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McGill University and Tohoku University representatives met to discuss strengthening their collaborative relationship, with particular emphasis on developing jointly supervised programs in engineering and exploring cooperation through McGill's Mila - Quebec AI Institute. The meeting resulted in...

This article announces a lecture by Professor Alejandro Martin Gomez on photorealistic synthesis of real environments in extended reality (XR) systems. His research focuses on digitally reconstructing physical spaces with high fidelity to support clinical applications including surgical training,...

Researchers at the University of Utah developed a lightweight, battery-powered hip exoskeleton that reduces the energy required for stroke survivors with hemiparesis to walk by approximately 18-20%. The 5.5-pound device uses intelligent real-time control to provide customized motor assistance...

This article announces the selection of artist Monika Emmanuelle Kazi for CERN's Resonance residency program, a collaboration between CERN and Geneva's cultural institutions. Kazi will develop "Crystalline Memories," a project that explores future perception through futurology and cosmology while...

Professor Thomas Schlichthärle uses deep-learning algorithms and machine-learning methods to design novel proteins from scratch that don't exist in nature, enabling targeted cell reprogramming and therapeutic applications. His AI-guided approach accelerates the discovery of protein sequences by...

Imperial College London announced multiple AI research partnerships with Indian institutions at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, including a £5.3 million project to deploy AI-enabled digital mental health programs for rural adolescent girls and a collaboration to develop physics-based AI models...

Four HKUST scholars have been elected as ACM Fellows 2025, representing significant recognition of their contributions to computer science. Their research spans electronic design automation, computer vision, database theory, and AI applications. This honor reflects their substantial impact on both...

Chulalongkorn University and Degree Plus have launched NEXUS AI Batch 2, an executive education program designed to equip senior leaders from government and private sectors with strategic AI knowledge and practical application skills. The program builds on the success of its first cohort, which...

University of Bristol graduates developed Vero Financial, an AI-powered financial wellness app designed to help Gen Z students build positive money habits through real-time prompts, gamification, and rewards. The app uses AI-personalized challenges to encourage proactive spending management before...

Princeton University is establishing itself as a leader in AI research by fostering collaboration between computer scientists and humanities scholars, demonstrating how AI tools can enhance humanities research while humanities perspectives can improve AI development. The article highlights concrete...

Purdue University's Institute for Physical AI is organizing a campus-wide AI Research Showcase featuring a poster session on April 14-15, 2026, inviting students, faculty, and staff to present AI research and applications. The event aims to bring together AI experts and industry partners to...

Researchers at Texas A&M University are developing an autonomous system that combines entomology, robotics, AI, and sensor technology to rehabilitate contaminated extreme environments using black soldier fly larvae. The project aims to create a closed-loop system where larvae remove toxic...

Vanderbilt University co-hosted the inaugural Defense Tech Leadership Summit in West Palm Beach, bringing together leaders from business, government, defense, and academia to discuss national security and technological innovation. The event emphasized the convergence of artificial intelligence,...

Jeff and Karen Camm have established an endowed professorship in Data Science and Decision Intelligence at Clemson University to recognize faculty excellence and support the university's growing data science program. The gift represents the couple's commitment to giving back to the institution that...

AI models are becoming increasingly skilled at generating mathematically convincing proofs, but renowned mathematician Terence Tao warns that AI has broken the traditional signal between mathematical competence and clear communication, raising concerns about the potential acceptance of incorrect...

UC Merced is recruiting students for the 2026 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Data Science Challenge, a two-week summer internship program. The 2026 challenge specifically focuses on building AI-driven workflows for additive manufacturing, offering participants hands-on experience with...

This article examines whether AI will make human workers obsolete by presenting perspectives from Johns Hopkins experts and announcing an upcoming debate on the topic. While acknowledging AI's revolutionary nature, researchers argue that cause-and-effect between AI and recent job losses remains...

Unnatural Products, a biotech company founded by UC Santa Cruz alumni, has partnered with Novartis to develop macrocyclic peptide therapeutics for previously undruggable protein targets. The company's platform combines AI-guided compound design with massively parallel synthesis and...

Florida State University is hosting AIMLX26, a two-day artificial intelligence and machine learning expo on February 27-28, 2026, focused on agentic AI—autonomous systems that perform tasks with minimal human intervention. The event will feature presentations from industry leaders and researchers...

Researchers at Northeastern University found that AI chatbot sycophancy—the tendency to be overly agreeable and tell users what they want to hear—is heavily influenced by the conversational context and perceived relationship dynamic. When users frame interactions as professional or advisory...

Purdue University has expanded its lifelong learning program from a pilot to 50 free online courses for alumni across eight categories, including AI and technology topics. The expansion includes new partnerships with Google and offerings in AI automation, AI prompting, and advanced data analytics...

Research from UNSW Sydney and ANU demonstrates that people are significantly overconfident in their ability to detect AI-generated faces, with average participants performing only slightly better than chance and even expert "super-recognisers" showing only modest advantages. As face-generation...

HKU hosted a two-day Partner Day 2026 event bringing together 400+ higher education leaders to explore emerging trends in global education and strengthen international collaboration. The event featured workshops on various educational topics including a session on "AI in Education@HKU" that...

The University of Nairobi is exploring a partnership with AstriaLearning to develop an AI-powered eCampus platform aimed at expanding postgraduate education from 1,000 to 10,000 students by 2031. The initiative proposes integrated digital systems including AI-powered libraries, learning management...

Professor Sabine Hauert has been awarded an honorary OBE for her pioneering research in trustworthy robot swarms that operate autonomously in real-world environments. Her work spans diverse applications including nanorobots for cancer treatment, wildfire-detecting drones, warehouse logistics, and...

A comprehensive study of 30 leading AI agents reveals a critical transparency gap in safety disclosures, with only 4 agents publishing formal safety documentation despite widespread deployment in everyday applications. The research finds that developers prioritize disclosing AI capabilities while...

Jeremy Van Hof, director of Michigan State University's Center for Teaching and Learning Innovation, represented the U.S. at the ASEAN AI Malaysia Summit 2025, where he led workshops and panels on AI governance, ethics, and policy in higher education. The summit revealed that Southeast Asian...

Case Western Reserve University's fall 2025 Intersections symposium showcased undergraduate research across multiple disciplines, with several projects incorporating AI and machine learning technologies. Three AI-related projects received recognition, including an AI-powered memory support system...

Purdue University is relocating a Presidential Lecture Series event featuring AMD CEO Lisa Su due to high demand, moving it from Fowler Hall to the larger Loeb Playhouse. The March 2 event will feature a conversation between Su and Purdue President Mung Chiang on the topic of university-industry...

This article is a press release highlighting Michigan State University experts available to comment on the growing data center development issue in Michigan, where over a dozen communities have received proposals. It discusses data centers as critical infrastructure for the digital economy, their...

Indiana University approved a new Master of Science in Leadership and Organizational Systems degree launching at IU Indianapolis in fall 2026, designed to prepare managers and leaders with skills needed across public, private, and nonprofit sectors. The program includes training in systems-level...

The University of Nevada, Reno is promoting Open Educational Resources (OER) adoption among faculty through multiple initiatives including a professional development grant program ($1,500-$4,500), a new AI-powered discovery tool called Sylla, and a statewide symposium. These efforts aim to reduce...

Researchers at Washington University developed a computer vision and machine learning approach to reveal that male fruit flies use specific visual cues—particularly the female's eyes—to determine body orientation and precisely direct courtship behaviors. This challenges the previous assumption that...

Harvard researchers are systematically identifying enslaved people connected to Harvard's leadership and faculty through historical records analysis, having identified 1,314 formerly enslaved individuals and 601 living descendants to date. The project uses traditional archival research combined...

University of Alabama at Birmingham has joined the National Kidney Registry, enabling access to advanced matching technology that facilitates living donor kidney transplants across the United States. The NKR's sophisticated matching algorithms improve donor-recipient compatibility, resulting in...

Steven R. White, a leading condensed matter physicist and inventor of the Density Matrix Renormalization Group (DMRG), will deliver a lecture on combining Monte Carlo simulations and tensor networks to overcome computational challenges in quantum systems. His work focuses on computational...

This article discusses Professor Roberto Perdisci's research at the intersection of machine learning/AI and cybersecurity, focusing primarily on using AI as a defensive tool to improve web security rather than studying AI system vulnerabilities. His NSF-funded project demonstrates integrating AI...

Arizona State University President Michael Crow announced the launch of a new medical school and several educational initiatives designed to expand access and improve outcomes. The university is implementing programs including a technology-focused medical school, an online law degree program, and...

University of Alabama at Birmingham has expanded its academic offerings with new degree programs and certificates across multiple disciplines. The expansion includes programs in medical laboratory science, exercise physiology, psychology, public health, physics, and notably, new certificates in...

Penn State's Board of Trustees approved major capital projects including $79.8 million for residence hall renovations and $19.4 million for building infrastructure updates. The board also recognized a $50 million donation to name the children's hospital and approved the university's strategic...

Chulalongkorn University has launched "Siam Quantum Square," Thailand's largest quantum technology center, aimed at positioning the country as a regional quantum hub. The initiative partners with IBM and other organizations to develop quantum expertise across machine learning, computing, and...

The Robert Bosch Centre for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (RBC-DSAI), founded in 2017, is an academic research center focused on advancing foundational research in data science and AI across multiple disciplines. The center operates one of the world's largest Deep Reinforcement Learning...

The Centre for Railway Research (CRR), established in 2015 as a collaboration between India's Ministry of Railways and IIT Madras, focuses on applying technological advancements to improve railway service quality, safety, and cost efficiency. The centre conducts research in structural health...

The Centre for Computational Brain Research is an interdisciplinary research institution that bridges neuroscience and engineering to study neural circuits and develop brain-inspired computing architectures. The center develops data analytics and informatics tools for analyzing brain structure and...

EPFL researchers developed Dynami-CAL GraphNet, an AI algorithm that incorporates Newton's third law directly into its architecture to model complex physical systems while maintaining physical consistency. Unlike traditional AI models that accumulate errors over time or classical physics...

UnternehmerTUM, the startup hub of Technical University of Munich, has been ranked Europe's best startup center for the third consecutive time by the Financial Times in 2026. The ecosystem supports entrepreneurs across multiple future-oriented fields including artificial intelligence, circular...

TUM President Hofmann argues that German universities have a responsibility to contribute to national defense capabilities in response to geopolitical threats, particularly through research in AI-controlled systems, cybersecurity, and dual-use technologies. He contends that Germany's historical...

Johanna Pirker, a TUM professor specializing in user-centered AI research, has been appointed to a UN expert panel tasked with creating scientifically independent assessments of AI's global impact on economy and society. The panel aims to establish shared scientific foundations for responsible AI...

TUM's "RollsRoICE" team won third place at the Digital Future Challenge 2026 by developing an autonomous mini-robot that independently manages water and wastewater connections on ICE trains, replacing hazardous manual labor. The competition emphasized creating technologically sophisticated...

King's College London showcased AI education and research expertise at the India AI Impact Summit, with Dr. Caitlin Bentley presenting research on human-AI collaboration, workforce development, and equity-first approaches. The institution highlighted innovative projects including a simulation-based...