Dollars for Profs
Dig Into University Researchers' Outside Income and Conflicts of Interest
Published Dec. 6, 2019
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Conflict of Interest
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Samuel Lai
Ai Tracking Solutions, Llc, Department: Na
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AI Tracking Solutions, LLC
Equity Interest - Non-publicly traded entity ( e.g., stock, stock option, or other ownership interest)
The SFIs of the investigator are related to the funded research since the technology being used in the project has been licensed to the company with which the investigator has multiple relationships.
The Institution has determined that since the technology could be further validated as a result of the research, these financial interests could conflict with project.
Artificial neural networks for high performance, fully automated particle tracking analysis even at low signal-to-noise regimes
Narrative Particle tracking is a powerful biophysical tool in life and physical sciences, but unfortunately its application has been strongly limited by inefficiencies in accurately extracting particle traces from raw movies. Unlike conventional particle tracking methods, we have combined artificial intelligence and machine learning to create a computational neural network that can recognize objects in much the same way as the human eye, and which consistently provided superior and truly automated tracking performance compared to current alternatives. This STTR will establish the feasibility of using our computational neural network for robust 2D and 3D particle tracking analysis.
Filed on October 26, 2017.
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Samuel Lai filed other conflict of interest disclosures with the NIH:
| Name | Institution | Type | Company | Disclosed Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Lai | Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill | Conflict of Interest | Mucommune, LLC | $0 - $4,999 |
| Samuel Lai | Ai Tracking Solutions, Llc | Conflict of Interest | AI Tracking Solutions, LLC | $0 - $4,999 |
| Samuel Lai | Ai Tracking Solutions, Llc | Conflict of Interest | AI Tracking Solutions, LLC | $0 - $4,999 |
| Samuel Lai | Ai Tracking Solutions, Llc | Conflict of Interest | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $0 - $4,999 |
| Sam Lai | Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill | Conflict of Interest | Mucommune, LLC | Value cannot be readily determined |
| Samuel Lai | Ai Tracking Solutions, Llc | Conflict of Interest | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Value cannot be readily determined |
Notes: When a more specific filing date is not available for an individual financial disclosure or conflict of interest form, we use the year the form was filed. If the year was not disclosed, we report the range of years covered by our public records requests. In a few cases, a start date was provided instead of a filing date. In those cases, we use the start date instead.
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