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Sayan Mukherjee is a Duke IGVF Predictive Modeling Center Leader
Duke recently received 2 large grants totaling almost $12 M from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) as part of its new Impact of Genomic Variation on Function (IGVF) Consortium. Duke Statistical Science, Math, and Computer Science Professor Sayan Mukherjee is among the leaders of the Duke Predictive Modeling Center. One of seven such centers, it recently received a $3.2 M award and will take the raw data generated in the Functional Characterization Centers and transform it into consumable information that predicts the effect of variation on function. Congratulations!
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Danyang Zhuo Receives Amazon Research Award
Duke CS Assistant Professor Danyang Zhuo received an Amazon Research Award for his "Push-Button Verification of Software Middleboxes" research, which used software verification techniques to ensure the correctness of software middleboxes, such as NATs, firewalls, and load balancers. Zhuo and 25 other recipients from universities in 11 countries met rigorous criteria as to scientific content, creativity, and potential to impact both the research community and society. Award recipients have access to more than 250 Amazon public datasets and use of AWS AI/ML services and tools. Congratulations!
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Bartesaghi Awarded $1.3M NIH Grant Over 4 Years
Duke CS, Biochem, and ECE Associate Professor Alberto Bartesaghi's lab recently received a 4-year $1.3M grant from NIH to design computational tools to improve the resolution of cryo-electron tomography and extend its applicability to a wider class of biomedically relevant targets. The researchers' methods will help accelerate biomedical research, providing more opportunities for the development of new medical treatments. Dr. Bartesaghi said, "The new methods will allow, for the first time, the visualization of protein structures at unprecedented level of detail within the native environment of the cell. This will provide unique clues for understanding the role proteins play in physiological processes and disease."
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Nicki Washington and Shani Daily receive $10M NSF Alliance for Identity-Inclusive Computing Education Award
Duke CS Professors Nicki Washington and Shani Daily received an NSF Alliance for Identity-Inclusive Computing Education (AIICE) Award @ $10M over 5 years for increasing equity and broadening participation in computing. Specifically, AIICE aims to increase the entry, retention, and course/degree completion rates of high-school and undergraduate students from groups that are historically underrepresented in computing through evidence-based, identity-inclusive interventions. Professor Washington said, "The computing discipline is finally acknowledging the ways in which technology is harmful for people of various identities. However, there is not enough being done to acknowledge how this applies in academic/professional environments. We are excited to lead this effort to transform the discipline."
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The NSF Launches Artificial Intelligence Institute at Duke
NSF recently launched a $20M AI Research Institute at Duke, and Duke ECE and Computer Science Professor Yiran Chen is a leader of Athena, the NSF AI Institute for Edge Computing Leveraging Next-generation Networks. Duke’s institute will support a multi-disciplinary team of scientists, engineers, statisticians, legal scholars, and psychologists from 7 universities. The institute aims to transform the design, operation, and service of future mobile systems and networks with AI.
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