QuantUMKC: AI-Accelerated Quantum Ghost Imaging
Winner of the UMKC Research Retreat October 24, 2025
Data & Digital Summit
Data Science and Anlytics Innovation Center and UMKC Office of Commercialization led a session for the Data & Digital Summit, hosted by the Mid-American Regional Council (MARC)
Executive Director Shu-Ching Chen, 2024 IEEE TCMC Impact Award
Dr. Shu-Ching Chen has been selected by the TCMC Award Committee as the recipient of the 2024 IEEE TCMC (Technical Community on Multimedia Computing) Impact Award. For Pioneering Contributions to Multimedia Research and Applications and Their Impact on Society
Executive Director Shu-Ching Chen, AIMBE fellow
March 31, 2025, Dr. Shu-Ching Chen was inducted into the American institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows. Chen was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows “for outstanding contributions to the development of AI and machine learning with applications and tools in biomedical engineering.”
Won Phase 1 of the DataWorks! Prize Challenge
AiScan: Interdisciplinary Innovation & Ethical Use. Our team was selected by the NIH Office of Data Science Strategy (ODSS) to move on to Phase 2 of the DataWorks! Prize Challenge. As a Phase 1 winner, our UMKC team will receive a $25,000 cash prize and will advance to Phase 2 of the Challenge.
dSAIC's new home in the UMKC Health Sciences District
The University of Missouri-Kansas City at a Tuesday event revealed the esign of its largest capital investment to date: the $120 million Healthcare Delivery and Innovation Building.
Center of Excellence: AI- Empowered Spatial Computing
Awarded by the US Department of Education, the Center of Excellence in Spatial Computing Grant Program provides funding to eligible institutions of higher education (IHEs) to increase the number of highly qualified Americans avilable for hire within the high-tech labor pool.