There are approximately 2 gigawatts (GW) of cryptocurrency load capacity within the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). As of mid-2022, ERCOT had 33 GW of cryptocurrency mining in its interconnection queue. The potential increase in power demand was so high that ERCOT established a new interim process and a special task force for determining new rules for interconnecting large loads, such as cryptocurrency mining operations.

The Texas Robotics faculty and students will be presenting their research on household, healthcare, and mobile autonomous robotics. Our partners at Good Systems will discuss integrating technical and social approaches to living and working with robots. The event will include poster presentations, demos, and discussion panels by students and faculty. There will also be an exclusive Open Networking event for our Texas Robotics industry partners and students.

Hosted by Good Systems’ “Designing Responsible AI Technologies to Curb Disinformation” research team, this virtual event brings together researchers and thought leaders working across disciplines and sectors to discuss approaches to curbing the spread of digital disinformation. Data scientist and engineer Dr. David Corney will deliver a keynote on “How AI can help fact checkers to fight bad information.” The keynote will be followed by two panels exploring topics including bias and fairness and addressing the gap between fact checkers’ needs and existing technologies. Attendees are encouraged to participate in interactive Q&As following each session.

At this year's Mitchell Sustainability Symposium, we look toward the future. UT experts will come together to share their work imagining and achieving the future of campus sustainability, drawing on the UT Strategic Plan. We will explore the future of sustainability in the curriculum, the future of our place in the city, the future of energy, and more. Join us for a day of networking, panel discussions, and lightning talks as we explore The Future of...

This panel brings together scholars and practitioners from environmental humanities, mental health, artistic, and pedagogical spaces to discuss these challenges while sharing tools and practices we can use to navigate complex emotional landscapes.

Join us on October 4 for this important in-person and online event--conversation with three experts with backgrounds in communications, information sciences, and public policy to examine the current challenges and discuss remediations and even potential solutions.

Celebrate the launch of The Drag’s new podcast, “Planet Texas”

Given the recent proliferation of disinformation online, there has been growing research interest in automatically debunking rumors, false claims, and "fake news." A number of fact-checking initiatives have been launched so far, both manual and automatic, but the whole enterprise remains in a state of crisis: by the time a claim is finally fact-checked, it could have reached millions of users, and the harm caused could hardly be undone.

Please join us for the kick-off event of Planet Texas 2050's Fall 2022 Resilience Roundtable Series!