University of Iowa professors in engineering and social work are inventing a camera that uses artificial intelligence (AI) and physics to detect real-time abuse of vulnerable people, such as children or the elderly. 

Karim Abdel-Malek, University of Iowa professor and interim director of the Iowa Technology Institute, and social work Associate Professor Aislinn Conrad are working to develop an artificial intelligence camera system that could eventually track and catch child abuse as it happens.

The United States Air Force Test Pilot School, in collaboration with the Iowa Technology Institute's Operator Performance Laboratory, recently made advances in modernizing the student curriculum while providing critical data for continued research in machine learning.