Artificial Intelligence

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The Latest

Using AI to Enable Better Vision – for Both Humans and Machines

Through a unique and long-standing collaboration, electrical engineers at UC San Diego are embedded in Jacobs Retina Center to partner with ophthalmologists to develop better computer vision, AI, and image processing tools to help physicians diagnose patients faster and more accurately; predict which drugs will be most successful for specific patients; and even aid in the process of developing new therapeutic treatments for retinal diseases.

Electrical engineering graduate students sit side-by-side with ophthalmologists at a round table in an office at Jacobs Retina Center.

AI Tool Spots Breastfeeding Complications from Phone Photos for Streamlined Lactation Care

In a step toward using artificial intelligence to provide faster and more accurate lactation care to breastfeeding mothers, engineers at UC San Diego developed a tool to identify breastfeeding-related conditions from simple phone images.

A bust of a torso and breasts next to a smart phone.

Meet CARMEN, a Robot That Helps People with Mild Cognitive Impairment

Meet CARMEN, short for Cognitively Assistive Robot for Motivation and Neurorehabilitation–a small, tabletop robot designed to help people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) learn skills to improve memory, attention, and executive functioning at home.