SEC Consortium hosts AI Across Curriculum conference UF News Blake Trauschke In its latest step to expand artificial intelligence education, the Southeastern Conference AI Consortium will host a conference this Friday to discuss the impact of AI across academic fields as well as potential opportunities for collaboration. The Mini-Conference on Artificial... Read More

Study reveals previously unknown autism-related behavioral deficit UF Health Doug Bennett For people with autism, overstimulating sensory experiences such as noise can have a profound effect on their lives. Now, a group of scientists at UF Scripps Biomedical Research has shed new light on brain development that can lead to... Read More

Global team of scientists determine ‘fingerprint’ for how much heat, drought is too much for forests UF News Kirsten Romaguera How hot is too hot, and how dry is too dry, for the Earth’s forests? A new study from an international team of researchers found the answers – by looking... Read More

This is how we can double food production by 2050 The Hill Scott Angle It’s a collision course: We’ll need to feed another 2 billion people by mid-century, even as climate change threatens our ability to produce food. Georgia, Florida and other Southeastern states must play a central role if we’re... Read More

UF, Scripps Florida complete integration to create science research powerhouse UF Health Doug Bennet Two of the nation’s most respected research institutions have closed their transaction that adds a Florida powerhouse meant to accelerate the pace of biomedical discoveries that benefit patients. Effective April 2, the Florida campus of Scripps... Read More

Leveraging AI to increase the value of museum collections from UF News Earlier this year, Nicolas Gauthier joined the Florida Museum of Natural History as its first curator of artificial intelligence, part of a broad initiative by the University of Florida to spur innovation in AI and data science. Gauthier has spent... Read More

Using “baby talk” with infants isn’t just cute: It could help them learn to make words from UF News A new study suggests that when parents baby talk to their infants, they might be helping them learn to produce speech. The way we instinctively speak to babies — higher pitch,... Read More

Using AI in the arts to promote COVID-19 vaccines from UF News Sure, it is fun to see an avatar simulate your body movements in real time, but the interactive augmented reality art installation making its way around campus has a serious aim: educating participants about how COVID-19 impacts health... Read More

Universities meet to discuss future of AI and data science in agriculture from UF News Signaling its ongoing commitment to collaboration in the areas of artificial intelligence and data science, the University of Florida is participating in an academic conference to address the potential of artificial intelligence, robotics and automation... Read More