Tag: AI

Why AI is driving an energy boom: Missouri S&T expert explains

Posted by on December 2, 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the world at top speed, and behind the breakthrough lies a growing demand for electrical power.

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Rebecca Sabogal: Bringing humanities values to AI

Posted by on November 21, 2025

Rebecca Sabogal says that students who focus on the humanities fields, such as history, psychology and philosophy, can bring special value to technology-based companies. She says that this is because “tools change, but people don’t.”

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The biggest barrier to AI adoption in the business world isn’t tech – it’s user confidence

Posted by on May 30, 2025

The Little Engine That Could wasn’t the most powerful train, but she believed in herself. The story goes that, as she set off to climb a steep mountain, she repeated: “I think I can, I think I can.”

That simple phrase from a children’s story still holds a lesson for today’s business world – especially when it comes to artificial intelligence.

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S&T researchers developing AI system to prevent pests, improve crop yield for rural farms 

Posted by on May 5, 2025

When many computer scientists say they are researching methods to stop bugs, they are likely referring to computer glitches and other issues. When Dr. Sajal Das from Missouri S&T says this, he is talking about the crawly and flying creatures afflicting agriculture operations.  

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Whittling down the wait list: Missouri S&T researcher’s AI kidney allocation software gains traction 

Posted by on April 8, 2025

Nearly 90,000 people in the U.S. are waiting for kidney transplants, yet a large number of kidneys never reach a recipient. Researchers from Missouri S&T are improving that with artificial intelligence. 

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AI will change your future 

Posted by on November 13, 2024

Artificial intelligence is here to stay, along with all its controversies, questions and ambiguity. It is rising in the workplace and changing the way we work. Many researchers have looked at potential downsides, but few have looked at the upsides.  

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S&T students encouraged to draw their own conclusions about AI, other emerging technologies

Posted by on February 26, 2024

Rather than teaching the business impact of artificial intelligence (AI), robotics and digital transformations as stand-alone topics, an S&T graduate course encourages students to consider an array of sources in forming their own opinion about technologies that promise to change the world.

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Missouri S&T names AI expert Donald Wunsch founding director of Kummer Institute Center for Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems

Posted by on June 9, 2022

Dr. Donald C. Wunsch II, the Mary K. Finley Missouri Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, has been appointed founding director of the university’s Kummer Institute Center for Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems. He begins his duties Dec. 1.

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S&T researcher examines if AI have a mind of their own

Posted by on May 18, 2020

Most people encounter artificial intelligence (AI) every day in their personal and professional lives. Without giving it a second thought, people ask Alexa to add soda to a shopping list, drive with Google Maps and add filters to their Snapchat – all examples of AI use. But a Missouri University of Science and Technology researcher is examining what is considered evidence of AIs having a “mind,” which will show when a person perceives AI actions as morally wrong.

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Researchers use artificial intelligence to design flood evacuation plans

Posted by on April 2, 2019

Artificial intelligence may soon help transportation agencies and first responders determine the best evacuation routes during floods such as those affecting portions of Missouri and the Midwest, thanks to the work of Missouri S&T researchers.

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