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Human Augmentation Exhibit

Imagining our augmented now and the future through the lens of AI artThe artwork is generated by Mostafa 'Neo' Mohsenvand,  using AI t…
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Keeper: Online conversation support scaffolding modeled after ancient and modern social technologies

Emergence, when an entity is observed to have properties its parts do not have on their own, is an awe inducing phenomenon seen within natu…
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Yourfeed

Yourfeed is a modular tool for ecologically valid social media research. Designed to mirror the design of a social media newsfeed, Yourfeed…
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SenseMate: an AI-based platform to support qualitative coding

Many community organizations want to engage in conversations with their constituents but lack the support they need to analyze feedback. Mo…
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AI Alchemy Lab

Al·che·my is the process of transformation, creation, and combination. It is in this conceptual space that we frame the convergence of huma…
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Robot Companion for Better Wellbeing

Globally, depression affects more than 264 million people of all ages, and is a leading cause of disability worldwide. Several interactive …
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News Bridge

Engaging politically diverse audiences on social mediaNews Bridge studied how the language that a media outlet – PBS’ Frontline – uses to p…
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Economic growth with mobility network

This project seeks to examine the determinants of economic growth by using large-scale urban mobility networks. Leveraging the fine-grained…
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Bounce-Flash Lidar

In photography, illuminating a subject directly using an on-camera flash can result in unflattering photos. To avoid this, photographers o…
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Automatic Assessment of Block-Based Machine Learning Projects

We developed an automatic code analysis tool, LevelUp, to support educators and learners and built it into a block-based programming platfo…
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Toolkit for real-world performance evaluation of medical grade deep learning models

MotivationResearch studies from Dr. Shah's lab have described several deep learning methods and models to assist clinical decision-making u…
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Voice Your Choice: Creating a Community Engagement Process for New Magnet Programs in Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools

Effective community engagement is critical in diverse organizations, such as school districts. However, current methods, including surveys,…
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A Conversational Agent for Dynamic Procedural Interactions

Instructed learning is ever-present throughout our lives. An element of it, How-To questions, (e.g., “How do I cook rice?”, “How do I write…
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Flying Dreams

This project is a subset of the larger Dream Hotel project ongoing with CAST Visiting Artist Carsten Höller. The Room for Flying Dreams is …
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MAS.552 Modeling Zero-Carbon Cities - Students projects - Fall 2021

Climate change presents an existential threat to human civilization, and the IPCC report of August 2021 sounds like “a death knell for coal…
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MAS.552 Modeling low-carbon entrepreneurial cities - Students projects - Spring 2022

Climate change presents an existential threat to human civilization, and the IPCC report of August 2021 sounds “a death knell for coal and …
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The Smartphone Free Living Experiment

What is the real impact of your smartphone on your ability to deeply engage in your daily activities?David Ramsay sets out to answer that q…
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Impact.AI: K-12 AI Literacy

Today’s artificial intelligence (AI) technologies are changing how many people play, work, learn, and govern themselves. Due to this rapid …
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Sparki: An Interactive Learning Companion for AI Education

S.P.A.R.K.I. (Students' Personal Assistant for Reinforcing Knowledge and Innovation) is a GPT-powered chatbot that scaffolds children's wo…
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Using Shadows in Space-Time to See Hidden Objects

The goal of non-line-of-sight (NLOS) imaging is to image objects that lie outside the camera’s field of view. We use two-bounce light to pe…
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