He combined linguistics, cognitive science and computing with the goal of "trying to understand the nature of the human mind."
The New York Times From ACM News | February 22, 2023
Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government announced that next year it will close a research facility that studied online misinformation.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | February 9, 2023
Move over, coding. Some schools are asking student programmers to think critically about rapid advances in artificial intelligence.
The New York Times From ACM News | February 6, 2023
Cleveland State University asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit to review a district court ruling that "room scans" by exam proctoring software...Bloomberg Law From ACM TechNews | January 31, 2023
Amid a boom in new tools like ChatGPT, the Austin campus plans to train thousands of students in sought-after skills in artificial intelligence.
The New York Times From ACM News | January 30, 2023
Students at Henderson high school in Tennessee constructed a robotic hand for classmate Sergio Peralta, whose right hand was not fully formed.
The Guardian (U.K.) From ACM TechNews | January 27, 2023
ChatGPT and similar AI systems are being used in realms beyond education, but classrooms seem to be where fears about the bot's misuse — and ideas to adapt alongside...FiveThirtyEight From ACM News | January 24, 2023
When fed a sufficient amount of training data, artificial intelligence techniques can be used to generate new ideas in several different ways. Is that creativity...Keith Kirkpatrick From Communications of the ACM | February 1, 2023
With the rise of the popular new chatbot ChatGPT, colleges are restructuring some courses and taking preventive measures.
The New York Times From ACM News | January 17, 2023
Riiid is one of a handful of companies that believe that A.I. algorithms are perfectly suited to track student performance and give individualized attention.
The New York Times From ACM News | January 3, 2023
Video game designers and cancer researchers have teamed up at the University of Cambridge's IMAXT Laboratory to turn spreadsheet data into highly detailed virtual...PC Magazine From ACM TechNews | December 30, 2022
Universities are struggling to make sense of their vast administrative datasets, according to researchers Christine L. Borgman at UCLA and Amy Brand at MIT.
UCLA From ACM TechNews | December 29, 2022
Universities need new ways to assess and respond to threats to academic integrity posed by AI tools that students could use to cheat on written assignments.
Financial Times From ACM TechNews | December 27, 2022
While lucrative jobs may be the primary driver of demand in computer science, there are other reasons that students are pouring into these programs.
Fortune Education From ACM News | December 21, 2022
Frederick P. Brooks, Jr. "was a statesman in the best sense of the word, as well as a great leader, a very kind man, and a fine engineer," said fellow ACM A.M....Simson Garfinkel, Eugene H. Spafford From Communications of the ACM | January 1, 2023
Computer scientist Valérie Issarny, a director of research at France's National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology and chair of the ACM Europe...John Delaney From Communications of the ACM | January 1, 2023
PayScale's annual ranking of the highest-paying college majors ranks electrical engineering and computer science at No. 1.
CBS News From ACM TechNews | December 13, 2022