Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellows announced

The third cohort of Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellows from Cornell will tackle critical scientific challenges in sustainability, the physical sciences and more.

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Student creates smart glasses for people with hearing loss

The glasses use AI to provide transcriptions of conversations in real time, which can be viewed both on the glasses and on a phone.

Food waste solution wins top prize at hackathon

The hackathon included more than 150 undergraduate and graduate students from almost all of Cornell’s Ithaca campus schools and colleges.

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Disclose invisible disabilities in social VR? It depends

Cornell researchers have found that in social VR settings, the decision to disclose an invisible disability – a physical, mental or neurological condition that’s not apparent but can limit a person’s movements, senses or activities – is personal.

Could ‘inoculation’ limit misinformation?

A popular strategy for combating misinformation can help people distinguish truth from falsehood – when combined with reminders to focus on accuracy, Cornell-led research finds.

Visiting lecturer will explore expanded vision for AI in research

Sendhil Mullainathan ’93, a scholar and writer who uses machine learning to find new approaches to complex problems in medicine, policy and human behavior, will deliver the Messenger Lectures on Nov. 11-13.

New algorithm picks fairer shortlist when applicants abound

Cornell researchers developed a fairer, more equitable method for choosing top job candidates from a large applicant pool in cases where insufficient information makes it hard to choose.

Rich Knepper Elected Chair of the Coalition for Academic Scientific Computation (CASC)

The Coalition for Academic Scientific Computation (CASC) is pleased to announce that Rich Knepper from the Cornell University Center for Advanced Computing has been elected as the new Chair of the organization. 

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Justices use rhetoric to affirm high court’s power, influence

Researchers at Cornell Bowers CIS trained a large language model to identify the monologic voice – used to affirm one’s legitimacy, monologue style – including its collective and individualistic tones, in eight decades’ worth of U.S. Supreme Court opinions.