Assad Oberai Named Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs in School of Engineering
Assad Oberai has been named associate dean for research and graduate programs in the School of Engineering.
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Engineering A New Chemical Communication System Into Bacteria
Previously, synthetic biologists had only engineered synthetic quorum-sensing systems in gram-negative bacteria, such as Escherichia coli. But gram-positive bacteria are heavily used in the biotech industry to synthesize enzymes. So Cynthia H. Collins of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and colleagues wanted to build systems that would function within these commercially important bacteria.
Rensselaer Thin Films Expert Joel Plawsky Named Head of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Joel Plawsky has been named head of the Howard P. Isermann Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering in the School of Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Launches Initiative on Healthy Birth, Growth, and Development Knowledge: Semantic and Data Analytic Support
Rensselaer has received a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support the Healthy birth, growth and development (HBGD) initiative.
Five questions for Rick Relyea
A variety of instruments have been deployed that collect all kinds of data that give scientists and researchers a “real-time” view of what’s happening in the lake as it happens. This allows them to monitor where potentially harmful impacts like road salt, nutrient runoff, contaminants and invasive species are coming from, and what the consequences might be if their presence increases.
IBM Pushes Deep Learning with a Watson Upgrade
“A key challenge for modern AI is putting back together a field that has almost splintered among these methodologies,” says James Hendler, director of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for Data Exploration and Applications in Troy, New York. RPI has access to an early version of Watson donated to the university by IBM, and Hendler teaches courses based on the technology.
Business Insider Ranks Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 12th Best Computer Science and Engineering Schools in the United States
Business Insider ranked Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute among the top 50 computer science and engineering schools in the United States.
Rensselaer Professor Peter Fox Elected Fellow of the American Geophysical Union
Peter Fox, director of the interdisciplinary Information Technology and Web Science program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), has been elected a fellow of the American Geophysical Union.
Rensselaer Professor and Research Data Expert Francine Berman Co-Authors Article on Gender Diversity in Data Science With NIH Associate Director for Data Science
Rensselaer Professor Francine Berman is featured in the July 27 issue PLOS Biology in an article titled “Let’s Make Gender Diversity in Data Science a Priority Right from the Start.
Rensselaer IDEA and College Factual Host Datathon
The Datathon was an early indicator of the potential of an NSF-sponsored initiative to teach basic data analytics to most math majors.
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