The Bezos Earth Fund has announced a $2 million grant to the University California, Davis, the American Heart Association and other partners to advance “Swap it Smart” as part of its AI for Climate & Nature Grand Challenge. The funding will support research that could help redesign foods, for example optimizing for flavor profile, nutritional properties and lower costs and environmental impact.
Two projects at the University of California, Davis, that use artificial intelligence to design and engineer proteins for industrial and health applications have been funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation. The grants are part of a $32 million investment in AI and protein engineering by the NSF Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships.
This summer, seven graduate students in the Department of Political Science received Summer Collaborative Grants to support research in collaboration with a faculty member. The goal is for the student and faculty collaborator to co-author and submit a research article or book chapter for publication.
With the launch of the College of Engineering's AI Center in Engineering in the College of Letters and Sciences' Center for Artificial Intelligence and Experimental Futures, the University of California, Davis, is leading the way in foundational AI research as well as translational applications and AI education efforts. Organizations like the AI Student Collective, or AISC, allow students to make their own opportunities in the AI space.
Fushing Hsieh, a professor in the Department of Statistics, discussed the wide-ranging nature of his research in a conversation paradoxically titled “Statistical Analysis is Unscientific.”
A collaborative project led by UC Davis, working with four California Community Colleges and three California State University campuses, has won a $1.5 million grant to help address equity gaps in writing support and AI literacy.
Students in this "Experimental Documentary" class were asked to investigate artificial intelligence. "Ghost AI," a film that grew from that assignment, explores ethical questions around its use, specifically when it comes to duplicating someone's likeness, voice or persona.
At the College of Letters and Science at UC Davis, researchers are using the power of machine learning to help protect us from the next pandemic, discover and build new materials, and explore the myriad galaxies in the heavens above.
As an associate professor in the Department of Science and Technology Studies at UC Davis, Gerardo Con Diaz investigates how law and policy shape the digital world.
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $500,000 grant to launch and fund the UC Davis Center for Artificial Intelligence and Experimental Futures (CAIEF). CAIEF will promote the democratic governance of AI systems by engaging diverse stakeholders in processes of creative worldmaking — crafting the world of tomorrow, together.
