Computer science professor chosen as a 2021 Women in STEM Award winner Dr. Lydia Tapia, an associate professor in Computer Science was selected in June as a 2021 Women in STEM Award winner. Her project is ”Learning Conserved Robotic Features.” The work looks at ways to transfer knowledge one robot has learned to a new robot. “When machine learning […] Read More
UNM Law Professor publishes work examining AI in the criminal justice system Dr. Sonia Gipson Rankin, assistant professor of Law at UNM, recently published an article in the Washington & Lee Law Review about her ongoing research examining the potential impact of untrustworthy or faulty artificial intelligence (AI) in the criminal justice system. “My scholarship and activism […] Read More
Four UNM researchers from several disciplines recently were awarded a three-year National Science Foundation grant for their project to create new career opportunities for rural craftspeople by blending traditional craft practices with computational fabrication. The project, “Expanding Rural Ceramics Craft and Computational Fabrication: A Synergy” is led by Dr. Leah Buechley, principal investigator and […] Read More
Computer science professor elected to national computing council Professor of computer science and biology Dr. Melanie Moses was recently elected as a council member of the Computing Community Consortium (CCC). Moses was elected in July of 2020 and will serve as a member for three years. According to the CCC website, the organization is dedicated to catalyzing and empowering the U.S. computing research community to pursue audacious, high-impact research. “It was an honor to
UNM computer science research assistant professor promoted to assistant professor Dr. Bruna Jacobson, former research assistant professor in the University of New Mexico Department of Computer Science, has recently been promoted to assistant professor in the same department. “Since 2015, I have had fruitful collaborations at the computer science department, first as a […] Read More
Computer programmer joins UNM’s computer science department in fall 2020 Dr. Amanda Bienz will join UNM as a new computer science professor in fall 2020. Her current research focuses on developing software for supercomputers to optimize their computing speed. “We are on the brink of exascale computing and have the hardware capability to solve […] Read More
People of color are being disproportionately infected by the novel coronavirus, professor of computer science and biology at UNM Melanie Moses and associate professor of political science Kathy Powers say in an article published in the Santa Fe Institute Transmission series. Racial disparities related to COVID-19 have been observed nationwide. The Center for Disease […] Read More
UNM professor awarded NSF funding to study human lung response to COVID-19 Dr. Melanie Moses, a professor of computer science and biology, has been awarded National Science Foundation funding to understand how human lungs respond to viral pathogens like COVID-19. With the help of Research Assistant Vanessa Surjadidjaja, Moses hopes to answer how […] Read More
