Zhou Yu and Henry Yuen Join the Department
The computer science department welcomes two new faculty members. These new CS faculty are facilitating research and learning in natural … Continue reading Zhou Yu and Henry Yuen Join the Department
Research
Papers from the Theory Group Accepted to SODA ’21
Six papers from CS researchers were accepted to the ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms (SODA ’21). The conference focuses on … Continue reading Papers from the Theory Group Accepted to SODA ’21
Robot Displays a Glimmer of Empathy to a Partner Robot
A Columbia Engineering robot has learned to predict its partner robot’s future actions and goals based on just a few initial video frames. The study is part of a broader effort to endow robots with … Continue reading Robot Displays a Glimmer of Empathy to a Partner Robot
NSF Funds a Robot Teleoperation System that Could Transform the Manufacturing Workforce
Professors Shuran Song, Steve Feiner, and Matei Ciocarlie are developing a novel platform to enable factory workers to work remotely.
13 Papers From the Department Accepted to NeurIPS 2020
Researchers from the Theory, Security & Privacy, and Machine Learning groups will present their papers at the 34th Conference on … Continue reading 13 Papers From the Department Accepted to NeurIPS 2020
Natural Language Processing Papers Accepted to EMNLP 2020
Six papers from the Speech & NLP group were accepted to the Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP) conference. Generating … Continue reading Natural Language Processing Papers Accepted to EMNLP 2020
Papers from the Theory Group Accepted to FOCS 2020
Professor Tim Roughgarden received a Test of Time award for his paper, How Bad is Selfish Routing?, published in 2000 and … Continue reading Papers from the Theory Group Accepted to FOCS 2020
New Tool Detects Unsafe Security Practices in Android Apps
Open-source CRYLOGGER is the first tool that detects cryptographic misuses by running the Android app instead of analyzing its code.
Helping First Responders Respond Faster
Imagine a world of rapid and effective emergency response that takes advantage of the latest in cutting-edge technology.
Heroes of Natural Language Processing
Professor Kathy McKeown talks with DeepLearning.AI’s Andrew Ng about how she started in artificial intelligence (AI), her research projects, how her understanding of AI has changed through the decades, and AI career advice for learners … Continue reading Heroes of Natural Language Processing
Baishakhi Ray Named VMware Early Career Faculty Award Recipient
Assistant professor Baishakhi Ray has won a VMware Early Career Faculty Award to develop machine learning tools that will improve … Continue reading Baishakhi Ray Named VMware Early Career Faculty Award Recipient
Rocco Servedio Wins 2020 Great Teacher Award
The Society of Columbia Graduates’ Board of Directors has selected Rocco Servedio as one of the honorees for its 2020 Great Teacher Award.
New Machine Learning Tool Predicts Devastating Intestinal Disease in Premature Infants
CS researchers develop a new machine learning approach that shows promise in predicting necrotizing enterocolitis; could lead to improved medical decision-making in neonatal ICUs.
Privacy-preserving Contact Tracing
Moti Yung talks about his work on the Google Apple Exposure Notification API contact tracing project at the Responsible Data Summit.
Machine Learning Papers Accepted to ICML 2020
The 37th International Conference on Machine Learning is an annual event taking place virtually this week. Professor David Blei is … Continue reading Machine Learning Papers Accepted to ICML 2020
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