Research

Stanford University has a rich history as one of the pioneers in AI. In this video, Stanford Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) professors Fei-Fei Li, Chris Manning, and others describe the history of Stanford AI and the future of AI. Link

By bringing the benefits of mechanical systems into the extremely small scales of the quantum realm, Stanford researchers have demonstrated new capabilities by coupling tiny nanomechanical oscillators with a type of circuit that can store and process energy in the form of a qubit.

Researchers from Stanford and John Hopkins University are developing a new type of ultra-efficient material called "soft magnetic composite," or SMC, that can lead to miniaturized motors, power supplies and generators. Magnets are used in almost every step of electrical production but improving them has been a challenge. Link

Researchers at Stanford and the University of Mannheim report that reversible fuel cells can be an economically viable source of backup electricity during periods of surging prices.

In a chapter in the new book, Frontiers of Social Innovation, Stefan Reichelstein, professor emeritus at Stanford Graduate School of Business, proposes a framework called the Intertemporal Corporate Carbon Reporting standard, to make the distinction between corporate spin and real impact. 

Inês Azevedo, a lead author of the energy chapter in the United Nations' new report on climate mitigation, discusses changes necessary to keep global warming below 2 degrees Celsius. “We have the technologies needed to have net-zero energy systems.

Researchers imagined, designed, and tested an elegant lens device that can efficiently gather light from all angles and concentrate it at a fixed output position. These graded index optics also have applications in areas such as light management in solid-state lighting, laser couplers, and display technology to improve coupling and resolution.

This industry brief provides a cross-section of key research – at HAI and across Stanford – that leverages AI methods into new algorithms for human robot interaction and robot navigation. Discover how researchers are designing intelligent robots that learn and adapt to human demonstration, and how they could be used to disrupt and create markets in a wide range of industries including manufacturing, healthcare, autonomous vehicles, and many more.

Gustavo Cezar wears two colorful hats as an engineer with SLAC’s GISMo lab. In addition to his work on the farm where his team installed smart fans, solar panels, batteries, electricity meters and weather sensors, his lab - GISMo for Grid Integration, Systems and Mobility - is currently modeling the ways in which the increasing number of EVs in California will affect the grid's total load, infrastructure and reliability.

A new mathematical model has brought together the physics and chemistry of highly promising lithium-metal batteries, providing researchers with plausible, fresh solutions to a problem known to cause degradation and failure.