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Can AI predict how you'll vote in the next election?

July 25, 2023 04:24 PM
BYU study proves artificial intelligence can respond to complex survey questions like a real human.
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BYU acoustics capture the sound of NASA’s Artemis I launch

July 25, 2023 04:07 PM
BYU students, professors gather data at the world’s most powerful rocket launch.
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BYU student created video game wins international award

July 25, 2023 12:55 PM
BYU was named the number five school in the world for game design.
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BYU scientists collaborate with astronomers around the world to understand distant galaxy

July 25, 2023 11:04 AM
BYU’s West Mountain Observatory was one of 37 ground-based telescopes throughout the world monitoring the active galaxy that is roughly 1 billion light years away.
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Steven Castle Reappointed Director of Simmons Center for Cancer Research

July 17, 2023 10:51 AM
Dean Grant Jensen of the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences is pleased to announce the reappointment of Steven Castle as Director of the Simmons Center for Cancer Research. Castle has served as director since 2020, and his second term begins July 2023.
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Keith Leatham Reappointed as Chair of Department of Mathematics Education

July 17, 2023 09:24 AM
Dean Grant Jensen of the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences is pleased to announce the reappointment of Keith Leatham as Chair of the Department of Mathematics Education. Leatham has been serving as chair since 2020, and his second term begins July 2023.
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Sounding out the Deep: Neilsen’s Trip to the North Atlantic

Mara Dille
By Mara Dille
February 10, 2023 02:38 PM
A recent research adventure took Dr. Traci Neilsen and two students to the North Atlantic Ocean. Neilsen, an associate professor of physics at BYU, and her team apply artificial intelligence to noises in the ocean to classify the seabed. To further their research, they participated in a seabed characterization experiment aboard the research vessel Neil Armstrong in May 2022.
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Reveling in Uncertainty

Mara Dille
By Mara Dille
October 19, 2022 12:10 PM
Despite the inherent time constraints of engaging undergraduate and graduate students in research, Bergeson enjoys teaching this “seek and find” principle to his students, a principle that has become his philosophy for life. He has found that whenever there is a lack of a clear direction on how to move forward, it simply means a need to experiment has presented itself. Navigating the unknown happens at all levels, from the micro error bar type that occurs in specific experiments to the macro awareness that there are still swaths of the universe we do not understand. For Bergeson, embracing this uncertainty is a given in any adventure―in research, in life, and in every worthwhile pursuit—and he wouldn’t have it any other way.
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A Keystone to Overcoming Doubt: Olivia Fisher’s Journey to Winning the Goldwater Scholarship

Mara Dille
By Mara Dille
August 29, 2022 03:03 PM
Olivia Fisher vividly remembers driving back to BYU after a family vacation on the East Coast. Her father was encouraging her to take the computer science (CS) classes that simultaneously enthralled and intimidated her. After realizing the processes in her current chemistry lab would be more efficient if they were computer-automated, Fisher debated declaring the CS minor. That’s when the counsel from her father to bridge the gap between chemistry and CS truly changed her life’s direction. He wisely told her, “If you don’t do it, nobody will.” That night, Fisher added the introductory computer science course to her registration and started on a journey that would eventually lead her to win the prestigious Barry Goldwater Scholarship. However, the challenge of overcoming her fear to take unfamiliar classes would not be Fisher’s last obstacle.
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New Chair of Department of Statistics

July 06, 2022 05:52 PM
Dean Grant Jensen of the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences is pleased to announce that BYU has appointed Professor David Dahl as chair of the Department of Statistics starting July 2022. Dahl is replacing Professor Scott Grimshaw. Candace Berrett and William Christensen will serve as associate chairs
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