{"id":151314,"date":"2026-08-26T00:20:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T00:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/151314\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T00:20:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T00:20:17","slug":"uh-hilo-students-test-ai-in-nature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/151314\/","title":{"rendered":"UH Hilo students test AI in nature"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reading time: 2 minutes\"\"This summer\u2019s AI program was the first ever research experience part of UH Hilo\u2019s new facility.<\/p>\n

From the rainforests of Hawai\u02bbi Island to a new artificial intelligence lab, nine student researchers at the University of Hawai\u02bbi at Hilo spent the summer exploring how artificial intelligence can help scientists solve real-world problems, from tracking fish to improving the way AI assists with computer coding.<\/p>\n

\"\"Students explored Hawai\u02bbi Island\u2019s natural environments while conducting AI research<\/p>\n

The eight-week, National Science Foundation-supported program marked the first student research experience at UH Hilo\u2019s newly renovated Scientist Centered Artificial Intelligence Laboratory<\/a>, or SCAIL.<\/p>\n

Working with Travis Mandel, an associate professor of computer science<\/a>, students took on four projects examining how AI can become more useful, reliable and efficient for scientists.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe name helps to let students know this is an important center of research on campus,\u201d said Mandel of UH Hilo\u2019s AI lab. \u201cThe name reflects the fact that we\u2019re very focused on not just AI, but AI that helps scientists do their job better.\u201d<\/p>\n

The research also moved beyond the lab for the first time. Students traveled to Hawai\u02bbi Volcanoes National Park to test computer vision software and learn more about the natural environment they were studying.<\/p>\n

\"\"Students tested computer vision software at Hawai\u02bbi Volcanoes National Park
\nAI in action<\/p>\n

Back on campus, the teams tackled questions at the heart of rapidly evolving AI technology.<\/p>\n

One group worked on making AI-assisted coding more useful. Another explored better ways to measure whether AI systems are reliable. Other students focused on improving technology used to track fish and evaluating how efficiently AI systems learn from different types of human feedback.<\/p>\n

The nine undergraduate and recently graduated students represented computer science, data science, astronomy and applied mathematics. They presented the results of their summer research at a July 31 gathering at UH Hilo.<\/p>\n

To learn more about the students and their AI research projects, go to UH Hilo Stories.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reading time: 2 minutesThis summer\u2019s AI program was the first ever research experience part of UH Hilo\u2019s new…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":151315,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[24,2765,25,37619,37618,1633,668,2683,32580,32579,73835,37617,32578,73836,37614,37616,37615,12605,73831,73832,73834,73833,14687,247,37621,37613,227,37612],"class_list":["post-151314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ai","tag-ai","tag-ai-research","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-big-island-college","tag-big-island-university","tag-computer-science","tag-computer-vision","tag-hawaii","tag-hawaii-college","tag-hawaii-higher-education","tag-hawaii-island","tag-hawaii-island-university","tag-hawaii-university","tag-hawaii-volcanoes-national-park","tag-hilo-campus","tag-hilo-college","tag-hilo-university","tag-national-science-foundation","tag-scail","tag-scientist-centered-artificial-intelligence-laboratory","tag-student-research","tag-travis-mandel","tag-uh","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-hilo-stories","tag-uhh","tag-university-of-hawaii","tag-university-of-hawaii-at-hilo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}