Cornell physicists have answered a long-standing problem in quantum computing by making a fractional topological superconductor, an exotic state of matter in which emergent quasi-particles perform quantum computations without error.
The new Roosevelt Island campus of Cornell Tech has catalyzed a slew of innovative academic programs that will benefit not only Cornell Tech students but also students from the Ithaca campus.
Seven assistant professors have both been recognized by the National Science Foundation with CAREER awards, which support junior faculty members' research projects and outreach efforts.
William Thurston, the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Mathematics, received the 2012 AMS Leroy P. Steele Prize for a Seminal Contribution to Research, Jan. 5. (Jan. 5, 2012)
Messages in the online game Diplomacy reveal linguistic patterns that predict back-stabbing, according to a team of researchers at Cornell, the University of Maryland and the University of Colorado.
Ted Dodds has been named Cornell's new chief information officer and vice president. Dodds, the University of British Columbia's vice provost, will start his new post in January 2011. (Nov. 3, 2010)
Justin Cheng '12 received the Computing Research Association's Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award for his studies of human-computer interaction. (Dec. 12, 2011)
The professor of operations research and information engineering received the award for 'fundamental discoveries, new theories or insights' that have had 'significant impact' on his field. (March 15, 2011)