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Carving Out Creativity

, Executive Director, ÎçÒ¹Ó°Ôº¸£ÀûÉç’s Institute for Creativity, Arts and Technology

, Deputy Executive Director, Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology

This immersive Hokie Stone experience will connect participants at ÎçÒ¹Ó°Ôº¸£ÀûÉç’s locations in Alexandria, Blacksburg, and Roanoke. The exhibit was created by a team of engineers, neuroscientists, and artists. Projections composed of dynamic visualizations of brain activity, video documentation of local stone carvers, and 3-D scans of carved stones fill the walls, while an interactive centerpiece invites viewers to touch carved sculptures and interact across distance with digital versions of sculptures at the other sites. Immersive audio fills the space, consisting of brain activity sonification and spatialized sound recordings. MoreÌý.

Using AI to build a Mars rover

Pamela Gilchrist, Director ofÌýK-12 ProgramsÌýat ÎçÒ¹Ó°Ôº¸£ÀûÉç Innovation Campus

Learn how ÎçÒ¹Ó°Ôº¸£ÀûÉç’s K-12 Initiative provides an early introduction to computer science and STEM that is key to preparing a well-rounded student for a global society. This demo will showcase how programs like Project Red Rover help to make these topics accessible while building new pathways for students to realize and pursue postsecondary goals. Participants will pair the RC controller with a small rover, drive their rovers through obstacle courses, attempt to acquire samples from the environment, and have the option of programming different features of the rover in a simulated environment.

Testing wireless technology using indoor drone cage & lab

The 465-square foot, two-story drone testing cage is capable of connecting live with Blacksburg’s Drone Park. The lab space is an area for students to present their capstone projects.Ìý

, Professor, Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, ÎçÒ¹Ó°Ôº¸£ÀûÉç College of Engineering

Through their work with the Institute of Science Tokyo, Saad and his students will show how wireless networks connect the physical and digital world, enabling breakthroughs in autonomous vehicles. They will also show how, by merging wireless with quantum technology, drones can be programmed to navigate complex environments, which can be key in disaster relief efforts.

Lingjia Liu,Ìý Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bradley Senior Faculty Fellow, Director of Wireless@ÎçÒ¹Ó°Ôº¸£ÀûÉç

Liu’s team will show how they can enhance the quality of a high-data message by using multiple wireless transmitters to send the same message to a receiver. This demonstration shows the ability to use developing wireless technologies to transmit with much more clarity and less noise.

Naren Ramakrishnan, Director, Sanghani Center for AI and Data Analytics and AI and Machine Learning Lead for the ÎçÒ¹Ó°Ôº¸£ÀûÉç Innovation Campus

Jailbreaking in the context of large language models like ChatGPT refers to techniques or manipulations used to bypass or override the built-in safety, ethical, and operational constraints of these AI systems. Such methods may exploit vulnerabilities in the model's architecture, prompt engineering, or other mechanisms to generate responses that are typically restricted or controlled. For the demo, we will show how ChatGPT's safeguards can be easily overridden using methods developed by researchers at ÎçÒ¹Ó°Ôº¸£ÀûÉç.

Helping people with visual impairments navigate spaces

Imagine a world where millions of people with visual impairments are empowered to navigate their surroundings with confidence and independence. That’s where AI Accessibility comes in. It is a mobile application that uses AI to provide audio-based navigation assistance, object detection, and environmental descriptions while wearing Meta glasses. The goal is to empower visually-impaired users with greater independence by offering real-time guidance and information about their immediate surroundings.