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Data at a Distance
3/30/20 Pratt School of Engineering

Data at a Distance

Like a lot of other folks, stay-at-home scientists find themselves working in the company of pets and children

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Engineering Classes Move Online
3/24/20 Pratt School of Engineering

Engineering Classes Move Online

Duke Engineering faculty members are quickly innovating new ways of delivering their coursework at a distance

Students Dance Their Way Out of “AI Bias”
3/10/20 Pratt School of Engineering

Students Dance Their Way Out of “AI Bias”

Class teaches students to consider emotions, facial expressions, cultural differences, cultural similarities and interactions when designing new technologies

Nina Sherwood and Emma Zhang at microscope
A Day of STEM for Girls
3/10/20 Pratt School of Engineering

A Day of STEM for Girls

FEMMES capstone event offers hands-on activities—from practicing lifesaving techniques to learning how the human brain works

A student looking at a vial in a wet lab
The Future of Data is Genetic Storage
3/1/20 Pratt School of Engineering

The Future of Data is Genetic Storage

DNA-based data storage carries one hundred million times more information per gram than modern disk drives

students gather around an electron microscope at Duke University
Finding Your Place in Research
3/1/20 Pratt School of Engineering

Finding Your Place in Research

Master's students stress the importance of doing homework on research labs before deciding to join one

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Infinite Opportunities: Pratt Research Fellows
3/1/20 Pratt School of Engineering

Infinite Opportunities: Pratt Research Fellows

The Pratt Research Fellows program offers juniors the opportunity to pursue valuable research experience for three semesters and a summer

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Machine Learning Protecting Human Privacy
3/1/20 Pratt School of Engineering

Machine Learning Protecting Human Privacy

Duke Engineers are pioneering techniques to scan a person’s face while ignoring certain sensitive features that someone might not want their device to access

Jeffrey Krolik (left) and Sina Farsiu (right)
Farsiu, Krolik Elected Fellows of the IEEE
12/4/19 Pratt School of Engineering

Farsiu, Krolik Elected Fellows of the IEEE

Duke engineers honored for research improving ophthalmic image processing and resolution and contributions to statistical signal and sensor array processing