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NSF Grant Supports Research on Behavior in Liquid Solutions
1+ hour, 35+ min ago (352+ words) Rajput's team uses a tool called NMR spectroscopy to study these liquids. But interpreting NMR data comes with challenges. One major problem is that liquids don't exist in one stable form, as they contain many different stable molecular arrangements at…...
AI-derived Mechanisms of Human Vision: Annual Swartz Foundation Mind/Brain Lecture, March 30
4+ hour, 54+ min ago (163+ words) James J. DiCarlo, MD, PhD, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will present the 2026 Swartz Foundation Mind/Brain Lecture on Monday, March 30, at 4 pm on Staller Center's Main Stage. His presentation, "AI-derived Mechanisms of Human Vision," will also be livestreamed at…...
Research Questions How Much AI Really Understands
3+ week, 5+ day ago (193+ words) In his office lined with hand-drawn diagrams and alphabet-like symbols, Stony Brook researcher Jeffrey Heinz is trying to answer a deceptively simple question: How well, exactly, can today's neural networks learn, and where do they fail? Heinz, a professor with…...
Stony Brook University Professor H. Blaine Lawson, Jr., Awarded American Mathematical Society’s “2026 Leroy P. Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement” - SBU News
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (534+ words) Stony Brook University Professor H. Blaine Lawson, Jr., Awarded American Mathematical Society's "2026 Leroy P. Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement'news.stonybrook.edu Stony Brook University Professor H. Blaine Lawson, Jr., Awarded American Mathematical Society's "2026 Leroy P. Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement STONY BROOK, NY'January 21, 2026'The…...
Convergence Series Continues with Data Analytics in Sports
4+ mon, 5+ day ago (280+ words) The inaugural Convergence lecture series continues with "Get in the Game! Data Analytics Via Sports," a deep dive into the fast-paced world of professional sports, where data and statistics play a key role in developing the strategies that drive teams…...
Bridging the Gap Between Machine and Human Language
10+ mon, 2+ day ago (120+ words) Researchers at Stony Brook University and Salesforce AI Research are discovering why professional writers often feel disappointed with Large Language Models (LLMs) and are proposing a manually polished model that can aid in aligning a machine's language to our own....
Stony Brook Receives $13.77M NSF Grant for Supercomputer
5+ mon, 4+ week ago (136+ words) The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $13.77 million grant to Stony Brook University's Institute for Advanced Computational Science (IACS), in collaboration with the University at Buffalo. The award, "Sustainable Cyber-infrastructure for Expanding Participation," will deliver cutting-edge computing and data…...