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James Weimer

  • Vanderbilt University

    Innovation ambassadors help research reach the real world 

    Vanderbilt’s Innovation Ambassadors program provides faculty across Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center with peer guidance on innovation, intellectual property and commercialization. Through the Vanderbilt Center for Technology Transfer and Commercialization, faculty ambassadors help researchers explore how discoveries can move beyond the lab and into real-world application.  Read More

    Jun 3, 2026

  • Vanderbilt University

    Vanderbilt researchers receive $2 million ARPA-H contract to improve software security in medical devices

    Vanderbilt Department of Computer Science researchers Kevin Leach and James Weimer have won a $2 million award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health to develop technology aimed at improving software security in medical devices like insulin pumps, pacemakers and stroke predictors. This is the first award Vanderbilt has received from ARPA-H, an agency within the National Institutes of Health with a mission to support “high-impact” solutions for pressing health care needs. Read More

    May 20, 2024

  • Vanderbilt University

    Weimer receives NSF CAREER Award to improve safety and efficacy of machine learning, AI systems

    James Weimer, assistant professor of computer science and noted medical-device entrepreneur, has received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to improve the safety and efficacy of systems that use advanced machine learning and artificial intelligence techniques. Read More

    Feb 7, 2024

  • Weimer receives NSF CAREER Award to improve safety and efficacy of machine learning, AI systems

    Weimer receives NSF CAREER Award to improve safety and efficacy of machine learning, AI systems

    James Weimer, assistant professor of computer science and noted medical-device entrepreneur, has received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to improve the safety and efficacy of systems that use advanced machine learning and artificial intelligence techniques. Learning-enabled medical cyber-physical systems (LE-MCPS) are smart medical systems that provide actionable feedback to caregivers. They use machine learning... Read More

    Feb 1, 2024