Technology like AI (artificial intelligence) is opening new opportunities in healthcare, from analyzing medical images to helping organizations collaborate while keeping sensitive patient information protected. As these technologies continue to advance, researchers are also finding new ways to make sure AI systems are secure, accurate, and reliable. One example comes from Florida Atlantic University, where researchers in the SPEED Lab are studying the security of AI systems used in healthcare. The recent research examined federated AI, an approach that allows hospitals and other organizations to work together to train AI models without directly sharing sensitive patient data. The research found that while this approach can help protect patient privacy, the AI models themselves can still be vulnerable to cyberattacks. Here is how this can help advance healthcare technology: Looking to the future, we are going to see AI play an increasingly important role across healthcare—and with that growth comes the need to build security into these technologies from the beginning. Research like this will be important in making sure the next generation of medical AI is not only innovative, but also secure, accurate, and…

Technology continues to open new possibilities for ocean research, underwater infrastructure inspection, and search-and-rescue efforts. As underwater missions become more complex, researchers are developing robots that can adapt to changing conditions and mission needs. As one example, researchers at Purdue University have developed a patent-pending underwater robot that can change how it moves during a mission. The robot combines three modes of locomotion—drifting, gliding, and thruster-driven propulsion—allowing it to adapt its mobility strategy based on the mission requirements or environmental conditions. Here is how this can help: Looking to the future, underwater robots could play an even greater role in ocean and lake monitoring, current and flow mapping, underwater infrastructure inspection, exploration beneath ice shelves, environmental sensing, and distributed underwater data collection. Purdue researchers plan to further develop the technology by evaluating energy efficiency, endurance, maneuverability, mode-transition performance, and robustness under more realistic underwater…