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Article ItemProject aims to advance workforce readiness in molecular bioscience , article
Associate Professor Anne Brown is teaming with Professor Ashley McDonald at California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo to enhance the technical and practical data science skills of students studying molecular bioscience.
Date: Oct 10, 2025 - -
Article ItemEngineering students bring clean water access to rural Kenyan community , article
Engineering students helped bring clean water to a rural Kenyan community, marking a milestone for the Engineers Without Borders chapter’s first post-pandemic project.
Date: Sep 30, 2025 - -
Article ItemNew grant supports study of AI’s role in protecting cybersecurity systems , article
Most approaches to cybersecurity focus on detecting or neutralizing a specific kind of threat, such as malware or network breaches. But Bimal Viswanath’s collaboration intends to create a framework that can significantly enhance threat detection across several domains.
Date: Sep 25, 2025 - -
Article ItemMaj. Carla Stefaniak, Capt. Elizabeth Archer named Hokie Heroes for the NC State game , article
Stefaniak and Archer are deployed with the 336th Fighter Squadron.
Date: Sep 25, 2025 - -
Article ItemFaculty members honored with emeritus title , article
The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors conferred the title on four recently retired faculty members.
Date: Sep 24, 2025 - -
Article Item'Curious Conversations' podcast: Cayelan Carey talks about ecosystem forecasting , article
Carey's ecosystem forecasting provides near real-time predictions about water quality in lakes and reservoirs. Believed to be the first of its kind, the system is collecting data from 15 lakes and reservoirs spanning three continents and providing each with a daily, 30-day forecast.
Date: Sep 22, 2025 - -
Article ItemTom Woteki honored with emeritus status , article
Woteki, who joined the statistics faculty as a professor of practice in 2018, made significant leadership contributions as the founding director of the Academy of Data Science in the College of Science.
Date: Sep 12, 2025 - -
Video ItemResearchers deploy water quality forecasting system around the globe , video
Researchers at the Center for Ecosystem Forecasting have developed a system that can predict the quality of drinking water in lakes and reservoirs. By combining advanced sensor technologies, data analysis, AI, machine learning, and cyberinfrastructure, ecosystem forecasting tools have the potential to revolutionize environmental policy and security. This technology has now been applied to help manage lakes and reservoirs in countries around the world.
Date: Sep 03, 2025 - -
Article ItemProject to improve data compression, from your smart glasses to the stars , article
A Department of Energy-funded partnership between Virginia Tech, Argonne National Laboratories, and the Ohio State University is working to develop a flexible, customizable data compression technique for the future.
Date: Aug 25, 2025 - -
Article ItemEric Smith honored with emeritus status , article
A member of the Virginia Tech community for more than 42 years, Smith was a two-time department head in statistics, served as the director of the Statistical Consulting Center from 1995-2004, and developed the successful undergraduate program in computational modeling and data analytics.
Date: Aug 01, 2025 - -
Article ItemAI expert helps startup improve health care delivery , article
With a National Science Foundation grant worth nearly $1 million, Hoda Eldardiry’s Machine Learning Laboratory harnessed cutting-edge artificial intelligence technologies to integrate LiteraSeed’s existing visual-based patient communication tool with electronic health record systems for more efficient, data-driven health care.
Date: Jul 24, 2025 - -
Article ItemVirginia Tech’s Academy of Data Science begins a new era , article
New leadership takes over the academy and managing a new master’s degree in data science.
Date: Jul 01, 2025 - -
Video ItemVisualizing highway safety , video
The Center for Geospatial Information Technology in the College of Natural Resources and Environment has created a tool to visualize traffic crash data across the state of Virginia. This tool is being used by Virginia State Police to plan safety routes and identify highway safety issues.
Date: Jun 18, 2025 - -
Article ItemData competitions provide invaluable opportunities for Virginia Tech undergraduates , article
These competitions provide students the opportunity to work on open-ended real-world problems.
Date: Jun 09, 2025 - -
Article ItemClass of 2025: Yihan Liu builds his future on mathematical theory , article
Yihan Liu was a recipient of the 2025 Outstanding Senior award in the Computational Modeling and Data Analytics program.
Date: May 16, 2025 -
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