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AI-powered chat assistance elevates online conversation quality, BYU study finds

October 03, 2023
Researchers at BYU and Duke University say derisive online conversations don’t have to be the norm. A joint paper between the two universities found that artificial intelligence can be used to improve conversation quality and promote civil dialogue in online interactions.
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Coming Fall 2023: Check out a few new-to-BYU classes that may fill a gap in your schedule

August 22, 2023
Every fall there are several new classes offered at BYU for the first time. According to our unofficial count, more than 100 new courses will be offered this fall, from new language courses to new classes on human-computer interaction. Here's a preview of some of those courses.
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Buzzworthy breakthrough: BYU students utilize AI to decipher the ‘language of the bees’

July 19, 2023
A team of BYU students is abuzz to decode the secret language of the hive. Armed with a hum-dinger of a research project and cutting-edge technology, these students are translating the bee waggle in real-time.
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Engineers stitch together thousands of drone-captured images to create 3D model of BYU's campus

December 09, 2021
Using more than 80,000 drone-captured and ground images, and applying GPS systems for accuracy, BYU grad student Bryce Berrett has stitched together a comprehensive 3D model of BYU's entire 560-acre campus.


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BYU student-driven 1918 dataset details how pandemics spread

January 19, 2021
BYU professors and students developed a tool that can auto-index the cause of death from death certificates.
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Water animation gets easier thanks to BYU professors

December 04, 2019
Computer science professors at BYU developed a method to quickly resize 4D animations of fluids without having to completely re-simulate the entire sequence.
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100 years later: Find out who in your family was a WWI veteran

November 07, 2018
Joshua Seth Hunt grew up knowing he carried the namesake of his great granduncle, Moroni Seth McConkie, who was killed in a French train accident while serving in World War I.
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BYU internet security research garners Facebook praise

August 19, 2018
You know the green lock in the corner of your browser? That symbol represents thousands of lines of code program developers went through to encrypt your data so an attacker cannot read or modify it. The software used to make your Web communication secure is notoriously hard for developers to use, but a BYU team developed a new system that cuts the thousands of lines of code down to just a few.
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BYU students win E3 game competition

June 14, 2018
With their genre-bending "Beat Boxers," BYU animation students take the top prize at E3's College Game Competition.  

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"Alexa, can we have a real conversation?"

April 12, 2018
A team of computer science students is one of eight selected to compete in Amazon’s Alexa Prize Challenge. They were given a $250,000 grant and tasked with programming a bot who can hold a conversation on a range of popular topics.

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Let’s make a deal: Could AI compromise better than humans?

January 19, 2018
BYU researchers developed an algorithm that teaches machines not just to win games, but to cooperate and compromise — and sometimes do a little trash-talking too.

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Researchers use Wikipedia to give AI context clues

September 19, 2017
A team of BYU computer scientists is teaching artificial intelligence agents how to interact with the world in a way that makes sense.

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How secure are your messages?

August 10, 2017
Researchers at BYU have learned that most users of popular messaging apps are leaving themselves exposed to hacking and fraud because they aren’t using important security options.

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Training computers, helping humans

May 01, 2017
Three BYU professors recently received Career Awards: the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious award for junior faculty.

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Student-created budgeting app will finally save your budget

March 27, 2017
You’ve tried it all: spreadsheets, software, the envelope system. And despite your best efforts, it seems like every month you blow your budget. One BYU student wants you to give it one more shot, using his budgeting app.

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3D Printing for Dummies

June 21, 2016
What you sculpt is what you get.

A new method of 3D printing created by Computer Science Professors Michael Jones and Kevin Seppi removes the amount of skill required to design an object for 3D printing.

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Email Privacy: Finding the Balance Between Secure and Usable

May 25, 2016
When it comes to email security, sending an email is more similar to sending a postcard than a letter in a sealed envelope. A team of BYU computer scientists were honored for their research to make encrypting email easier.

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Using Nature to Nurture Robots

April 26, 2016
BYU researchers were inspired by Mother Nature in their quest to design movement patterns for a small army of robots. The computer scientists programmed the robots to mimic flocks of birds and schools of fish.

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