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Framework improves ‘continual learning’ for artificial intelligence

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metal foam test

Jun 5, 2019

Metal foam stops .50 caliber rounds as well as steel – at less than half the weight

Armor using composite metal foam can stop ball and armor-piercing .50 caliber rounds as well as conventional steel armor, even though it weighs less than half as much. 
painting of a double helix

Jun 3, 2019

Research overcomes key obstacles to scaling up DNA data storage

New techniques for labeling and retrieving data files in DNA-based information storage systems address two of the key obstacles to widespread adoption of DNA data storage technologies. 
2019 Global Engagement Expo award winners

May 31, 2019

Gubbins receives Outstanding Global Engagement Award

The Office of Global Engagement hosted the 2019 Global Engagement Exposition on April 23, celebrating the international excellence of NC State faculty, staff and students. Keith Gubbins, W.H. Clark Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, received an Outstanding Global Engagement Award. 
Students get hands-on experience with reflective markers used for motion capture in the Biomedical Engineering Gait Lab at NC State.

May 30, 2019

Building bridges to biomechanics

National Biomechanics Day gives STEM students a unique opportunity to learn about the field and interact with NC State scientists. 

May 22, 2019

Solving the riddle of genes

Nikhil Milind, a 2019 Goldwater Scholar, is melding computer science and biology to explore links between genetics and disease. 
Park Alumni Center, with sign in the foreground.

May 22, 2019

Survey: Alumni thriving in work, life

In a systemwide survey by Gallup, alumni of North Carolina’s public universities say they highly value their undergraduate education. 
Neil Baugh leaning over his lab bench, smiling at the camera.

May 21, 2019

Proving ground

Undergraduate researcher Neil Baugh has immersed himself in some of the coolest research in higher education, from soft robotics to nanomaterials. Thanks to a Goldwater Scholarship, he has plenty more to think and do. 

May 21, 2019

Goodnight Scholars Program announces Transfer Class of 2022

Twenty transfer students will join the Goodnight Scholars Program. 
Abstract design made of head outlines, lights and abstract design elements on the subject of intelligence, consciousness, logical thinking, mental processes and brain power

May 15, 2019

Framework improves ‘continual learning’ for artificial intelligence

Researchers have developed a new framework for deep neural networks that allows artificial intelligence (AI) systems to better learn new tasks while “forgetting” less of what it has learned regarding previous tasks.