The emergence of toxic per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, in water supplies, farms and the environment is a growing problem nationwide. Despite many researchers and government agencies investigating these “forever chemicals,” there is no tool for combining all of their findings and providing a more comprehensive view of the problem. University of Maine computer […]
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David Almeida, candidate for PhD in Spatial Information Science and Engineering, will be defending his dissertation on Friday October 13 starting at 1 PM in 336 Boardman Hall. All are invited to the public portion. The title of his dissertation is A Map-Algebra-Inspired Approach for Interacting with Wireless Sensor Networks, Cyber-Physical Systems or Internet of Things Dissertation […]
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Dr. Manuel Woersdoerfer’s paper ‘The E.U.’s Artificial Intelligence Act – An Ordoliberal Assessment’ has been published in the Springer journal ‘AI and Ethics.’ Abstract of the paper: In light of the rise of generative AI and recent debates about the socio-political implications of large-language models and chatbots, this article investigates the E.U.’s Artificial Intelligence Act […]
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The University of Maine School of Computing and Information Sciences (SCIS) offers a new Bachelor of Science in Human-Centered Technology Design program, starting with the fall 2023 semester. The degree program was approved at the Jan. 30 meeting of the University of Maine System Board of Trustees. Human-Centered Technology Design, or HCTD, focuses on the […]
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The School of Computing and Information Science at the University of Maine seeks applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the New Media group, with an anticipated start date of September 3, 2024. A start date of January 1, 2024 may also be possible. Join New Media if you’re looking to bring insights and […]
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The School of Computing and Information Science at the University of Maine seeks applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the Spatial Computing group, with an anticipated start date of September 3, 2024. A start date of January 1, 2024 may also be possible. Our primary target focus is the broad area of spatial […]
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USM Speaker Series on AI and Computation Our adventure with AI methods in orthopedics: lessons learned Hilal Maradit Kremers, MD Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN When: October 7th (Thursday), 4-5pm Zoom Link: https://maine.zoom.us/my/usm.datascience Abstract Total joint arthroplasty (TJA) are the most common and the fastest-growing surgeries in the US, however, the evidence for TJA practice and […]
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The Excellence in Writing Award from the American Council for the Blind was given to Nicholas Giudice of the VEMI Lab in recognition of his Medium essay “COVID-19 and Blindness,” which describes the challenges blind people are facing during the pandemic.
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We are seeking an undergraduate student employee to join the Maine-eDNA team, a large NSF EPSCoR funded project (https://umaine.edu/edna/). One goal of the project is to build an integrated data repository of environmental DNA (eDNA), which is DNA obtained from fresh and marine water samples and subjected to high throughput sequencing. As part of the […]
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We are seeking an undergraduate student employee to join the Maine-eDNA team, a large NSF EPSCoR funded project (https://umaine.edu/edna/). One goal of the project is to build an integrated data repository of environmental DNA (eDNA), which is DNA obtained from fresh and marine water samples and subjected to high throughput sequencing. eDNA samples need to […]
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