David Bindel, assistant professor of computer science, and Amanda Hood, a doctoral candidate, have received the 2015 SIAG/Linear Algebra Prize for their paper "Localization Theorems for Nonlinear Eigenvalue Problems."
The university is launching two new multicollege departments – one in statistics and data science, and one in computational biology – to meet evolving research needs, encourage collaboration, and improve the quality of teaching and learning in these increasingly essential fields.
Two Cornell computer scientists have been elected fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery, the world’s largest educational and scientific computing society. Thorsten Joachims recognized for work in artificial intelligence.
Big data, machine learning and digital surveillance have the potential to create racial and social inequalities – and make existing discrimination even worse, according to a team of Cornell scientists addressing the problem.
The inaugural 14 students in the Milstein Program in Technology and Humanity had the chance to swap stories with new College of Arts and Sciences Dean Ray Jayawardhana during a welcome dinner Sept 5.
Emin Gün Sirer, an associate professor of computer science, says the widespread adoption of blockchains and smart contracts is going to be an “extinction-level event” for many companies.
Juliet Weissman, Cornell Tech’s new chief administrative officer, will oversee administrative, financial and operational aspects of Cornell Tech and will serve as a key advisor to Dean Dan Huttenlocher in these areas.
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.