Research NewsletterIssue: ORN-2024-43

Van Houten Library Celebrate International Open Access Week 2024

Events: Monday, October 21st, to Sunday, October 27th

• On Wednesday, October 23rd, "Paywall: The Business of Scholarship" will be screened at the Profeta Real Estate Center from 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. Come for the thought-provoking film and stay for the pizza!
• Thursday, October 24th, join our virtual faculty webinar, "Opening the Door: Navigating Open Access Publishing and Building an OA Community," from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM. Learn about publishing opportunities through transformative agreements NJIT has in place and how you can make your work more visible by contributing to the Institutional Repository.
• On Friday, October 25th, we have a special event for graduate students: "Open Access Publishing—The Good, the Bad, and the Predatory," from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM in CKB 204. Learn the ins and outs of publishing while enjoying pizza!

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Recent NJIT Non-Provisional Patent Applications Filed to US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

Patent Title:  Hydrophilic Functional Particles in the Delivery of Hydrophobic Drugs

NJIT Ref No.:  21-002

Inventor(s):   Mitra, Somenath / Islam, Mohammad

Patent Application Status:  Filed Non-Provisional Patent Application

Patent Application Filing Date:  10/10/2024

Application Filing No.: 18/911,710

Technology Licensing Status: Available

NSF: Addressing Systems Challenges through Engineering Teams (ASCENT); Building Synthetic Microbial Communities for Biology, Mitigating Climate Change, Sustainability and Biotechnology (Synthetic Communities); Earth Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowships (EAR-PF)

NIH: Emerging Global Leader Award (K43); NIDCD Early Career Research (ECR) Award (R21); NCI Small Grants Program for Cancer Research for Years 2023, 2024, and 2025 (NCI Omnibus) (R03); Human Brain Single-cell Genomics Explorer (U24)

Department of Defense/US Army/DARPA/ONR: FY25 Minerva Research Initiative University Research Program

EPA: Consumer Recycling Education and Outreach Grant Program

Nobel Prize in physics spotlights key breakthroughs in AI revolution − making machines that learn: If your jaw dropped as you watched the latest AI-generated video, your bank balance was saved from criminals by a fraud detection system, or your day was made a little easier because you were able to dictate a text message on the run, you have many scientists, mathematicians and engineers to thank. But two names stand out for foundational contributions to the deep learning technology that makes those experiences possible: Princeton University physicist John Hopfield and University of Toronto computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton. The two researchers were awarded the Nobel Prize in physics on Oct. 8, 2024, for their pioneering work in the field of artificial neural networks. Though artificial neural networks are modeled on biological neural networks, both researchers’ work drew on statistical physics, hence the prize in physics. More information is posted on the NextGov website.

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Bridging security and productivity at Energy: Out of over 400 federal agencies and offices, few entities seem better equipped to implement artificial intelligence solutions internally than the Department of Energy. As the agency tasked with overseeing the expansive U.S. national laboratory network, leadership has access to the research and development to drive both AI policy and implementation. As a result, the agency has a dual perspective on the emerging technology that looks to both expand on AI’s possibilities and consider how it would operate in the organization internally. Likewise, Energy’s director of the Office of Critical and Emerging Technologies and chief AI officer, Helena Fu, and its chief information officer, Ann Dunkin, work closely on the agency’s overall approach to AI. More information is posted on the NextGov website.

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Energy Dept. eyes hyperscalers as future leaders in carbon-free energy adoption: As the Department of Energy sets its sights on enhancing artificial intelligence research and development efforts, agency leadership is focusing on scaling clean power sources to meet the growth in energy demand more AI applications will exact on the U.S. energy grid. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm noted at NVIDIA’s AI Summit in Washington D.C. on Wednesday that the energy grid load is projected to grow by 15% as AI software continues to consume more power, adding that her agency is focusing on improving the infrastructure of carbon-free energy sources, including nuclear and geothermal power. Granholm cited Microsoft’s recent partnership with Constellation Energy resulting in a 20-year power purchase to launch a new clean energy center and restart the Three Mile Island Unit 1 nuclear reactor to support grid decarbonization efforts by pivoting to low-or-no emission power sources for needs like data centers. More information is posted on the NextGov website.