximately 5.8-million people in the United States, but early detection is the most promising approach. Now, project leader and principal investigator (... Read more »
Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences (CICS) sixth-year doctoral student, Manasa Kalanadhabhatta, has received the 2023 UbiComp Gaetano Borriello Outstanding Student Award in recognition of her significant contributions to the field... Read more »
The UMass Amherst Cybersecurity Institute held its inaugural hackathon on Friday, October 13, bringing together CICS graduate students and faculty with cybersecurity industry professionals to focus on tools to make mobile apps safe for children. Read more »