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AMD pledges $15M to advance supercomputing in fight against coronavirus

Sept. 22, 2020
AMD announced a second round of high-performance technology contributions to assist in the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Texas ECE Researchers Respond to COVID-19

May 18, 2020
Texas ECE is on the front lines of the global response to the coronavirus pandemic. Our researchers are racing to develop innovations to support the fight against COVID-19. Here are some Texas ECE research projects being developed to address the coronavirus pandemic: Deployment of a real-time trustworthiness assessment to ensure only the best, most reliable sources and associated data are used for monitoring the incidence of COVID-19, providing confidence to citizens and health care workers alike. Dr. Suzanne Barber
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Researchers Receive $2M NSF Grant to Break the Laws of Classical Physics

Aug. 23, 2016
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a four-year, $2 million grant to Andrea  Alù of the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin to break the conventional ways in which light and acoustic waves propagate.