Lab profile
About CAAI
CAAI focuses on advancing artificial intelligence applications in healthcare through distributed systems, high-performance computing, and AI-driven solutions. The center promotes experimentation, exploration, and career development while working on innovative projects at the intersection of AI, medicine, and distributed computing to advance AI applications across Kentucky.
01 · Research focus
Research areas and highlights
Topics and recent work as stated on the lab’s own site.
- SmartState: An Automated Research Protocol Adherence SystemAn AI-driven system for automated research protocol adherence accepted by the American Medical Informatics Association.
- CLASSifyAn online tool for easily performing machine learning classification and data analysis.
- LLM FactoryA self-service LLM tool that empowers researchers and university members to leverage AI solutions efficiently.
- CAT-TalkA project focused on leveraging LLMs for summarization tasks and designing systems that integrate AI for various applications.
- Vision FoundryA project applying vision models and image processing techniques across medical imaging domains including CT scans, pathology, and MRI.
- Graphic Design OntologyWorking with the Endless Forms group to establish accessible medical standards for explanatory graphics.
02 · People
Leadership and researchers
People listed on the lab’s team pages, by role.
03 · Research intelligence
Research Intelligence evidence
Publications, grants and clinical trials linked to the lab’s researchers in Health AI Central’s research data.
Publications & preprints
- Data-driven thresholds for standardized classification of severe Alzheimer's disease neuropathology using digital neuropathology.Brain pathology (Zurich, Switzerland) · 2026
- Customizing and fine-tuning opioid overdose machine learning models for community-specific dashboards.Journal of big data · 2026
- Systematic contextual biases in SegmentNT potentially relevant to other nucleotide transformer models.Nucleic acids research · 2026
04 · Updates
Updates and lab news
News and events from the lab’s own site.
- NIH Q&AOther
- NAIRR Pilot Expansion ProjectOthercaai.ai.uky.edu
- CAAI's Spring Meet Hackathon features an emphasis on forecastingEvent
- Aaron Mullen demonstrating CLASSify on CAAI's YouTube channelOther
- Aaron Mullen presenting RADOR-KY at the SURE conferenceEvent
- Samuel Armstrong presenting SmartState at the CASH-KY conferenceEvent
05 · Official presence
Lab sources and channels
The lab’s own pages and accounts.
06 · Related
Related labs and centers
Labs at the same institution and labs working on similar topics.