New Seed Grant Program Tackles Societal Challenges With Broad-Based Research Teams
The new Knowledge and Innovation Program (KIP) of the Rensselaer Office of Research has awarded four grants to spur multidisciplinary research.
Computational Science and Engineering
Rensselaer Professor Amir Hirsa To Track Physical and Virtual Virus Across Liquid Lining of the Lungs
A new project from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to develop a predictive model for how tiny virus particles behave in the lungs holds the potential to significantly impact COVID research.
Ancient Dwarf Galaxy Reconstructed with MilkyWay@home Volunteer Computer
Astrophysicists for the first time have calculated the original mass and size of a dwarf galaxy that was shredded in a collision with the Milky Way billions of years ago.
Cryptocurrency is volatile, yes. But is it just a trend, or here to stay?
Richard Plotka, who directs the information technology and web sciences program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, is far more bullish on crypto's acceptance by the financial sector.
How to Tell When Your Country Is Past the Point of No Return
In “Polarization and tipping points” Macy, along with Manqing Ma, Daniel R. Tabin, Jianxi Gao and Boleslaw K. Szymanski, all of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, map out the risks of escalating partisan hostility
The political divide in the United States has become irreconcilable, study says
Politics in the United States have become an increasingly polarized affair for decades, driven largely by the right moving further to the right. Observation of political polarization is not merely anecdotal; studies repeatedly bear this out.
Facial Recognition Is Searching for You Online
"Individuals sharing pictures of themselves, their friends and children, etc. on social media platforms often don't realize that the privacy policy of those companies allows them to share photos, and identity information, with companies like Clearview and others," James Hendler, a computer science professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the chair of the Association for Computing Machinery's Technology Policy Council, told Lifewire in an email interview.
Albany marked a crypto-hiring standout, primed for becoming a hub
It’s possible Albany is on the verge of becoming a cryptocurrency hub seeing Bloomberg just listed it as the number ten standout city in the United States for crypto-related job hires. ...In a region full of young talent and tech titans, Richard Plotka, a Professor of Practice, as well as Administrative Director of the Information Technology and Web Sciences program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, isn’t surprised Albany was named a crypto standout.
The Tipping Point for Legislative Polarization
A predictive model of a polarized group, similar to the current U.S. Senate, demonstrates that when an outside threat – like war or a pandemic – fails to unite the group, the divide may be irreversible through democratic means.
First-of-Its-Kind Augmented Reality Game Created at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Raises Awareness of Harmful Algae Blooms
Eco Resilience Games from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has released the first augmented reality (AR) game focusing on the growing issue of harmful algae blooms. Algae Bloom Dynamics uses AR technology to create a stylized photo-realistic, lake-island aquatic ecosystem where users walk around the immersive habitat to discover information that can help find solutions to the human behaviors and environmental factors that cause harmful algae blooms.
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