š Congratulations to Vanderbilt NeuroCline!
Led by Dr. Veronique Belzil and Dr. Bennett Landman, the team has been awarded a £100,000 Stage 1 Discovery Award in the global Longitude Prize on ALS.
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š Congratulations, Graduates!
As Vanderbilt celebrated commencement in May, VALIANT is proud to recognize the graduates whose curiosity, creativity, and hard work have helped shape our community.
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In a groundbreaking Nature study, an interdisciplinary team of 30 Vanderbilt researchers analyzed more than 42,000 MRIs to create the first comprehensive lifespan maps of the brainās white matter ācommunication highways.ā
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šµ What if AI hallucinations were a feature, not a bug?
That question inspired VALIANT Wrapped, a creative storytelling project that transforms researchersā publication records into Spotify-inspired digital profiles .
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š VALIANT is celebrating 2 years!
From AI Summer School and Discover AI to seminars, workshops, BrainHacks, and student gatherings, we've spent more than 10,000 hours learning, building, and imagining the future together.
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Alchemistsā Corner: Check out our newsletter to see a selection of what has hit Scopus from our community since last month. š
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From Data to Gallery: VALIANTās brain mapping work is now award-winning art displayed alongside a UC Berkeley 7T scanner. šØ
A reminder that discovery doesnāt just inform scienceāit reshapes how we see it.
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VALIANT Ventures: Mingxing Rao presented a Deeper Dive on targeting model inversion from generative models. š§
Exploring emerging challenges in understanding and probing AI systems.
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Ideas in Conversation: VALIANT Dialogue brought together voices from across Vanderbilt to explore AI and discovery. š”
From nursing to astronomy to philosophy, it sparked new collaborations rooted in shared curiosity.
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VALIANT PITCH: Edge AI-Enabled Ultra-Low-Field Body MRāadvancing MRI with low-field hardware and AI-driven imaging
Built by a multidisciplinary team, it combines engineering, AI, and clinical insight to explore new possibilities in patient care
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VALIANT Ventures: Building on the VanderbiltāLeeds partnership, Dr. Irvin Teh visited to discuss cardiac diffusion MRI. ā¤ļø
Advancing dialogue at the intersection of imaging research and clinical science.
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VALIANT PITCH:RESILIOāusing AI and reinforcement learning to optimize EV-grid coordination and V2G systems
Focused on multi-agent control under uncertainty, it enables smarter decision-making across connected energy networks
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VALIANT PITCH: LANTERNāan AI-powered tool helping Kā8 teachers understand why students struggle with reading. š
By analyzing story retellings with network analysis and ML, it delivers insights for early intervention and targeted instruction.
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VALIANT PITCH at DiscoverAI 2026 brought fast-paced, high-energy ideas to life across disciplines.
SPINS by Wali Sadiqyar showcased a scalable pipeline for visualizing brain regionsābuilding on real-world neuroimaging research experience.
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Third place at DiscoverAI Demos went to PhysAIātackling neuroimagingās data quality challenge head-on. š§
By using AI to assess physiological signals, it enables more reliable analysis and more confident discovery.
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VALIANT Ventures: Through the VanderbiltāLiverpool partnership, Dr. Yalin Zheng visited to discuss AI in ophthalmology. šļø
Highlighting growing collaboration in AI and vision science.
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DiscoverAI Demos lit up the FGH Atriumāfeaturing everything from robotic arms to glowing coffee cups. š§ āØ
First place went to Dore-to-Dore, a real-time, adaptive crisis response system connecting people to resources when every second matters.
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