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Server maintenance

February 2025 Maintenance

Maintenance

On Wednesday, February 5, 2025, MSI staff will perform scheduled maintenance and upgrades to various MSI systems. During this month’s scheduled maintenance period, primary storage and Agate will be un

Design of Medical Devices Conference

The Design of Medical Devices Conference 2025 will be held April 28 - 30, 2025. The conference is part of the Institute for Engineering in Medicine's Innovation Week. It will be held in the Graduate b

Sustainable GeoCommunities Initiative Funds Four Projects

Ecology & Environment Engineering Spatial Computing

The Research and Innovation Office (RIO) has announced that four projects will be funded under the new Sustainable GeoCommunities Initiative. The Initiative, launched in 2024, is an international prog

MSI PI Maria Gini Receives National Mentoring Award

Awards Computer Science

MSI PI Maria Gini (professor, Computer Science and Engineering) has been awarded the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring. This is the nation’s highest

DARPAConnect Regional Pop-Up Event

Date: Tuesday, February 25, 2025Time: 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM CTLocation: McNamara Alumni Center at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN and onlineRegisterThis full-day event offers industry, academ

2025 Research Ethics Day Conference

This virtual conference is sponsored by the Research and Innovation Office; the Consortium on Law and Values in Health, Environment, and the Life Sciences; the Masonic Cancer Center; and the Clinical

Aligning AI With Human Values

As ChatGPT took the world by storm in 2023, it became clear that AI systems will soon become ubiquitous in our lives. MSI PI Dongyeop Kang (assistant professor, Computer Science and Engineering) and M

Genetics of Human Milk Production

Breast feeding is widely accepted as the best way for infants to get the nutrition they need to grow and develop. Many factors contribute to the content of a mother’s milk. In the MILK (Mothers and In

Improving Cassava Breeding

Cassava is an important food crop worldwide that can also be used for animal feed and as a source of starch for multiple uses. Researchers are working to develop new varieties of cassava that will be

Atmospheric Chemicals and Their Reactions

The presence and reactions of atmospheric chemicals affect conditions at the ground level. MSI PI Dylan Millet (Professor, Soil, Water, and Climate) studies these chemicals. He uses MSI resources for

Predicting Neurodegenerative Diseases With Deep Learning

A primary goal of genetic studies on complex diseases is to build predictive models to assess an individual's disease risk based on their genome. Current approaches primarily rely on collections of in

Understanding the Development of

Antibiotic resistance is a global public health crisis. Fluoroquinolones are one of the most successful classes of antibiotics to date and are an incredibly important tool for treating infections. How