Drafting The Blueprint For AI At Columbia Engineering
In this conversation, Dean Shih-Fu Chang and Vice Dean Vishal Misra discuss how the School is driving and responding to this exciting moment in the development of artificial intelligence.
In this conversation, Dean Shih-Fu Chang and Vice Dean Vishal Misra discuss how the School is driving and responding to this exciting moment in the development of artificial intelligence.
Steven Feiner worked with Kaveri Thakoor to create a tool that combines the pattern-recognition power of AI with the domain expertise of human medical experts. The AI-powered decision support tool assists doctors in diagnosing eye disease.
Blei is recognized for his groundbreaking work in machine learning, in particular his field-defining contributions in the areas of topic models and stochastic variational inference.
New York City has tapped Jeannette Wing and Clifford Stein to advise the city on artificial intelligence.
ARNI Director Zemel goes to Washington to explain to Congress how Columbia’s new AI institute will connect major progress made in AI systems to our understanding of the brain.
The projects will explore algorithmic fairness, unified methods for interpreting artistic images found on the internet, and the development of a differentially-private data market system.
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President Bollinger announced that Columbia University along with many other academic institutions (sixteen, including all Ivy League universities) filed an amicus brief in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York challenging the Executive Order regarding immigrants from seven designated countries and refugees. Among other things, the brief asserts that “safety and security concerns can be addressed in a manner that is consistent with the values America has always stood for, including the free flow of ideas and people across borders and the welcoming of immigrants to our universities.”
This recent action provides a moment for us to collectively reflect on our community within Columbia Engineering and the importance of our commitment to maintaining an open and welcoming community for all students, faculty, researchers and administrative staff. As a School of Engineering and Applied Science, we are fortunate to attract students and faculty from diverse backgrounds, from across the country, and from around the world. It is a great benefit to be able to gather engineers and scientists of so many different perspectives and talents – all with a commitment to learning, a focus on pushing the frontiers of knowledge and discovery, and with a passion for translating our work to impact humanity.
I am proud of our community, and wish to take this opportunity to reinforce our collective commitment to maintaining an open and collegial environment. We are fortunate to have the privilege to learn from one another, and to study, work, and live together in such a dynamic and vibrant place as Columbia.
Sincerely,
Mary C. Boyce
Dean of Engineering
Morris A. and Alma Schapiro Professor