In a new paper, Cornell researchers introduce a tool they’ve developed to improve the fairness of online rankings without sacrificing their usefulness or relevance.
Neurons in a key area of the brain have different functions based on their exact genetic identity, and understanding this diversity could lead to better understanding of the brain’s computational flexibility and memory capacity, Cornell researchers found.
A mathematician and author of best-selling books that speak to math’s societal and technological roles in the world will visit campus March 13-17 as an A.D. White Professor at Large.
Is artificial intelligence beginning to “understand” humor? In experiments using the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest as a testbed, researchers found that it’s making some progress, but isn’t quite there yet.
A research team co-led by Cornell found that for schools without the resources to conduct learning analytics to help students succeed, modeling based on data from other institutions can work as well as local modeling, without sacrificing fairness.
Researchers are securing grants that span the breadth of USDA priorities — from improving livestock health and genetics, to thwarting foodborne pathogens and antimicrobial resistance, to understanding impacts of rural veterinarians.
Powerful people in the upper echelons of organizations have plenty to be grateful for, but new research from Cornell Assistant Professor Alice Lee indicates that higher-power individuals feel and express less gratitude to their subordinates.
The newly released Astro2020 decadal survey has ranked the projects the astronomer community wants to prioritize for the next 10 years. The 614-page NASA-sponsored report highlights the search for extraterrestrial life, as well as stressing the need for greater diversity among astronomy’s ranks.
