What began as a student project in Ramtin Zand’s course in 2022 on neuromorphic computing—an area of computer science that designs artificial intelligence systems inspired by the human brain—has rapidly grown into an award-winning University of South Carolina research initiative with real-world applications in education and AI.

Zand, an assistant professor in the Molinaroli College of Engineering and Computing’s Department of Computer Science and Engineering and principal investigator of the Intelligent Circuits, Architecture and Systems (iCAS) Lab, calls the journey of this facial expression recognition project a prime example of “classroom to research—and beyond.”

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