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What research is done in Pittsburgh?
Papers authored at Pittsburgh's institutions — University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center — with the Prism stance layer.
Summary
The city’s institutions produce serious depth in computing and medicine. In the partial count, the University of Pittsburgh has 9642 papers and Carnegie Mellon 5934; machine learning, neuroscience and robotics lead the listed opportunity areas.
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What the papers — written in the city and about it — point to, split by the Prism stance layer: work that reads promising versus work that flags problems or urges caution.
Opportunities the research points to
Machine Learning · 238Neuroscience · 158Robotics · 149Children's Health · 135Women's Health · 126Healthcare · 97Breast Cancer · 91Artificial Intelligence · 89Deep Learning · 87Mental Health · 85Algorithms · 73Alzheimer's Disease · 62
Concerns the research raises
Healthcare · 138Women's Health · 126Children's Health · 101Research · 77COVID-19 · 71Artificial Intelligence · 58Mental Health · 54Patient Care · 52Machine Learning · 41Patients' Health · 39Education · 38Cancer · 20
counts = papers carrying the theme · concerns merge cautionary, critical and problem-identifying work
Institutions
University of Pittsburgh
9,642
Carnegie Mellon University
5,934
1,898University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
413Duquesne University
161Magee-Womens Research Institute
128Magee-Womens Hospital
47Carnegie Mellon University Qatar
4Carnegie Mellon University Australia
Orientation
Promising
4,824
Breakthrough
4,398
Descriptive
3,433
2,021Problem Identifying
1,085Cautionary
689Comparative
528Critical
Output by year (sample)
Opportunities (promising + breakthrough)
Machine Learning · 238Neuroscience · 158Robotics · 149Children's Health · 130Women's Health · 126Healthcare · 94Artificial Intelligence · 89Breast Cancer · 89Deep Learning · 87Mental Health · 85Algorithms · 73Alzheimer's Disease · 62
Cautions (cautionary + critical)
Women's Health · 52Healthcare · 38Children's Health · 35COVID-19 · 29Artificial Intelligence · 19Breast Cancer · 18Patient Care · 18Research · 17Mental Health · 17Patients' Health · 15Men's Health · 14Privacy · 13
Problems flagged
Healthcare · 100Women's Health · 72Children's Health · 66Research · 60COVID-19 · 42Machine Learning · 41Artificial Intelligence · 39Education · 38Mental Health · 36Patient Care · 34Patients' Health · 24Cancer · 20
Top research topics
Topic Modeling · 367Natural Language Processing Techniques · 290Functional Brain Connectivity Studies · 214Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research · 212Neural dynamics and brain function · 180Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies · 165Alzheimer's disease research and treatments · 159Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies · 158Multimodal Machine Learning Applications · 151Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · 142EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces · 140Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers · 140
Most-cited work
Paper
Year
Cited
Orientation
Random Erasing Data Augmentation
2020
2795
Breakthrough
Detection and localization of surgically resectable cancers with a multi-analyte blood test
2018
2723
Breakthrough
A Survey on Evaluation of Large Language Models
2024
2212
Problem Identifying
Maximum Entropy Inverse Reinforcement Learning
2018
2050
Breakthrough
Incidence and Trends of Sepsis in US Hospitals Using Clinical vs Claims Data, 2009-2014
2017
1831
Comparative
OpenFace 2.0: Facial Behavior Analysis Toolkit
2018
1747
Breakthrough
Fecal microbiota transplant overcomes resistance to anti–PD-1 therapy in melanoma patients
2021
1511
Promising
Federated learning in medicine: facilitating multi-institutional collaborations without sharing patient data
2020
1276
Promising
2019 ASCCP Risk-Based Management Consensus Guidelines for Abnormal Cervical Cancer Screening Tests and Cancer…
2020
1246
Problem Identifying
Actional-Structural Graph Convolutional Networks for Skeleton-Based Action Recognition
2019
1237
Breakthrough
Worst-Case Analysis of a New Heuristic for the Travelling Salesman Problem
2022
1131
Breakthrough
6th International Consultation on Incontinence. Recommendations of the International Scientific Committee…
2018
1096
Descriptive
Stress & the gut-brain axis: Regulation by the microbiome
2017
1077
Problem Identifying
A systematic review of antibody mediated immunity to coronaviruses: kinetics, correlates of protection, and…
2020
992
Descriptive
Ethics of AI in Education: Towards a Community-Wide Framework
2021
921
Problem Identifying
figures marked ≈ are scaled estimates from a partial sample · Prism stance layer over 2017+ papers