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Institute for Computational and Data Sciences

Institute for Computational and Data Sciences

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Graphene-reinforced carbon fiber may lead to affordable, stronger car materials

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IST seed grants support tech projects related to COVID-19

ICDS Supercomputer

Penn State's supercomputer takes on COVID-19 — and its aftermath

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Civil engineering faculty receives CAREER Award to enhance fracture simulation

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Institute awards 32 computational and data sciences seed grants

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Researchers explore quantum computing to discover possible COVID-19 treatments

Web cues and privacy

Web of psychological cues may tempt people to reveal more online

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Anxious about public speaking? Your smart speaker could help

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Privacy worries prevent use of social media account for signing up for apps

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Do privacy controls lead to more trust in Alexa? Not necessarily, research finds

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Human and AI annotations aim to improve scholarly results in COVID-19 searches

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Seed grants jump-start 47 interdisciplinary teams to conduct COVID-19 research

Twitter and Renewable Energy

Twitter data may offer policy makers a glimpse into demand for renewable energy

AI Experts

AI advice as influential as humans', but positive crowd opinion still overpowers

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New Remote Research seminar series to begin April 14

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