6/26/2023

Is AI really a threat to human civilization?

Three UM-Dearborn experts say recent warnings that artificial intelligence may soon pose an ‘extinction-level’ threat are overblown. But we’re right to be concerned about other ways AI is reshaping our world....
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3/20/2023

No, ChatGPT is not a disaster for higher education.

Three UM-Dearborn experts talk about the much-hyped new AI tool, the potential for cheating and why ChatGPT could be a valuable resource for educators and students....
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3/8/2023

We’re not ready for the electrification era

To slash emissions and battle climate change, countries across the world are pushing the adoption of electricity-based technologies like electric vehicles and heat pumps. But Associate Professor Wencong Su says the grid is nowhere near ready for a lot more...
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3/6/2023

AI's mysterious ‘black box’ problem, explained

Artificial intelligence can do amazing things that humans can’t, but in many cases, we have no idea how AI systems make their decisions. UM-Dearborn Associate Professor Samir Rawashdeh explains why that’s a big deal....
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2/22/2023

If robots could talk (or at least make intelligible sounds)

During a recent NSF-funded project, Assistant Professor Alireza Mohammadi stumbled on an interesting discovery that could make it easier to understand what robots might be trying to tell us....
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1/9/2023

How can we make the electric grid more resilient to cyberattacks?

UM-Dearborn faculty are teaming up with the U.S. Department of Energy and GE to protect power systems from a serious emerging threat....
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11/30/2022

UM-Dearborn officially cuts the ribbon on the Omron Robotics and Human Factors Lab

The teaching and research lab features a special class of robots called “cobots,” which will help students explore the frontiers of human-robot collaboration....
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10/12/2022

Have we been thinking about autonomous vehicles all wrong?

UM-Dearborn Assistant Professor Jaerock Kwon sees driverless vehicles not as giant computers, but as cognitive beings with bodies....
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10/3/2022

UM-Dearborn announces inaugural Chancellor's Inclusive Excellence Fellows

Professor Hafiz Malik and Associate Professor Terri Laws will work on two projects designed to make campus a more inclusive place to learn, teach and do research....
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9/28/2022

UM-Dearborn is getting a really cool new autonomous research vehicle

Driverless vehicle research on campus is about to get a big boost thanks to a new National Science Foundation grant....
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