Welcome Mimi Fariha and Nathan Charles to the HiPE research group to work on the USDA’s AnimalCareBot project.

Welcome Mimi Fariha and Nathan Charles to the HiPE research group to work on the USDA’s AnimalCareBot project.
Fire Tech: Frontline Innovation for Resilient and Effective Firefighter Technology –
Session 1: How Can Robotics, Drones, and AI Transform Fire Response?
March 26th 12 PM – 1 PM CST
Register: https://txstate.zoom.us/meeting/register/Tf_6H_-1RKSnDAna-cnMmg#/registration
Dr. Valles’s NSF-REU was renewed in collaboration with Texas A&M-San Antonio, “REU Site: Undergraduate Research Experiences in Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics, and Mixed Reality for Smart and Connected Health“
Saad Rafiq and Erich Ellsworth‘s collaboration paper with HiPE Alums Adenrele Ishola, Oscar Resendiz, and Susmitha Haripriya Varanasi, “Design of Autonomous Rover for Firefighter Rescue: Integrating Deep Learning With ROS2,” has been accepted to the 2024 IEEE World AI IoT Congress (AIIoT).
The HiPE research group Smart Firefighting team is heading to SXSW through the TXST Corporate & Foundation Partnerships Innovation Lab event. We will showcase our Smart Firefighting project in partnership with Translational Health Research Center!
Link: SXSW 2024 Innovation Lab
HiPE’s collaboration with USDA’s AnimalCareBot Project at TXST welcomes the first cohort of research students: Rose Ochoa | Kevin C. Guerra | Jamal Close
Gavin’s, Dylan’s, and Dr. Valles’ collaborative paper “Data Collection and Real-Time Facial Emotion Recognition in iOS Apps With CNN-Based Models” was accepted to the IEEE World AI IoT Congress 2023 (AIIoT).
Sazida Islam’s and Dr. Valles’ article titled Animal Species Recognition with Deep Convolutional Neural Networks from Ecological Camera Trap Images with Dr. Michael Forstner from TXST Biology and colleagues from Texas A&M was published in MDPI’s Animals, Volume 13, Issue 9.
Saad Rafiq and Erich Ellsworth will present their research poster on Smart City Firefighting Autonomous Data Collection at the TXST Data Analytics Showcase.