Computing & Information Sciences

Computer science graduate student wins Facebook fellowship

Qi Huang, a graduate student in the Systems Lab of the Department of Computer Science, is one of 12 winners of a Facebook Graduate Fellowship this year.

Teachable moments: Robots learn our humanistic ways

Robots can observe human behavior and - like a human baby - deduce a reasonable approach to handling specific objects.

NYC Planning Commission approves Cornell Tech plan

New York City's Planning Commission has approved Cornell Tech's Roosevelt Island Campus plan as part of the city's public land use review process.

Student's research could shake up Wall Street

Aleksandar Zvorinji's '13, a College Scholar, is working to complete an algorithm that could outperform the markets with a high degree of confidence.

'New face' of engineering works on Cornell Tech

The American Society of Civil Engineers has named Abena Sackey Ojetayo '07, M.Eng. '09, an engineer with Cornell Facilities Services, to its list of 2013 'New Faces of Civil Engineering.'

'Six Pretty Good Books' will become a Cornell MOOC

Four professors have received funding from Google to launch a Cornell MOOC (Massive Open Online Course). Six Pretty Good Books, one of the University Courses, will soon be offered online, for free.

Study: Internet can combat cancer confusion

A study finds that using the Internet to learn about cancer and cancer prevention can reduce confusion about the disease.

Mobile phones may make us healthier, research suggests

Phones and other networked devices can monitor patients, encourage healthy behavior and gather data for public health research.

Book offers broad view of 3-D printing's future

A new book by Hod Lipson and Melba Kurman explores the promises and perils of a technological revolution: 3-D printers that can quickly and cheaply make anything from bicycle parts to low-fat foods.