Talks, events, articles and lab milestones.
Oct 2026 · Podcast
Dr. Voicu joins host Pamela Isom to talk about homes with sensing and intelligence built into the walls, processing on the device versus in the cloud and what that means for privacy, assistive robotics for aging, the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, and myths about sentient machines. Season 3, episode 69 (37 min).
Oct 2026 · In the news
First-year student Daksh Garg, advised by Dr. Voicu in the First-Year Scholars Program, is building a 3D-printed robotic hand that measures heart rate, blood oxygen and skin conductance. The work grew from an Office of Research seed grant titled Healing Hands.
Jun 2026 · Article
A blog post by Dr. Voicu on today's AI wellness sensing at home, how it could turn into pressure to always perform, and the privacy safeguards it needs.
Apr 2026 · Press
The paper's story on the new Shore Innovation Center shows Dr. Voicu demonstrating an automated wheelchair project.
Apr 2026 · Press
A first look inside the new Shore Innovation Center.
Apr 2026 · Press
Channel 2 on KSU's first dedicated research facility and the work it will house.
Apr 2026 · Lab update
The exterior of the on-site data compute unit is finished; interior fit-out has begun.
Apr 2026 · Event
The inaugural Artificial Superintelligence Conference, chaired by Dr. Voicu, was held on 1 April 2026 at Prillaman Hall, Kennesaw State University: five technical tracks, eleven speakers and IEEE society sponsorship. The proceedings are open access on KSU Digital Commons.
Mar 2026 · Press
Dr. Voicu speaks with Georgia Farm Monitor at the PLOT Innovation Hub.
Mar 2026 · Lab update
The first end-to-end demo ran the privacy-first sensing loop on de-identified captures, across fall detection, aging in place, gait analysis and thermal imaging.
Mar 2026 · Event
A live demo booth at the Southeast Regional Clinical & Translational Science Conference in Pine Mountain, Georgia.
Feb 2026 · Event
Dr. Voicu spoke at the IEEE Mechatronics Day hackathon at KSU, where student teams built with XRP robotics kits.
Early 2026 · Call for papers
Researchers were invited to submit work across five tracks: foundation models and LLMs, AI safety and ethics, neural architecture, autonomous systems, and cognitive intelligence, with awards for best paper overall and in each track.
Dec 2025 · Event
Student teams raced XRP robots through a search-and-rescue course in an event that also kicked off the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Atlanta chapter.
Fall 2025 · Event
A career panel for students, organized by the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Atlanta chapter.