How a COVID study uncovered the research ‘pivot penalty’

A study that initially looked at the career impacts of shifting one's research to the COVID pandemic revealed that any researcher who changes their focus to a new field can face a serious "pivot penalty."

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‘Summit’ on LLMs rallies leading AI experts

Leading AI scholars met to discuss fundamental design problems and systemic issues with large language models (LLMs) and how they could better serve the global population.

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Fei Wang named senior faculty fellow in clinical AI at Cornell Tech

Wang's newly established role will strengthen Cornell Tech’s leadership in digital health and artificial intelligence, while also expanding interdisciplinary collaboration between Cornell Tech and Weill Cornell Medicine.

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Faculty-led startup is using AI to reimagine software reliability

Cornell Tech Assistant Professor Raaz Dwivedi has co-founded Traversal, a startup emerging from stealth this week with a mission: to transform how modern software systems detect and resolve outages using artificial intelligence.

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Inside the medical crash cart robot: Designing for urgency, collaboration, and clarity

Cornell Tech researchers unveiled a robot that helps emergency room teams locate life-saving supplies faster, revealing how design can shape collaboration under pressure.

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VitalHide puts privacy first in the age of wireless health monitoring

 A new Cornell Tech system blocks unwanted surveillance of your vital signs, while still enabling trusted care.

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Sorin Lerner named new dean of Cornell Bowers

Sorin Lerner, professor and chair of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of California, San Diego, has been named dean of the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science.

New ‘stewards’ of the Bowers legacy congratulated at recognition ceremonies

The Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science recognized the largest number of graduates in its history at three ceremonies held Commencement weekend.

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Study: Tech can empower home care workers, not just surveil them

A team of Cornell researchers is exploring how workplace tracking apps can be used not to surveil workers, but to help them build solidarity and improve their working conditions.