'Data smashing' could unshackle automated discovery

Cornell computing researchers have come up with a new principle they call "data smashing" for estimating the similarities between streams of arbitrary data without human intervention, and without access to the data sources.

Bill Gates talks with students on education, innovation

From higher education’s affordability problem, to the meaningfulness of student service trips abroad, to a balanced view of Washington politics, Bill Gates, visiting campus for the first time in a decade, touched on a little of everything during a public Q&A.

Philanthropist Bill Gates helps dedicate CIS's Gates Hall

On Oct. 1 Microsoft's founder and Cornell leaders dedicated the new building for Computing and Information Science.

Computer Science to mark 50 years with three-day symposium

Cornell's Department of Computer Science will celebrate its 50th year with a series of events Sept. 30-Oct. 2, with many alumni attending.

Bill Gates to visit Oct. 1 for dedication and conversation

Philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates will be on campus Oct. 1 to dedicate Bill & Melinda Gates Hall, the new Computing and Information Science building, and to engage in a public event in Bailey Hall.

Hackathon showcases smart content search engine

Participants in Big Red//Hacks Sept. 26-28 will get access to a new smart content search engine in use by startup Speare, founded by Rahul Shah ’16.

Student video games score on the national scene

Games created by students in the Game Design Initiative at Cornell are winning attention in national game showcases.

Bartels Fellow Hans Rosling finds hope in numbers

Bartels World Affairs Fellow Hans Rosling delivered a lecture on campus Sept. 9 that found hope for the future of the planet in statistics.

Defying physics, engineers prove a magnetic field for light

Using an interferometer, Michal Lipson and colleagues have demonstrated an effective magnetic field for light.