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Cornelia Fermuller is PI for 'NeuroPacNet,' a $1.75M NSF funding award
ISR-affiliated Associate Research Scientist Cornelia Fermüller (UMIACS) is the principal investigator for a four-year, $1.75M National Science Foundation AccelNet award: “NeuroPacNet”—Accelerating Research on Neuromorphic Perception, Action, and Cognition. The four-year project will develop a "network of networks" to link international researchers developing a new neuromorphic paradigm for artificial intelligence.
Gifts and Grants Support HAIR Networks COVID-19 Prevention and Mitigation Campaign
Mike Brown, manager of The Shop, a large barbershop with a Black and Latino clientele in Hyattsville, Md. holds up a COVID-19 test. When the world started to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic earlier this year, there was little information on the racial differences of incidence and mortality. But health equity experts like Dr. Stephen Thomas knew that this information was crucial to documenting and addressing potential racial disparities.
UMD Associate Professor Partners with the Dairy Industry to Improve Animal Welfare and Disease Resistance through Genomic Selection
With consumer trends moving towards antibiotic-free animal agriculture, selecting for livestock that is disease resistant has become particularly important for animal welfare, as well as for production.
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$2.3M in State Grants Awarded to UMD-Affiliated Innovation Projects
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