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π Get ready for some spooky fun!
Join the VALIANT Attempt for our Halloween Trick-or-Treat event on Friday, Oct. 31, at 11:00 AM in the AI Lounge (near FGH 385)!
Read more here: buff.ly/6tm1wZN
Join Human Language Analysis Beings (HLAB) for lightning talks exploring how psychology and AI intersect on  October 31, 2025 | β° 2:00β3:00 PM
π The Chapel, 2nd floor, SONY Building
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AI Scholar Andre Teixeira da Silva Hucke presented his poster at the 28th Annual Vanderbilt Brain Institute Retreat, joining a day of exciting science and collaboration!
Check out the September 2025 newsletter for more info: www.vanderbilt.edu/valiant/2025...
From the NeurdyLab: Sarah Goodale presented βCBrain: Cross-Modal Learning for Brain Vigilance Detection in Resting-State fMRIβ (Chang Li et al.) at MICCAI 2025.
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VALIANT Attempt kicked off the new school year with a Pizza Party & Backpack Decorating event, bringing trainees together for pizza, snacks, and creative decorating fun! 
Don't forget to check out our September Newsletter:: www.vanderbilt.edu/valiant/2025...
Congrats to Yuankai Huo on receiving a DGX Spark through the NVIDIA Academic Grant Program! 
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Join CTTC & VALIANT on Oct. 28 at 10 AM in Stevenson 5326 for Is Software Patentable? with Jonathan R. King  from Blank Rome Law Firm. 
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VALIANT launched a community jobs mailing list to connect talent with opportunities. To join or post jobs, email us at valiant@vanderbilt.edu.
And donβt forget to check out our September 2025 newsletter: www.vanderbilt.edu/valiant/2025...
Aditya Nanda turned his Vanderbilt research on synthetic time-series data into dbTwin, a Nashville startup creating HIPAA-safe, statistically faithful clones of tabular health dataβready for analytics or model training. 
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Check out the VALIANT Ventures section  in  our newsletter and see what our scientists have been up to! 
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Discover AI Courses taught by our Valiant Fellows Spring 2025! π Check out the September 2025 newsletter for details: www.vanderbilt.edu/valiant/2025...
06.10.2025 13:04 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Oct. 7, the Engineering Librarians will lead a MASI Deep Dive on Understanding Bibliometrics from 2:00β3:30 PM in FGH 308βjoin us for insights and cookies!
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Join VALIANT for "From Slices to Structure: Neural Networks for 3D Ultrasound" with Yimeng Dou (UWβMadison) on Thursday, Oct. 2, at 12 PM in FGH 308βsnacks and coffee included! 
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Alchemistsβ Corner
Weβve got a lot happening! Hereβs a selection of recent publications from our community that have appeared on Scopus since last month.
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Prof. Zhongliang Zu has received two new NIH grants advancing the frontiers of machine learning and MRI. 
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Prof. Yuankai Huo and Prof. Yalin Zhengβs project, βLaunching the VanderbiltβLiverpool Eye-AI Working Group: A Transatlantic Collaboration in Multimodal Medical Imaging AI,β has been awarded LiverpoolβVanderbilt Joint Research Seed funding.
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π€ Welcome, Lenovo!
Weβre thrilled to announce Lenovo as our newest industry affiliate partner
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Andrew Plassard (PhD β17) went from troubleshooting MRI analysis at Vanderbilt to shaping AI strategy at Shopify. Along the way, heβs learned that smarter modelsβnot just bigger GPU budgetsβdrive efficiency.
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The Medical Device Club invites students to join a collaborative forum this fall, offering hands-on experience in device development, technical problem-solving, and innovative design evaluationβguided by expert mentors.
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π’ VALIANT Jobs!
VALIANT has launched a community jobs mailing list to connect talent with opportunities. To join or post a job, email us at valiant@vanderbilt.edu.
Check out our August Newsletter: www.vanderbilt.edu/valiant/2025...
π‘ Can Patents Block My Research?
Join the Center for Technology Transfer and Commercialization on September 23 for a Lunch & Learn exploring the practical intersection of patents and research.
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ποΈ VALIANT Pulse Summer Series Concludes!β¨
As we wrap up the series, weβd love your feedback to help shape future communication channels!
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π¬ Alchemistsβ Corner
Weβve been busy! Check out our July Newsletter and see what our community has published in Scopus since last month. Stay curiousβmore discoveries ahead!
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Congratulations to Dr. Lianrui Zuo for receiving the prestigious MICCAI Outstanding Reviewer Award!
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Congrats to Prof. Yuankai Huo on being promoted to SPIE Senior Membership!
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Big news from VALIANT Ventures! 
π Congrats to Aravind Krishnan on earning a MIDL 2025 Travel Award for his research! 
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Neurdy Lab & friends made a strong showing at OHBM Brisbane with 5 poster presentations! Dr. Catie Chang also spoke in a roundtable on advancing functional brain imaging in todayβs tech-driven era. 
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We're excited to welcome Tissue Connect Systems as our newest industry affiliate partner! Looking forward to impactful collaboration ahead.
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Big news from VALIANT Ventures! 
π VALIANT will help lead MIDL 2026, with Dr. Yuankai Huo as Program Chair and Dr. Bennett Landman as Satellite Chair. 
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The VALIANT Pulse summer podcast series continues! 
ποΈ In collaboration with Gemini, each episode turns cutting-edge AI research into engaging stories for everyone.
Listen on Spotify, Amazon, iHeartRadio, or your favorite podcast app. Feedback welcome!
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