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Compassion behind the keyboard: How a CS researcher is using AI and community feedback to tackle harmful social media content

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Compassion behind the keyboard: How a CS researcher is using AI and community feedback to tackle harmful social media content

Ishtiaque Ahmed, an assistant professor of computer science, is a 2023-2024 recipient of a Connaught Community Partnership Research Program Award. His project will look at using AI to combat online hate aimed at Chinese and Muslim communities in Canada.  

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Acceleration Consortium seed grants support new research into self-driving labs technology

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Acceleration Consortium seed grants support new research into self-driving labs technology

Computer scientists Nandita Vijaykumar and Joseph Jay Williams are among 12 recipients of grants from the Acceleration Consortium. 

U of T researchers leverage AI to decipher lung health from speech

U of T researchers leverage AI to decipher lung health from speech

A team of U of T computer scientists led by PhD student Sejal Bhalla has designed software that uses deep learning algorithms to decipher changes in vocal characteristics that indicate the lung condition of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. 

U of T computer scientists develop video camera that acts as a ‘microscope for time’

U of T computer scientists develop video camera that acts as a ‘microscope for time’

Computational imaging researchers have developed a novel technique that allows video from highly dynamic scenes to be recorded once and then slowed down and sped up by a factor of billions. 

CS researchers design ‘CLAIRify’ framework to improve chemistry robotics planning

CS researchers design ‘CLAIRify’ framework to improve chemistry robotics planning

Computer scientists, led by PhD students Marta Skreta and Naruki Yoshikawa, have developed a framework called CLAIRify that converts natural language inputs into a domain-specific language that chemistry robots can understand and follow. 

Researchers find ‘unified foundation’ of word meaning in child language development and language evolution

Researchers find ‘unified foundation’ of word meaning in child language development and language evolution

New research, co-authored by Associate Professor Yang Xu, demonstrates that word meaning extension, observed in both children and the historical evolution of language, relies on a common cognitive foundation of knowledge and how things relate to each other.  

With digital messaging tools for mental health, context is key, U of T researchers find

With digital messaging tools for mental health, context is key, U of T researchers find

U of T computer scientists have identified key variables that influence users’ experiences with text messaging systems aimed at supporting psychological well-being.  

Interactive ‘Stargazer’ camera robot assists with how-to video creation

Interactive ‘Stargazer’ camera robot assists with how-to video creation

A team of U of T computer scientists explores how an interactive camera robot can assist in creating dynamic tutorial videos based on subtle verbal and non-verbal instructor cues. 

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New research on training decision-making AI reveals insights into normative judgments

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New research on training decision-making AI reveals insights into normative judgments

A new paper by MScAC alumna Aparna Balagopalan demonstrates why labelling data with normative prompts can yield better outcomes in machine learning models. Its co-authors include Assistant Professor, Status-Only Marzyeh Ghassemi and CS graduate student David Madras.  

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Award-winning text visualization research aims to support health-care workers navigating patient records

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Award-winning text visualization research aims to support health-care workers navigating patient records

PhD graduate Nicole Sultanum has received the 2022 Bill Buxton Dissertation Award from the Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society.  

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‘It’s given me huge encouragement’: PhD grad wins 2022 Alain Fournier Dissertation Award for geometry processing research on stylization algorithms

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‘It’s given me huge encouragement’: PhD grad wins 2022 Alain Fournier Dissertation Award for geometry processing research on stylization algorithms

Hsueh-Ti Derek Liu has been awarded the 2022 Alain Fournier Dissertation Award for his outstanding doctoral dissertation in computer graphics.  

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Transforming education through AI-powered adaptive experiments: U of T computer scientists’ team wins XPRIZE Digital Learning Challenge

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Transforming education through AI-powered adaptive experiments: U of T computer scientists’ team wins XPRIZE Digital Learning Challenge

The Adaptive Experimentation Accelerator, led by Assistant Professor Joseph Jay Williams, aims to design inclusive and personalized learning experiences.