The study faces big challenges, among them how to find insights in all the data that will stream in from participants around the U.S. Dr. Olgin said his research team is working on algorithms to help handle the task.

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At UT, Michael created Hacker Lounge, founded Hack TX, built a bunch of cool robots and electronics, and did academic research on 3D perception and robotics algorithms.

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Throughout the institute's 25-year history (we are a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to scientific research, education and public outreach), we have analyzed these raw data with custom algorithms operating on semi-custom hardware.

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