Department news

Le Peng headshot
COVID projects, Research

MURAJ: In Focus - Application of Artificial Intelligence to Help Fight COVID-19

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CS&E Ph.D. student Le Peng met with MURAJ to discuss the details of an AI algorithm to improve diagnosis of COVID.

Student wearing a VR headset
COVID projects, Research

Avatars (and immersive computing) to the rescue

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A team of CS&E students is working with assistant professor Evan Suma Rosenberg on more immersive options to video conferencing.

Women with mask looking at COVID Aware app
COVID projects

Exposure notification apps curb COVID spread, not user privacy

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CS&E's Shashi Shekhar explains how the apps maintain user privacy and why more users will help curb the spread—even as vaccines arrive.

Chest xrays
COVID projects, Research

Artificial intelligence, real-life results

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Researchers from Computer Science & Engineering and the Medical School have utilized machine learning to diagnose COVID-19 via X-ray imaging.

A doctor reviews the COVID-19 detection results of her patient's chest X-ray
COVID projects, Research

Researchers develop algorithm to analyze chest X-rays for COVID-19

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Ju Sun is on a team that developed and validated an artificial intelligence algorithm that can evaluate chest X-rays to diagnose possible cases of COVID-19.

People spread out wearing masks on the bus
COVID projects, Research

Traffic, transit data paint a picture of COVID-19 impacts

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CS&E's Shashi Shekhar is using privacy-protected spatial data collected from cell phones to understand how Minnesotans responded to the pandemic.

3D printing on porcine lung
COVID projects, Research

New discovery allows 3D printing of sensors directly on expanding organs

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A team, including CS&E's Hyun Soo Park, is developing technology that could help diagnose and monitor COVID-19 patients.

Disinfecting robot
COVID projects, MnRI, Research

Robots are taking over the COVID-19 clean-up job

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A Minnesota Robotics Institute team is developing a robot that uses virtual reality technology to clean areas potentially infected by SARS CoV-2 virus.

Drug repurposing knowledge graph
COVID projects, Research

Fighting COVID-19 with deep graphs

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The goal of the knowledge graph is to narrow the list of drugs that could treat COVID-19.

Building process of the robot
COVID projects, MnRI, Research

Robots versus COVID-19

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University of Minnesota Robotics students are working with CSE alumni and the Minnesota Robotics Institute to build a robot that monitors COVID-19 patients.