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New Apple iOS supports contact tracing — but is meaningless without government adoption

May 20, 2020

Sarah Kreps, surveillance systems and cybersecurity expert, comments on the newly released Apple operating system that supports digital contact tracing.

Arts and Sciences
Cornell Tech
Computing & Information Sciences
Professor in Cornell University’s Department of Government

Iowa delay underscores need for voting tech oversight

February 4, 2020

Ken Birman, an expert in cloud computing who researches trustworthy, secure and scalable mobile applications, comments on a delay in Iowa caucus results that party officials have blamed on a "coding issue."

Computing & Information Sciences

EU lapses in effort to compete with big tech, takes the lead in AI ethics

February 19, 2020

Thomas Jungbauer, professor of strategy and business economics, and Joseph Halpern, professor of computer science, comment on European Union plans to compete with the growth of tech conglomerates in the United States and Asia, and address ethical concerns in artificial intelligence.

Computing & Information Sciences
Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

Google quantum computing breakthrough a ‘remarkable milestone’

October 23, 2019

Google announced Wednesday an experimental quantum processor completed a calculation in just a few minutes, a process that would take a traditional supercomputer thousands of years.

Computing & Information Sciences

Tesla’s reliance on ‘computer vision’ adds to self-driving car challenge

April 22, 2019

Bart Selman, professor of computer science at Cornell University and an expert on artificial intelligence safety issues, comments on Tesla's efforts to develop fully-autonomous vehicles.

Computing & Information Sciences
Engineering
Bart Selman

Net neutrality law to end the strangulation of startups, innovation

March 11, 2019

Cornell University engineering professor Stephen Wicker is an expert in internet and wireless communication, and says that proposed net neutrality legislation is important for fostering innovation and protecting small companies.

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship
Law and Policy
Computing & Information Sciences
Stephen Wicker

Right-left political bias in the spotlight with Google testimony

December 6, 2018

Drew Margolin, professor of communication at Cornell University, comments on an upcoming Congressional testimony from Google CEO Sundar Pichai.

Computing & Information Sciences
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Drew Margolin

White House AI summit signals U.S. leadership in competitive industry

May 10, 2018

Bart Selman, professor of computer science at Cornell University and director of the Intelligent Information Systems Institute comments on a White House summit dedicated to the future of artificial intelligence.

Computing & Information Sciences
Physical Sciences & Engineering
Computing & Information Sciences
Engineering
Bart Selman

‘Whack-a-mole’ approach to social media regulation good for publicity, bad for legislation

September 6, 2018

Drew Margolin, professor of communication at Cornell University, comments on possible regulation of social media companies.

Computing & Information Sciences
Law, Government & Public Policy
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Drew Margolin

Could Google’s censored search engine penetrate China’s ‘Great Firewall’?

August 23, 2018

Thomas Jungbauer, assistant professor of strategy and business economics at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University, comments on news that Google is testing a censored search engine for the Chinese market.

Computing & Information Sciences
Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship
Cornell SC Johnson College of Business
Johnson Graduate School of Management