Purdue ECE in the Media
CUDA, Woulda, Shoulda: How This Platform Helps Nvidia Dominate AI
September 10, 2024
Nvidia played a major role in developing graphics processors, which were designed for heavy-duty calculations. "When we say they are simpler, they are not complex; there's nuance to it," Anand Raghunathan, Silicon Valley chair professor of electrical and computer engineering at Purdue University, told Investor's Business Daily. "They are complex in the sense that the amount of computation needed is massive, it's tremendous."
Cracking a cold case with AI? Tech volunteers try to solve an IMPD investigation
August 28, 2024
Purdue University associate professor Jing Gao with the School of Engineering, who studies artificial intelligence, said AI can be used at many stages in the criminal justice system. According to Gao, who also researches the technology's trustworthiness, AI is only as good as its model creators. It uses historical data to answer questions, but historical data is rooted in bias.
These Levitating Nanodiamonds Are the World's Smallest Disco Balls
August 27, 2024
In the past, experiments with these floating diamonds had trouble preventing their loss in a vacuum and reading out the spin qubits, said Tongcang Li, a professor of electrical and computer engineering and physics and astronomy professor at Purdue, in a statement. However, in our work, we successfully levitated a diamond in a high vacuum using a special ion trap. For the first time, we could observe and control the behavior of the spin qubits inside the levitated diamond in high vacuum."
Nebraska’s EV conundrum: Charging options can get you places, but future will require growth
July 29, 2024
Range anxiety - the fear of not making it to the next charger before the battery dies - is widely cited as a major barrier to American EV ownership. This anxiety can be lessened in two ways: increasing battery size, which also drives up vehicle cost, or adding charging locations, said Steve Pekarek, a Purdue University professor specializing in power systems for EVs.
Chip makers wanted: Inside semiconductor bootcamp
July 23, 2024
Purdue Summer Training, Awareness, and Readiness for Semiconductors (STARS) is an eight-week program that will be offered in summer 2024 to develop deep-tech skills like IC design, fabrication, and packaging, and semiconductor device and materials characterization. The STARS program has three tracks: chip design, semiconductor manufacturing, and advanced system integration and packaging.
Deepfakes: We asked a visual effects company to make one; this was the result
June 17, 2024
As deepfakes improve and become more prevalent, so do the efforts to fight back. Researchers, like Ed Delp at Purdue University, have been working to create detection software that can identify Deepfakes in real time.
Indiana is building an electrified highway to charge EVs as they drive over it
June 12, 2024
The brain behind the project is Purdue University's Steve Pekarek. The engineering professor is the lead researcher on the project, and he says the technology could make a transition to electric vehicles more attractive.
Ascension St. Vincent affected by cyber attack to its network
May 15, 2024
Santiago Torres-Arias, a professor at Purdue University's Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security, said cybersecurity hacks have become more common at hospitals because of the types of patient data they store in their servers.
AI Coding Is Going From Copilot to Autopilot
April 9, 2024
Another advantage of these programming tools is the ability to create a template for code, notes Saurabh Bagchi, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Purdue University. Much as with prompt engineering, developers must provide these assistants with “the right kind of software requirements to produce a template, and then a software engineer can fill in the gaps,” he says.
Experts weigh in on how eclipse will impact Indiana's solar energy
April 3, 2024
"The amount of solar energy in Indiana is relatively small," Professor Muhammad Ashraful Alam, an Electrical Computer Engineering professor at Purdue University, said.
Mighty MXenes are ready for launch
March 25, 2024
Alexandra Boltasseva, a Purdue University electrical and computer engineer, was immediately intrigued by MXenes when she heard about them in 2015. Her group had been searching for new materials for optic and photonic applications. She had studied noble metals, semiconductors, and ceramics. “Then I met Yury and learned about MXenes,” she says.
Thermal Imaging and AI: Introducing HADAR — With Zubin Jacob
March 13, 2024
Zubin Jacob, Purdue University Elmore Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, discusses the convergence of thermal imaging and artificial intelligence. The recently developed heat-assisted detection and ranging (HADAR) technique offers performance advantages in low-light environments, in which other modalities face drawbacks. Also, we speak with TRAQC’s Mariia Zhuldybina and Benjamin Dringoli. The company recently took first place in the 2024 SPIE Startup Challenge. TRAQC’s solution leverages THz light, offering real-time inspection capabilities for printed and additive electronics.