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AI Deep Dive: Decoding Interactions
Feb. 15, 2024—AI Deep Dive: Decoding Interactions Event Overview Join us for an AI Deep Dive session, where we’ll feature a team of VUMC researchers led by Dr. Eric Skaar, in collaboration with our dedicated Data Science team. Dr. Skaar’s laboratory, which is focusing their work in infectious diseases, looks to gain deeper insights into Staphylococcus aureus,...
AI Deep Dive: Harnessing Technology for Improved Speech Health
Nov. 2, 2023—On October 27th, we had the privilege of hosting an AI Deep Dive Session with Dr. Matthew Pontell, where we discussed the use of generative AI for enhancing speech therapy and improving speech dysfunction. This session brought to light the innovative strategies and recovery techniques that promise better speech health outcomes for those suffering from...
What is “Human Nature” in the eyes of the US courts.
Oct. 16, 2023—On October 6th, we had the privilege of hosting an AI Deep Dive Session with Professor Owen Jones, where conversations were had around the quest to answer the question: ‘What is “human nature” in the eyes of US Courts?’ This session spotlighted the capabilities of AI in navigating and analyzing extensive legal data, especially court...
Project Grip A Gun-Related Injury Prevention Project.
Sep. 30, 2023—On September 29th, we had the privilege of hosting an AI Deep Dive Session with Dr. Krista Mehari, where insightful discussions unfolded around her project titled ‘Project GRIP’ (Gun-Related Injury Prevention). This session illuminated the potential of generative AI in organizing and analyzing qualitative data, particularly interview responses, to shed light on gun violence prevention....
AI Deep Dive on Jan. 27: Using deep learning to improve bridge structure monitoring and inspections
Jan. 23, 2023—More than one-third of all the bridges in America are in disrepair, according to a 2022 report. It is one of the greatest infrastructure issues facing the U.S. today. Barge Design Solutions joins the Data Science Institute for this week’s AI Deep Dive to discuss a possible collaborative effort and to see how data science...
Using deep learning to improve dialogic questioning for new readers: AI Deep Dive Jan. 13
Jan. 10, 2023—Professor of Psychology Dr. Georgene Troseth has researched for years how artificial intelligence could help parents use dialogic questioning when reading with their children. Advances in data science could now make Dr. Troseth’s vision a reality. The project aims to create a model that could scan through a book parents are reading with their children...
Detecting Colliding Black Holes: AI Deep Dive Dec. 2
Nov. 14, 2022—Cosmic cataclysmic events such as the collision of black holes create strong gravitational waves which can be detected on Earth. Instruments such as LIGO can detect distortions of space that herald the passing of these gravity waves, but analyzing these signals is a computationally-intensive and time-consuming endeavor. Can AI offer a solution to speed discovery,...
AI Deep Dive Nov 11: State-of-the-art Audio Models – Speech to Text, but what else?
Nov. 7, 2022—Whisper is OpenAI’s new addition to the growing portfolio of open source artificial intelligence (AI) models for speech-to-text and audio processing. Capable of predicting audio text captions, the model leverages intermixed with special tokens which enables the single model to perform tasks such as language identification, phrase-level timestamps, multilingual speech transcription, and to-English speech translation....
AI Deep Dive Nov 4: Using Large Language AI Models to Support Language Instruction
Oct. 20, 2022—Multilingual large language models have demonstrated strong performance in natural language processing tasks. In this discussion, we explore how these transformer-based models might be used to support language instruction. In the current case study, we’ll examine possible uses of these models to support instruction in Hindi. Might these models be able to: Identify the core...
AI Deep Dive: Exploring the Narrative Arc
Oct. 7, 2022—When reading a longer document, such as a novel, your interpretation of the text you are currently reading is informed by what’s come before. Your attention to particular details, wording, or ideas; whether you perceive an action in a positive or negative light; what you think about a particular character. Currently, transformer-based Large Language Models...