Impact

Beyond publications, our lab’s contributions have real-world impact. Most direct impact comes from application of technologies developed in the lab. Other impacts result from the educational mission of the lab and partnerships with industry.

Alumni

Autonians go on to do a lot of great things, from academia, to industry, to government.

COVID Dashboard

Auton Lab helps Allegheny Health Department forecast COVID outbreaks from measurements of virus loads in wastewater samples.

Enhanced Radiological Nuclear Inspection and Evaluation

Using machine learning to confidently adjudicate threatening and benign radiation signatures.

Food Safety

Work with USDA and the CDC to monitor outbreak of food-borne illness across the US

Industry

Principals at Auton Lab are partners with industrial research groups.

Counter Human Trafficking

Matching entites across escort advertisements to disrupt human trafficking rings and rescue the victims of trafficking.

Sponsors

Our sponsors use operationally useful AI and ML to further the state of the art in their fields.

Start-ups

Concepts developed at Auton Lab spin off into successful startups