Purdue ECE in the Media
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.
Purdue Expands Access to AI Education with New Fully Online Master’s Degree Program
March 4, 2024
Applications are open for Purdue University’s new 100% online Master of Science in artificial intelligence degree, which features two majors, one for people who build AI systems and one for people who make use of them.
Compact Spinning Tech Makes Thermal Imaging Bright
February 3, 2024
“Our system leverages specially designed metasurfaces with cutting-edge computational algorithms,” says Xueji Wang, a postdoctoral researcher in electrical and computer engineering at Purdue. “By stacking and spinning these metasurfaces, we break down thermal light into its spectral...components.”
Balancing innovation and regulation in AI: A fine scalpel, not a heavy club
January 19, 2024
“I think the regulation needs to be like a fine scalpel so that you can carve off the undesirable pieces, and you can sort of accentuate the positive outcomes of this,” said Saurabh Bagchi, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Purdue University.
Reining in AI means figuring out which regulation options are feasible, both technically and economically
January 17, 2024
Concern about generative artificial intelligence technologies seems to be growing almost as fast as the spread of the technologies themselves. These worries are driven by unease about the possible spread of disinformation at a scale never seen before, and fears of loss of employment, loss of control over creative works and, more futuristically, AI becoming so powerful that it causes extinction of the human species.
What will 2024 will bring
January 17, 2024
We have all been startled by the power of OpenAI’s ChatGPT and its ilk of Gen AI tools, like Google's Gemini and Meta's Llama. One critical question in 2024 will be, can these be weaponised to make our cyberspace more insecure?
Argonne Scientists Introduce Dual-Function Bimetallic Optical Switch for Faster and Efficient Data Processing
January 12, 2024
“Previous iterations of optical switches had fixed switching times that were ‘baked in’ to the device upon its fabrication,” said Argonne’s Soham Saha, one of the laboratory’s Maria Goeppert Mayer postdoctoral fellows who is working in the Argonne Center for Nanoscale Materials, a DOE Office of Science user facility.
Innovative meta-optical devices enhance thermal imaging applications
January 11, 2024
“Our method overcomes the challenges of traditional spectral thermal imagers, which are often bulky and delicate due to their reliance on large filter wheels or interferometers,” said Zubin Jacob, research team leader from Purdue University.
Biden has big plans for semiconductors. But there's a big hole: not enough workers
December 19, 2023
Last year, Purdue University in Indiana launched the nation's first program for semiconductor degrees. "We realized ... that this is a problem that's coming down the pipe. We've got to get ahead of the game," said Vijay Raghunathan, the director of Purdue's program.