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Greg Morrisett to return to Cornell as new CIS Dean

John Gregory “Greg” Morrisett, the Allen B. Cutting Professor of Computer Science at Harvard...

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Bill & Melinda Gates Hall

Our vision for CIS is a bold one: to be the national model for education and research that supports...

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Happy 50th Birthday Cornell Computer Science

Cornell's Computer Science Department is turning 50 in 2015!

Ryan Young/Cornell University Sheamus Lanham tries on a VR headset as Hao Chen helps him during BOOM in the Duffield Hall Atrium.

AI apps and robots take home awards at BOOM

Jason Koski/Cornell University Students use a soldering iron to rewire a toy at one of many toy adapting sessions organized by the Big Red Adaptive Play and Design Initiative.

Student group adapts toys, devices for kids with disabilities

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As Empire AI dawns, Cornell lays groundwork for public good

Provided Sony aibo ERS-1000 robots and their human owners celebrate a birthday for one of the robots last summer at Tokyo’s Penguin Café, which hosts weekly meet-ups for aibo owners.

People, not design features, make a robot social

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DECODE-IT Spoken Word Night showcases discovery and acceptance

April 19, 2024 By Imani Finkley On March 27, the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the...

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Das, Dell receive Community-Engaged Practice and Innovation Awards

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Cornell Bowers CIS to launch minor in artificial intelligence

April 19, 2024 By Louis DiPietro Beginning Fall 2024, Cornell undergraduates can minor in...

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Shmoys, Wells elected AAAS fellows

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Repair, reuse, recycle old tech at the Earth Day Repair Fair

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Celebrating Cornell University Luminaries in Mathematics and Statistics

April 16, 2024 Compiled by Louis DiPietro In honor of Math and Statistics Awareness Month, we’re...

Dave Burbank for Cornell University At BOOM 2023, students demonstrate AI-Learners, a platform that helps kids learn math and literacy with games.

BOOM 2024 to bring games, gadgets and more

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AI-powered ‘sonar’ on smartglasses tracks gaze and facial expressions 

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Leader in assistive robotics receives TRI Young Faculty Researcher award

April 10, 2024 By Louis DiPietro For people with mobility limitations, the tasks of daily living –...

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SIAM names David Bindel among its 2024 Fellows

April 9, 2024 The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) has selected David Bindel,...

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EchoWrist uses sonar, AI to track hand movements

April 2, 2024 By Patricia Waldron Cornell researchers have developed a wristband device that...

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Dick Conway, architect of computer science at Cornell, dies at 92

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Statistical machine learning finds unknown factors that underlie disease

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Cornell introduces its 2024 Kessler Fellows cohort

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Nicholas Kiefer, economist and ‘towering intellect,’ dies at 73

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Info Sci Ph.D. student, Sterling Williams-Ceci, wins 2nd place in this year’s 3MT competition

Sreang Hok/Cornell University Jeff Kosseff, an associate professor of cybersecurity law in the United States Naval Academy’s Cyber Science Department, speaks as part of the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science’s Distinguished

Like it or not, lies should be protected under First Amendment

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Celebrating Gender Diversity in Tech with Capital One

March 19, 2024 By Imani Finkley On March 9, the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the...

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Cornell Bowers CIS students hit the slopes of Greek Peak

March 13, 2024 By Imani Finkley On Feb. 17, the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the...

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Sun receives NSF CAREER award

March 13, 2024 Wen Sun, assistant professor of computer science in the Cornell Ann S. Bowers...

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Code Afrique returns to Ghana to share opportunities in tech

March 11, 2024 By Patricia Waldron Ghana’s fledgling tech sector has a chicken-and-egg problem: To...

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Emma Pierson named Schmidt AI2050 fellow

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Yin, big data, and the ‘science of science’

February 27, 2024 By Louis DiPietro “The science of science” is a quizzical, albeit accurate,...