BROOKINGS, South Dakota, Feb. 25 (TNSres) -- South Dakota State University issued the following news: The use of artificial intelligence in everyday life is on the rise. Between voice assistants, search engines, spell check and even financial fraud detection, AI is becoming something that humans rely upon every single day. Kaiqun Fu, an assistant professor in South Dakota State University's Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering, has been using AI to assist in his various research activities th  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, Feb. 23 -- Gov. Kristi Noem, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: Governor Noem signed the following 21 bills into law. * SB 9 modifies discharge notice procedures applicable to developmentally disabled persons; * SB 10 expands certification options for interpreters for The Committee on Health and Human Services at the request of the Department of Human Services; * SB 11 updates the deposit threshold for actions related to general rate cases; * SB 12 auth  more

ABERDEEN, South Dakota, Feb. 22 (TNSfper) -- Northern State University issued the following news: Northern State University's Dr. Nuurrianti Jalli has been appointed as advisor/governing council member for the Foundation for Advancing Critical Thinking in South Asia (FACTS Asia). In this role, Jalli will serve as an external expert on dis/misinformation and media and information literacy for the organization, a nonprofit educational initiative based in India. The two-year appointment lasts unt  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, Feb. 24 -- The South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources issued the following news release: On February 16, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved labeling amendments to reduce risks from the use of dicamba in South Dakota. The amendment was proposed by dicamba product registrants, in consultation with the South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources (DANR). The revised labeling prevents the use of dicamba application on  more

BROOKINGS, South Dakota, Feb. 22 (TNSres) -- South Dakota State University issued the following news: Saikat Basu, an assistant professor in South Dakota State University's Department of Mechanical Engineering, was awarded a one-year, $99,710 grant to develop and design a digital platform that will assess the targeted delivery of a wide range of nasal spray and oral inhaler products. The grant comes by way of the recently established Haarberg Center for Drug, Disease and Delivery Exploratory G  more

BROOKINGS, South Dakota, Feb. 25 (TNSpconf) -- South Dakota State University issued the following news: Kaiqun Fu, an assistant professor in South Dakota State University's Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering, attended the 2023 Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence Conference Feb. 9-14 in Washington, D.C. Fu, who pursues research and teaches courses in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, is advising two students who presented on their research   more

RAPID CITY, South Dakota, Feb. 22 (TNSpar) -- The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology issued the following news release: South Dakota Mines and the Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas in Lima, Peru, (UPC Peru) were awarded a grant from the 100,000 Strong in the Americas Innovation Fund to build a partnership that includes a student exchange that builds technical, intercultural and soft-skills training that are needed to improve water quality in Peru. This program will increase st  more