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The Grainger College of Engineering and Carle Health demonstrate working prototype of emergency ventilator for COVID-19 patients

Mar 27, 2020

The United States is expecting a severe shortage of ventilators to help people suffering from COVID-19. On March 16, 2020, a team of more than 40 engineers, doctors, medical professionals, designers, and manufacturing experts launched an Apollo 13-style project to help address that need.

C3SR ushers in new age of computing

Mar 26, 2020

The next few years of AI research will shape the future of human life—and some of the leading research in the area is being done right here at the Center for Cognitive Computing Systems Research, a joint venture between IBM and CSL.

A group photo of CSL professor Kris Hauser and the students working on AVATRINA

CSL professor creates robotic avatar for hands-free medical care

Mar 25, 2020

CSL’s Kris Hauser and his team are creating a new type of avatar that could provide a similar ability to health care workers, who could treat patients remotely during a pandemic like the current COVID-19 crisis.