Feb 8, 2018
UD professor and post-doctoral fellow develop technology to help soldiers spot explosive devices Soldiers in combat have to constantly scan their surroundings for improvised explosive devices (IEDs), a signature weapon of modern warfare. These homemade bombs are often...
Aug 30, 2017
UD computer and information scientist will study secure mobile cloud sensing From San Francisco to Philadelphia, America’s metropolises are slowly becoming “smart cities.” In smart cities, infrastructure is equipped with sensors that gather data on things like noise,...
May 30, 2017
NSF grant to support development of cyberinfrastructure tools for precision agriculture Modern precision agriculture requires an understanding of how climate-related factors such as soil moisture, precipitation, and temperature impact agricultural productivity. “As we...
Feb 3, 2017
Four receive University of Delaware Research Foundation funding The University of Delaware Research Foundation (UDRF) has funded four UD projects that will shed light on pressing topics in health and the environment, from exploring ocean organisms for new drugs to...
Nov 17, 2016
Computer scientist developing predictive models for diagnosing heart disease The University of Delaware’s Hagit Shatkay is spending her sabbatical at an unusual place for a computer scientist — a hospital. An expert in computational biology and medical informatics,...
Aug 29, 2016
Researchers receive funding to facilitate translation of biomedical data Big data has become a big deal. Advanced computing technology has enabled the collection of huge amounts of data on topics ranging from weather and traffic patterns to human health and disease,...
