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Research Blog

  1. AI Meets the Piano: How LLMs Are Transforming Sight-Reading Practice

    by Fareeha Malik

    Learning to play the piano is a deeply rewarding journey, but it comes with a notoriously steep hurdle: sight-reading. Sight-reading is the ability to read and play a piece of sheet music fluently on the first look, much like reading a book out loud in your native language. While essential  ...Read More


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  1. Digital Time Capsules: Exploring Geolocated Media Sharing

    by Fareeha Malik

    We rarely think about past experiences until we actively scroll back through our phone galleries or physical photo albums. But what if your surroundings could remind you of those moments automatically? Inspired by real-world treasure hunting in Geocaching and the historical photo overlays of Replay  ...Read More

  2. Covid Connect: Enabling anonymous peer-based mental health support with artificial intelligence and visualization

    by Ethan Duggan

    It’s been well over a year since the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the globe, prompting various measures from governments and private-sector entities alike. One of the first responses to the pandemic came in the form of widespread implementation of work-from-home and learn-from-home policies.  ...Read More

  3. Mastering Italian Verb Conjugation: How NLP Powers the “Card-it” Digital Flashcard App

    by Fareeha Malik

    Learning a morphologically rich language like Italian is an exciting journey, but mastering its intricate system of verb conjugations and inflections can be a daunting challenge for many learners. Traditional tools often fall into two camps: rigid apps with pre-set decks that cannot be customized  ...Read More

  4. Can We Learn to Trust AI? The Essential Role of Interactive Visualization

    by Fareeha Malik

    As Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems increasingly influence critical decisions across healthcare, finance, policy, and everyday life, questions around trustworthiness, fairness, interpretability, and accountability have taken center stage. But how do humans actually come to trust these complex  ...Read More

  5. Your Webcam Might Be the Secret to Solving Your Back Pain

    by Fareeha Malik

    We’ve all been there: deeply focused on a project, only to realize hours later that our neck is stiff, our shoulders are hunched, and we’ve essentially transformed into a human pretzel. In our increasingly sedentary world, “chair-work” has become the norm, and while we’ve known for over 300 years  ...Read More

  6. Visualizing the Journey: Mapping Literature with GeoMapper

    by Fareeha Malik

    Readers often find themselves lost in the sprawling geography of a great novel. While authors use real-world locations to set the scene, following a story that jumps between cities or across continents can be a challenge for even the most attentive reader. As Franco Moretti discusses in his work  ...Read More

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