
Isha Salian
Isha Salian writes on deep learning, science and healthcare, among other topics, as part of NVIDIA's corporate communications team. She first joined the company as an intern in summer 2015. Isha has a journalism MA, as well as undergraduate degrees in communication and English, from Stanford. Outside of work she enjoys Indian classical dance, reading, Netflix, and discovering new places to eat.
Urban Jungle: AI-Generated Endangered Species Mix With Times Square’s Nightlife
Bengal tigers, red pandas and mountain gorillas are among the world’s most familiar endangered species, but tens of thousands of others — like the Karpathos frog, the Perote deer mouse… Read Article
Setting AIs on SIGGRAPH: Top Academic Researchers Collaborate With NVIDIA to Tackle Graphics’ Greatest Challenges
NVIDIA’s latest academic collaborations in graphics research have produced a reinforcement learning model that smoothly simulates athletic moves, ultra-thin holographic glasses for virtual reality, and a real-time rendering technique for… Read Article
By Land, Sea and Space: How 5 Startups Are Using AI to Help Save the Planet
Different parts of the globe are experiencing distinct climate challenges — severe drought, dangerous flooding, reduced biodiversity or dense air pollution. The challenges are so great that no country can… Read Article
Rock On: Scientists Use AI to Improve Sequestering Carbon Underground
A team of scientists has created a new AI-based tool to help lock up greenhouse gases like CO2 in porous rock formations faster and more precisely than ever before. Carbon… Read Article
NVIDIA Research Turns 2D Photos Into 3D Scenes in the Blink of an AI
When the first instant photo was taken 75 years ago with a Polaroid camera, it was groundbreaking to rapidly capture the 3D world in a realistic 2D image. Today, AI… Read Article
What Is GauGAN? How AI Turns Your Words and Pictures Into Stunning Art
GauGAN, an AI demo for photorealistic image generation, allows anyone to create stunning landscapes using generative adversarial networks. Named after post-Impressionist painter Paul Gauguin, it was created by NVIDIA Research… Read Article
Guinness World Record Awarded for Fastest DNA Sequencing — Just 5 Hours
Guinness World Records this week presented a Stanford University-led research team with the first record for fastest DNA sequencing technique — a benchmark set using a workflow sped up by… Read Article
How Smart Hospital Technology Can Help Cut Down on Medical Errors
Despite the feats of modern medicine, as many as 250,000 Americans die from medical errors each year — more than 6 times the number killed in car accidents. Smart hospital… Read Article
NVIDIA GPUs Enable Simulation of a Living Cell
Every living cell contains its own bustling microcosm, with thousands of components responsible for energy production, protein building, gene transcription and more. Scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign… Read Article