Robots Could Build Giant Metamaterial Radars in Space to Track Hidden Threats
Instead of attempting to launch one enormous antenna, a project pursued by David Smith looks to transport relatively small modular components into orbit.
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David Smith Selected for NASA NIAC Fellowship
Award will support the pursuit of robotically assembled metamaterials in space for radar systems enabling long-range situational awareness.
Why AI Still Can’t Make Creative Leaps Like Einstein
Research from Emily Wenger showing that LLMs tend to congregate around the same creative ideas supports the hypothesis that AI is incapable of making creative leaps in science and research.
1% of Resumes Contain Hidden Prompts to Trick AI Hiring Tools
Neil Gong and industry partners found that 1% of resumes submitted to an online recruitment company contained hidden instructions designed to manipulate AI hiring systems.
What’s in the Black Box? Inscrutability vs. Explainability
Cynthia Rudin says black box AI does not have to be complex or opaque to work well and provides several examples.
DOE-Funded Brain-Inspired Hardware to Enable Futuristic Robotic Systems
Duke engineers are leading a Phase 1 Genesis project funded by the Department of Energy to develop robotic AI processing hardware 10x faster and 100x more efficient than today’s top performers.
Thwarting Hidden Resume Hacks Targeting AI Hiring Tools
An academic-industry collaboration identifies 1% of resumes in a 200,000 sample across multiple sectors as containing concealed instructions meant to exploit AI systems.
From Quantum Error Correction to Emergent Gravity: Probing Holographic Universes
Crystal Noel co-led the development of a simplified model to understand how the fabric of space and time could emerge from fundamental quantum degrees of freedom.
Faculty Report Proposes Bold Vision for Advancing Computing Innovation at Duke
Jeff Glass helped lead a report that recommends a new cross-school academic unit to coordinate, connect expertise.
State Budget Gives Alamance-Burlington Schools $3.2m for AI School Safety Pilot
Emily Wenger comments on the potential pitfalls associated with hiring a company to collect and use data for security purposes without strong guardrails in place.
Claire Andreasen Receives Fulbright to Study Solar Batteries
Recent Duke ECE graduate will study redox-flow batteries at the Laboratory of Nanoscience for Energy Technologies in Lausanne, Switzerland with support from the prestigious award.
Chinese lidar maker with Nvidia ties accused of being cyber risk for U.S.
Miroslav Pajic, Duke ECE professor, discusses how lidar can be compromised using malware, with serious consequences.