Alfred Hero
Electrical and Computer Engineering curriculum prepares students to join the AI revolution
As AI-related skills become more valuable in research and industry, ECE faculty weave these topics into courses spanning their educational journey.Alum Pin-Yu Chen receives 2024 Young Professional Industry Leadership Award
Chen received the award “for research and industry impact for machine learning robustness and AI safety.”Best Student Paper Award for work in universal training of neural networks
ECE alum Mohammadreza Tavasoli Naeini, a former student of Prof. Al Hero, was first author on the paper and award recipient.Improving the accuracy and applicability of large language models, like ChatGPT
Prof. Al Hero’s new method, which enhances the reliability of predictive models and promises to reduce the risk of AI hallucinations, was selected as a spotlight paper at NeurIPS 2023.Research describing quantum-inspired computational imaging earns impact award
This Q&A with award co-recipient Alfred Hero offers a glimpse into the emerging field of single photon imaging.Research to simplify big data graphs earns Best Paper Award at IEEE SSP 2023
Research by PhD student Neophytos Charalambides and Professor Alfred Hero addresses computational and storage bottlenecks for graphs used in statistical problems, signal processing, large networks, combinatorial optimization, and data analysis.A brain game may predict your risk of infection
When a person's cognitive function is highly variable, they're likely to be more infectious and have more symptoms after exposure to a respiratory virus.Neophytos Charalambides receives Best Poster Award for research in the area of Data Science
The research can be applied to a wide range of big data applications that rely on the multiplication of two matrices in linear algebra.Designing Synthetic Human Gut Microbiome with AI
Prof. Al Hero was interviewed and gave a presentation about his research using machine learning to improve our understanding of the human gutMachine learning begins to understand the human gut
The new computer model accurately predicts the behavior of millions of microbial communities from hundreds of experiments, an advance toward precision medicine.Atkins chairs National Academies report on speeding discovery with automated research workflows
Prof. Emeritus Daniel Atkins III chaired and Prof. Al Hero served on a National Academies committee that published a new report describing the impact of artificial intelligence and automated research workflow technologies in propelling research and scientific discovery.Teaching Machine Learning in ECE
With new courses at the UG and graduate level, ECE is delivering state-of-the-art instruction in machine learning for students in ECE, and across the UniversityImmune to hacks: Inoculating deep neural networks to thwart attacks
The adaptive immune system serves as a template for defending neural nets from confusion-sowing attacksKatie Bouman talks legacy of the black hole imaging project and favorite U-M memories
Before Bouman became the face of the project that brought us the first ever image of a black hole, she was wowing ECE professors with design projects and hoarding Domino’s pizza with her HKN family.Catching nuclear smugglers: fast algorithm could enable cost-effective detectors at borders
Could a smartwatch identify an infection before you start spreading it?
Alfred Hero named Fellow of Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
Using machine learning to detect disease before symptoms manifest
Prof. Alfred Hero speaks to ECE about his work using data to predict the transmission of infectious disease among people who are pre-symptomatic or asymptomatic and how it relates to COVID-19.Machine Learning takes over the EECS Atrium
Students in EECS 545: Machine Learning, taught by Prof. AL Hero, presented their final projects in a poster session sponsored by KLA.Machine Learning and Systems: A conversation with 2020 Field Award winners Al Hero and Anders Lindquist
Alfred Hero Receives 2020 IEEE Fourier Award
Elizabeth Hou recognized for her research on detecting anomalies in traffic networks
ECE and data science: a natural connection
Improving communication between humans and robots in 20 noisy questions
Alfred Hero illustrates common threads of complex networks in Distinguished University Professor lecture
Alfred Hero receives CoE Professional Leadership and Service Award
Alfred O. Hero receives CoE Stephen S. Attwood Award
U-M Shannon Centennial Symposium Celebrates the father of information theory
Prof. Al Hero editor of new book: Big Data over Networks
Alfred O. Hero, III named John H. Holland Distinguished University Professor of EECS
Hero is honored for his extraordinary accomplishments that have brought distinction to himself, his students, and to the entire University.Al Hero gets a shoutout from the court
Al Hero receives 2015 IEEE Signal Processing Society Award
Michigan Institute for Data Science: Bringing the MIDAS touch to big data
Zhaoshi Meng receives Best Paper Award at CAMSAP 2013
Al Hero named 2013 IEEE SPS Technical Achievement Award Winner
Pin-Yu Chen receives Rackham Chia-Lun Lo Fellowship
MCubed A Year Later: A record of fostering innovative research
Research that will lead to sharper photos earns best paper award
Research in distributed networks earns Notable Paper Award at AISTATS
ECE faculty are MCubing to find answers – fast
Predicting your risk of illness
Next-generation Systems Information Theory
Breakthrough: Researchers find wide gap in immune responses of people who did or didnt get the flu after exposure
New techniques in medical informatics lead to improved diagnosis of MDS
Al Hero receives Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award
Kevin Xu awarded NSERC Fellowship
Al Hero receives 2009 Signal Processing Magazine Best Paper Award
Al Hero appointed the R. Jamison and Betty Williams Professor of Engineering