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From Neural Networks to Reinforcement Learning to Game Theory
November 14, 2024
Academics and industry experts shared their latest research and the broader potential of AI during The New York Academy of Sciences’ 2025 Machine Learning Symposium. Published November 14, 2024 By Nick FettyDigital Content Manager Pin-Yu Chen, PhD, a principal research scientist at IBM Research, presents during the Machine Learning Symposium at the New York Academy of Medicine on Oct. 18, 2024. Photo by Nick Fetty/The New York Academy of Sciences. The New York Academy of...
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15 Years of Advancing Machine Learning Research
September 16, 2024
The New York Academy of Sciences has been at the forefront of machine learning and artificial intelligence since hosting the first Machine Learning Symposium nearly two decades ago. Published September 16, 2024 By Nick FettyDigital Content Manager In today’s digital age, an abundance of reliable data is readily available at our fingertips. This is, in part, because of significant advances in the field of machine learning in recent years. The New York Academy of Sciences...
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The Ethics of Developing Voice Biometrics
August 29, 2024
Various ethical considerations must be applied to the development of artificial intelligence technologies like voice biometrics to ensure disenfranchised populations are not negatively impacted. Published August 29, 2024 By Nitin Verma, PhDAI & Society Fellow Nitin Verma, PhD, (left) conducts an interview with Juana Caralina Becerra Sandoval at The New York Academy of Sciences' office in lower Manhattan.Photo by Nick Fetty/The New York Academy of Sciences. Juana Catalina Becerra Sandoval, a PhD candidate in the...
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Have We Passed the Turing Test, and Should We Really be Trying?
August 22, 2024
The 70th anniversary of Turing’s death invites us to ponder: can we imagine AI models that will do well on the Turing test? Published August 22, 2024 By Nitin Verma, PhDAI & Society Fellow Alan Turing (1912-1954) in 1936 at Princeton University.Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Alan Turing is perhaps best remembered by many as the cryptography genius who led the British effort to break the German Enigma codes during WWII. His efforts provided crucial...
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Improving Classroom Accessibility with AI
August 14, 2024
Winners of the Junior Academy Innovation Challenge Fall 2023: “Cognitive Classrooms” Sponsored by NEOM Published August 14, 2024 By Nicole PopeAcademy Education Contributor Team members: Dawik D. (Team Lead) (Qatar), Atharv K. (India), Anoushka T. (India), Abhay B. (India), Asmit B. (India), Jefferson L. (United States) Mentor: Aryan Chowdhary (India) 250 million children worldwide lack access to a decent education due to extreme poverty, child labor, or discrimination, according to data from the United Nations....
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A More Scientific Approach to Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
August 13, 2024
Taking a more scientific perspective, while remaining ethical, can improve public trust of these emerging technologies. Published August 13, 2024 By Nitin Verma, PhDAI & Society Fellow Savannah Thais, PhD, is an Associate Research Scientist in the Data Science Institute at Columbia University with a focus on machine learning. Dr. Thais is interested in complex system modeling and in understanding what types of information is measurable or modelable and what impacts designing and performing measurements...
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A Life in Defiance of Gravity
July 31, 2024
New book explores blackholes, massive gravity, how Einstein was ahead of his time, and learning from failure. Published July 31, 2024 By Nick FettyDigital Content Manager Photo by Nick Fetty/The New York Academy of Sciences Theoretical physicist Claudia de Rham discussed her recently published book, The Beauty of Falling: A Life in Pursuit of Gravity, during the recent Authors at the Academy Series, moderated by Chief Scientific Officer Brooke Grindlinger, PhD, at The New York...
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The Academy’s Century-Long History with Solar Energy
July 30, 2024
What started as novel research 100 years ago is a major source of energy today, in part because of a research prize established by an Academy member. Published July 30, 2024 By Nick FettyDigital Content Manager Abraham Cressy Morrison/Public Domain While electric vehicles and solar panels are commonplace around New York these days, the city’s history with solar energy goes back at least a century. The New York Academy of Sciences has been an incubator...
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The Complex Ecosystem of Artificial Intelligence
July 16, 2024
Journalist Madhumita Murgia discusses the potential impact of AI particularly on disenfranchised populations, in her new book Code Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI. Published July 16, 2024 By Nick FettyDigital Content Manager Photo by Nick Fetty/The New York Academy of Sciences Nicholas Dirks, President and CEO of The New York Academy of Sciences, recently sat down with journalist and author Madhumita Murgia to talk about her new book, as the latest installment of...
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From New Delhi to New York
April 23, 2024
Academy Fellow Nitin Verma is taking a closer look at deepfakes and the impact they can have on public opinion. Published April 23, 2024 By Nick FettyDigital Content Manager Nitin Verma's interest in STEM can be traced back to his childhood growing up in New Delhi, India. Verma, a member of the inaugural cohort for the Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Society Fellowship, a collaboration between The New York Academy of Sciences and Arizona State University's...