Feng Xiong received a CAREER Award for an AI energy efficiency project
The project aims to make computers complete cognitive tasks using less energy.
2 Pitt researchers were named National Academy of Inventors fellows
Rob Rutenbar and William Federspiel joined the 2019 class, obtaining the highest professional distinction accorded solely to academic inventors.
8 Pitt people received Mascaro Faculty Program in Sustainability Awards
The one-year awards go to faculty members from all disciplines.
A Pitt Engineering team won an award for an ASL translator device
The undergraduates took the Bronze Award at the InnovateFPGA 2019 Global Contest Regional Final.
Alumna Lia Winter was a finalist in an innovation competition
Her trademarked patent, the EasyWhip, created a new whip stitching method that improves graft accuracy and overall patient outcomes.
Bioengineering Researcher Gelsy Torres-Oviedo Awarded Grant to Study Stroke Patients
Gelsy Torres-Oviedo, assistant professor of bioengineering in Pitt’s Swanson School of Engineering, recently received a $805,670 CAREER Award by the National Science Foundation to apply a novel approach to improve locomotor learning in stroke patients.
These Pitt researchers will create a vision system mimicking human sight
The project by Ryad Benosman and Feng Xiong earned $500,000 from the National Science Foundation.