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Good Systems Announces Summer Research Opportunities

Marzo 9, 2022
Good Systems announces three summer research opportunities to help advance its mission to design ethical AI technologies to benefit society. Learn more about Faculty Fellowships, Graduate Student Fellowships, and Undergraduate Research Experiences.
Maria De Arteaga and Min Kyung Lee

Challenging the Status Quo in Machine Learning

Marzo 5, 2022
UT researchers Maria De-Arteaga and Min Kyung Lee talk about their different but complementary work to make algorithms less biased and harmful.
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4 Steps to Successful City-University Partnerships

Ene. 13, 2022
The productive working relationship between the University of Texas and the City of Austin can serve as a framework for other governments interested in improving their communities with technology.
Flood in Germany

Cities Boosted Rain, Sent Storms to the Suburbs During Europe’s Deadly Summer Floods

Ene. 6, 2022
Jackson School of Geosciences Professor Dev Niyogi and their team used computer models to investigate how cities and climate change influenced the rainstorm that struck the Rotterdam-Brussels-Cologne metropolitan region in July 2021.
Waste water testing

UT Austin Resumes COVID-19 Wastewater Testing After Funding Pause

Ene. 5, 2022
With renewed funding, UT researchers are resuming testing for COVID-19 in Austin's wastewater. Cockrell School of Engineering Professor and Whole Communities–Whole Health Mary Jo Kirisits talked to KXAN News about their findings so far.
Monica Brickley said she looked at dozens of homes for a ground floor ADU for her mother (pictured), before deciding to build one from scratch. (Photo: …

City leaders vote to expand ‘granny flats’ for affordability, but research indicates it could backfire

Dic. 9, 2021
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin City Council members took a step Thursday to loosen the restrictions on Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) and make them more affordable.
A woman sits at her desktop computer in her brightly-lit office designing a mobile application.

Whole Communities–Whole Health Study Goes Mobile

Dic. 2, 2021
One of the key parts of the Whole Communities–Whole Health study is its commitment to providing actionable data to participants so they and other community organizations can make changes that support better overall health.
Snow, ice and widespread power outages gripped Austin and much of Texas during February's deadly winter storm.

Opinion: We All Must Rise to the Challenge of Climate Change

Nov. 26, 2021
Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering Associate Professor Fernanda Leite argue for reductions in emissions and a statewide climate adaptation plan in an opinion piece for the Austin American-Statesman.
Three men stand around a robot on wheels in a robotic labs on the University of Texas at Austin campus.

Bringing Robots into the Real World: Q&A with Peter Stone and Elliott Hauser

Nov. 8, 2021
Computer Science Professor Peter Stone and School of Information Assistant Professor Elliott Hauser share about their new Good Systems project "Living and Working with Robots" and why it's important to design robotic technology in the real world.
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What Does it Mean to Make Texas More Resilient?

Nov. 8, 2021
Since its founding, Planet Texas 2050 has used as its tagline: making Texas more resilient. But what do we mean by resilient? Architecture Assistant Professor Katherine Lieberknecht explains.