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Computing, Networks and AI focuses on the next generation of digital discovery. Through heritage science, distributed cyberinfrastructure and unconventional computing, this section supports new ways to preserve knowledge, connect researchers and apply advanced computing to problems that require speed, scale and creativity. 

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SPARK and PEIK researchers receive best poster award at IEEE ITEC 2025 for collaborative paper with PPL Corporation

SPARK Lab researchers within the Power and Energy Institute of Kentucky (PEIK) and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Kentucky Pigman College of Engineering received the best poster award for a paper at the 2025 Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) International Transportation Electrification Conference & Expo (ITEC) in Anaheim, California.

NSF CAREER award enables light-powered computing research

A University of Kentucky researcher is developing electro-photonic circuits, a technology that could dramatically reduce the energy demands of computing and communication in the age of artificial intelligence.

Beyond the breakthrough: How Brent Seales is pushing the boundaries of discovery through new heritage science lab

Seales has gathered a team of experts from the Pigman College of Engineering and the College of Arts and Sciences to create EduceLab — UK’s vision for next-generation heritage science.