Health & Medicine Can Amazon Alexa or Google Home help detect Parkinson’s? July 23, 2025 A quick, speech-based AI tool offers a new way to screen for a key indicator of the neurodegenerative disease.
University News Three Rochester faculty members receive nation’s highest honor for early-career investigators January 16, 2025 Ehsan Hoque, William Renninger, and Petros Tzeferacos have been named Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) recipients.
Health & Medicine Online AI-based test for Parkinson’s disease severity shows promising results September 6, 2023 Researchers from the Hajim School and the Medical Center have developed a test for Parkinson’s disease severity that relies on 10 taps of the finger, with results available in minutes.
Campus & Community Lab experience your first year in college? Yes. February 15, 2023 With faculty and graduate student mentorship, undergraduate researchers thrive in the Rochester Human-Computer Interaction lab.
Health & Medicine Software uses selfies to detect early symptoms of Parkinson’s disease November 15, 2021 Rochester computer scientist Ehsan Hoque and his colleagues have harnessed machine learning to accurately identify signs of the neurological disease by analyzing facial muscles.
Health & Medicine A new way to prepare doctors for difficult conversations July 15, 2021 University of Rochester researchers have developed SOPHIE, a virtual ‘patient’ that trains doctors in explaining end-of-life options.
Science & Technology Can social networks help us be more creative? December 9, 2020 Our interactions on social media could encourage new ways of thinking and different perspectives, if creativity was considered part of the network’s algorithms, say Rochester researchers.
University News Ehsan Hoque named an ‘emerging leader’ by National Academy of Medicine May 8, 2020 The director of Rochester's Human-Computer Interaction Lab is one of ten leaders selected to work with the organization on “sparking transformative change to improve health care for all.”
Science & Technology Will data science and smartphone apps predict if you are telling the truth? November 30, 2018 Imagine if lie-detection apps became widely available on everyone’s phones or computers. Computer scientist Ehsan Hoque will use a new $1 million grant to explore the benefits and ethical risks of this type of tech.
Science & Technology Using data science to tell which of these people is lying May 22, 2018 University researchers are using data science to analyze more than 1 million facial expressions to more accurately detect deception based on a smile.