Horstmeyer uses machine learning methods and deep learning networks to synthesize data taken from imaging devices such as microscopes. While Horstmeyer’s and Dunn’s specialties lie primarily within the health care industry, there are also many examples of researchers across Duke using AI and photonics in other fields, such as Duke’s trailblazing Metamaterials Group. “But most of what’s happening with AI and photonics at Duke has more to do with advanced design and data analytics, synthesizing many types of data in a complex way using similar tools.”