Grad student leads group on algorithms and AI for social good

Rediet Abebe, a doctoral candidate in computer science, co-founded the Mechanism Design for Social Good group in 2016.

BOOM 2018 to celebrate 20 years of student tech

More than 140 Cornell students will unveil their best work in cutting-edge technologies at Bits On Our Minds, Wednesday, April 18.

Online tech is changing the dynamics of gift-giving

Online gift-giving is spreading in social networks and causing people to give more gifts – online and in person – according to a new study led by René Kizilcec, Cornell assistant professor of information science.

Computers may help K-8 math teachers understand students’ thought processes

CIS researchers will present computer software to help K-8 math teachers grade math assignments at a conference in Montreal April 21-26.

Cornell helps unlock doors to careers in data science

A course offered by Computer Science, Operations Research and Information Engineering and the Department of Statistics introduces data science to any student.

Augmented reality takes 3-D printing to next level

Researchers are taking 3-D printing and 3-D modeling to a new level with augmented reality, which allows users to design in-situ while a robotic arm rapidly prints the work.

CIS professor teaches ethics in data science course

Solon Barocas, assistant professor of computing and information science, is teaching about bias and discrimination in machine learning this fall.

CIS offers two diversity-focused summer programs

Computing and Information Science is offering two summer programs designed to recruit and support underrepresented minorities in graduate computing fields.

CIS students win two of 10 Microsoft Ph.D. fellowships

Two Computing and Information Science doctoral students are among 10 elite students to win 2018-19 Microsoft Ph.D. Fellowships.