What’s hot and what’s not? Ask Yazhuo Zhang, an Emory graduate student of computer science whose insights into web-cache eviction are making waves in the tech world.
Regular, full-time Emory University faculty are invited to apply for funding for research and scholarly activity during the 2024-25 cycle. Applications are due by Jan. 17, 2024.
Good things come in threes for Emory mathematician Cosmin Pohoata, part of a trio who completed a new proof for the Heilbronn triangle problem that breaks the record for the smallest triangle in a confined space.
Four Emory College juniors join 45 previous Emory recipients of the Goldwater Scholarship, the premier award for undergraduates studying math, natural sciences and engineering.
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Analyzing speech patterns from more than 24,000 congressional committee hearings showed that women in Congress can encounter greater difficulty in getting their ideas across, because they’re being interrupted — especially in policy areas including women’s issues.
The suggestion to explore math and dance concepts in tandem sounded odd — but it led to a solid teaching partnership and new way of helping students visualize complicated mathematics and understand themselves.
A multidisciplinary team of professors is co-teaching an undergraduate course on the emerging field of data justice and the concepts of bias, fairness, discrimination and ethics inherent within data science and automated systems.
The Goldwater Scholarship is the nation’s top scholarship for undergraduates studying math, natural sciences and engineering. This marks the fourth consecutive year that multiple Emory students have won the award.
University Research Committee accepting funding proposals for 2022-23.
Monoculture is widely assumed to boost a farm’s production capacity, but a major study encompassing the mainland United States, however, suggests that the opposite is true. "Landscape diversification appears to be an important piece for boosting our resilience to climate change, both as a country and at the farm scale," says Emily Burchfield, assistant professor of environmental sciences.
A team of six Emory students has reached the final round for Amazon’s Alexa Prize Socialbot Grand Challenge, a global competition among universities to create a chatbot that advances the field of artificial intelligence.
The dynamics of the neural activity of a mouse brain behave in a peculiar, unexpected way that can be theoretically modeled without any fine tuning, suggests a new paper by physicists at Emory.
The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 virus variants that are adding twists in the battle against COVID-19 highlight the need for better genomic monitoring of the virus, says Emory biologist Katia Koelle.
Emory computer scientist Ymir Vigfusson finds that cell phone data that is routinely collected by telecommunications providers can reveal changes of behavior in people who are diagnosed with a flu-like illness, while also protecting their anonymity.
Research is an integral part of Emory, from the sciences to the humanities. Here’s a sample of recent grant awards across campus along with newly published research findings.
The University Research Committee announces the annual Call for Proposals for the 2021- 2022 funding cycle. Proposals must be submitted by Jan. 14, 2021.
Talea Mayo joined the Emory faculty in May as assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics. A computational mathematician, she specializes in developing numerical hydrodynamic models to help predict coastal hazards.
In a study by Emory psychologists, Androids, or robots with humanlike features, are often more appealing to people than those that resemble machines — but only up to a certain point. The feeling of affinity can plunge into one of repulsion as a robot’s human likeness increases, a zone known as "the uncanny valley."
Emory faculty and staff are frequently recognized for their work locally, nationally and internationally. Learn about recent accolades, including national and international awards.
After campus closed, Emory mathematician Alessandro Veneziani and colleagues launched an Emory student contest to create mathematical models that might yield useful data for controlling the pandemic.
Emory faculty and staff are frequently recognized for their work locally, nationally and internationally. Learn about recent accolades, including multiple leadership awards and honors from professional societies.
Discover Magazine names Emory mathematician Hao Huang's proof of the sensitivity conjecture one of the "Top 50 Science Stories That Matter" for 2019 and Popular Mechanics calls it one of "The 10 Biggest Math Breakthroughs" of the year.
A new molecule synthesized in Emory chemist Jennifer Heemstra's lab could become a powerful tool for diagnostics, gene therapy and drug delivery targeted to specific cells.
Emory psychologists have found that a key visual tool for object recognition is the medial axis of an object, showing that while the outer shape of an object is important for rapid recognition, the object's inner "skeleton" may play an even more important role.
The Sensitivity Conjecture has stood as one of the most important open problems in theoretical computer science for nearly three decades. It appears to have finally met its match through work by Emory mathematician Hao Huang.
Advances in neurotechnology, genetics and artificial intelligence will challenge what it means to be human and change our ethics, argues Paul Root Wolpe, director of the Emory Center for Ethics.
Hundreds of undergraduates will soon descend on Emory for an around-the-clock weekend sprint to see whose team can make the most sense of a huge data set. The competition will be held April 5-7 at Cox Center Ballroom.
Emory is one of 12 universities nationwide selected to receive a grant from the Association of American Universities (AAU) to further existing efforts to improve undergraduate education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines.
The Department of Energy has awarded theoretical chemist Francesco Evangelista $3.9 million to lead research into the development of software to run the first generation of quantum computers. The tools the team develops will be open access, made available to other researchers for free.
The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science in Emory College recently held a ribbon-cutting to celebrate separating into two standalone departments. The change will allow both new departments to grow and build on their core strengths.
The Templeton World Charity Foundation awarded $550,000 to Emory mathematician Ken Ono, for a global program to identify and nurture gifted students in the areas of science, technology, engineering and math.
Emory physicists have developed a way to determine the electronic properties of thin gold films after they interact with light. Nature Communications published the new method, which may pave the way for improvements in devices such as optical sensors and photovoltaic cells.
Geneticist John Lindo publishes research on the Tsimshian indigenous people, drawing from the first population-level nuclear DNA analysis of a Native American group from ancient to modern times.
A team of Emory students from the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science are among eight university teams selected from around the world to create a social bot and compete for this year's Alexa Prize, a $3.5 million university challenge sponsored by Amazon.
Emory College professor Lars Ruthotto's innovative mathematical approach to deep neural learning receives $400,000 National Science Foundation award.
From the lumbering, 200-year-old Frankenstein to sleek, modern-day robots, this year's Atlanta Science Festival, set for March 9 to 24, highlights creations that spark wonder and fun, giving glimpses of the past and the future.
Individuals who tend to think further into the future are more likely to invest money and to avoid risks, finds a new paper by Emory psychologists Phillip Wolff and Robert Thorstad.
A new, fast method to calculate equilibrium constants using small-scale simulations -- even when the Law of Mass Action does not apply -- has been published in the Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, by the lab of Emory's James Kindt.
Emory mathematician Ken Ono is launching an analytical study of training methods for elite swimmers -- a joint effort between Emory Athletics and the university's Department of Mathematics and Computer Science.
Seniors Tammany Grant and Maya Nair co-founded Girls Who Code Emory and teach a pilot non-credit programming course drawing a wide range of students, highlighting the increasing diversity of Emory's growing undergraduate computer science program.
The National Science Foundation awarded two Emory physicists a $2 million Emergent Frontiers grant, for development of miniaturized optical transistors to take computers and telecommunications into a new era.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded $380,000 to three Emory University faculty to develop and refine a promising technique to detect and respond to threats from drug-resistant pathogens.
Convened by Emory's Laney Graduate School, the STEM Research and Career Symposium welcomes students from underrepresented groups to campus Oct. 2-3. The Emory community is invited to attend student research presentations and help showcase the university.
In a theory published in Nature Communications, Emory mathematicians Ken Ono and John Duncan along with former Emory post-doctoral fellow Michael Mertens have opened a new chapter in the theory of moonshine that previously had no known application.
Ready to relax with a good book? Whether you're in the mood for thoughtful poems, intriguing novels or compelling nonfiction, Emory faculty authors have you covered.
Students majoring in quantitative sciences combine the study of big data with in-depth coursework in one of 16 disciplines from across the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities.
A fun conversation with National Geographic Channel's Neil deGrasse Tyson, Emory mathematician Ken Ono and stand-up comic Eugene Mirman will air Nov. 7.
Emory College math majors Noam Kantor and Ethan Alwaise are recipients of the Goldwater Scholarship, the nation's premier scholarship for undergraduates studying math, natural sciences and engineering.
Spatial reasoning measured in infancy predicts how children do at math at four years of age, finds a new study by Emory psychologists.
A special, advance screening of "The Man Who Knew Infinity" at the Carter Center was a chance to celebrate Emory's connection to the film -- Ken Ono, Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Math, served as an associate producer and the math consultant.
Math and computer science professor James Lu will study the controversial method of "patchwriting," lightly editing content in an attempt to reshape it as original thought, as one of Emory's new Interdisciplinary Faculty Fellows.
Current and former students of Ken Ono agree that their mentor's methods -- intense attention to projects, a gift for creating working groups, and raw passion for his field -- combine to craft an educational experience that brings out the best in each one of them.
In this video, Ono talks about his role as the math consultant for the movie,"The Man Who Knew Infinity," and how his life and work are inspired by Ramanujan.
Emory professor Ken Ono talks about his experience serving as a consultant to "The Man Who Knew Infinity," a film about Cambridge mathematician G. H. Hardy's collaboration with the obscure, self-taught Indian Srinivasa Ramanujan.
From Olympic swimming to cardiovascular disease, Emory mathematician Alessandro Veneziani discusses the fluid dynamics of shark skin and how we can apply them.
Many genetic mutations in visual pigments, spread over millions of years, were required for humans to evolve from a primitive mammal with a dim, shadowy view of the world into a greater ape able to see all the colors in a rainbow.
Emory University Hospital's treatment of Ebola patients was by far the biggest story in the Emory News Center in 2014. Stories about students, rankings and research round out the year's top headlines.
Timing is key for brain cells controlling a complex motor activity like the singing of a bird, finds a new study published by PLOS Biology.
Ken Ono's "golden identities" discovery ranked 15th in the Discover magazine list of top 100 stories of 2014. Ono is the Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at Emory University.
A find by Emory mathematician Ken Ono and collaborators is down to the final two in voting for Discover Magazine's "People¿s Choice" for top science story of 2014. The final round will continue through December 24.
Emory mathematician Ken Ono did not plan for his career to veer into the movie business. Unexpected paths can open, however, when your work involves unraveling the trail of mysteries left by Srinivasa Ramanujan.
The conference will gather leading legal scholars, judges, ethicists, neuroscientists and psychologists at Georgia State University September 12-14 to grapple with some of the thorny legal issues being spurred by advances in neuroscience.
Physicist Justin Burton studies the geophysics of calving icebergs to better understand and predict effects of climate change, such as sea-level rise.
Emory computer scientist Fusheng Wang has been awarded a five-year, $446,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to support software development in the field of spatial big data.
Emory University researcher Li Xiong has won a $1.06 million funding award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI).
Physicists have identified a mechanism that may help explain Zipf's law, a unique pattern of behavior found in disparate systems, including complex biological ones.
Emory graduate students give middle- and high-school students a new view of math, aiming to spark wonder and a desire to learn more.
Ken Ono of Emory University, his graduate student Michael Griffin, and their colleague Ole Warnaar of the University of Queensland presented theorems they had just proved, which vastly generalize the work of Ramanujan and identify the source of his mathematical formulas.
Reaching out to the wider community, Emory's Carlos Museum and Center for Science Education provide Atlanta area teachers with hands-on science activities.
But in addition to the training that businesses are calling for, there needs to be a return to "conversational science" ¿ in other words, casual discussions in homes, as well as in schools, about how things work and why, said Emory University President James Wagner, an engineer. "We used to talk about these things all the time, but at some point we stopped."
"Some people have all the luck" - an investigation into how people win multiple lotteries - is the title of a discussion Wednesday, April 2, at 6 p.m. in E208 Math & Science Center.
Peer pressure on decision-making begins when individuals directly connected to each other first reach agreement, then - under the influence of peers not directly connected to them - the entire social group eventually tips into a social consensus.
A well-known figure in the underground music scene pursues a PhD in math.
Skip Garibaldi, a professor of mathematics at Emory University in Atlanta, provides additional perspective: You are more likely to die from all of the following than you are to win tonight's drawing: be hit by a falling coconut, be blown up by fireworks, or be eaten by flesh-eating bacteria.
Atlanta residents of all ages will celebrate the science and technology of the region and its impact on our daily lives during the inaugural Atlanta Science Festival, March 22-29, 2014.