December 2023 V.S. Subrahmanian, a faculty fellow at Northwestern’s Buffett Institute for Global Affairs, writes that with the clamor for AI regulation growing louder every day, it is time to reflect on the threats posed by deepfakes — as well as potential benefits.
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December 2023 In this "Breaking Boundaries" podcast episode, Venus Jin, PhD, Director of the Communication Program at Northwestern in Qatar, discusses her research in human-machine interactions and examines how AI influences and shapes individuals' choices across various industries.
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December 2023 On November 15, Northwestern Computer Science and Women in Computing hosted “An Evening with Alisa Liu,” welcoming the alumna back to campus to meet with undergraduate students and share her path to graduate school.
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November 2023 CASMI researchers from Carnegie Mellon University traveled on Nov. 6-9 to Delft, Netherlands to present findings from their research project, which is exploring key differences between human and AI judgment to support more effective human-AI decision-making.
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November 2023 In a cooperative initiative, UL Research Institutes (ULRI) and Northwestern University are working to bring safety to the forefront of the rapidly expanding field of AI and machine learning through their leadership of the Center for Advancing Safety of Machine Intelligence (CASMI) research hub.
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November 2023 For the second year in a row, CASMI attended the annual Chicago Innovation Awards as a Top 100 Finalist.
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November 2023 On November 10, the Gender Equity Initiative at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and the Northwestern University Law and Technology Initiative cohosted the “Gender and Intersectional Bias in Artificial Intelligence Conference” to discuss how and why AI reflects and exacerbates historical and social inequities and innovative technical and legal approaches to mitigate those biases.
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November 2023 A new AI tool may make it possible to spare breast cancer patients unnecessary chemotherapy treatments by using a more precise method of predicting their outcomes.
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November 2023 CASMI researchers are working to understand plausible AI risks through a unique, writing-based method.
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November 2023 On this episode of The Insightful Leader podcast: what happens when everyone uses the same generative AI tools?
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November 2023 During a two-day workshop in October, the Institute for Data, Econometrics, Algorithms, and Learning (IDEAL) explored reliability and trust in machine learning and artificial intelligence systems through the lens of computer science, law, and policy.
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November 2023 Roger Smith, an eighth-year student in Feinberg’s Medical Scientist Training Program, is developing an artificial intelligence tool to tie up medical loose ends identified in electronic health records.
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November 2023 A team led by Professor Qi Zhu received an NSF Design for Environmental Sustainability in Computing award to extend hardware life and reduce waste and emissions.
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November 2023 A study from Northwestern University’s Mobility and Behavior Lab found consumers are more prepared for automated vehicle delivery than drones or robots.
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November 2023 Investigators led by Neil Kelleher, PhD, professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology and Oncology and of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, have developed an automated technique for imaging and identifying proteoforms in ovarian cancer tissue.
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November 2023 In a new review paper, a team led by Northwestern Engineering’s Mahdi Hosseini evaluated the rapid and broad advances in quantum memory development over the past decade.
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November 2023 Northwestern Engineering’s V.S. Subrahmanian is a co-author of a new book called The Android Malware Handbook: Detection and Analysis by Human and Machine.
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November 2023 Northwestern Medicine scientists have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that can interpret chest X-rays with accuracy rivaling that of a human radiologist for some conditions, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.
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November 2023 A multi-institution team led by Professor Seda Ogrenci received a Phase 2 NSF Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems award.
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November 2023 McCormick Prof. Sam Kriegman and his lab assistant David Matthews recently developed a one-of-a-kind artificial intelligence program that builds a robot in seconds.
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November 2023 When individuals use generative AI to create content, they accept a trade-off between efficiency and “fidelity”—how faithfully the content matches what they would have produced themselves.
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October 2023 The Northwestern Center for Advancing Safety of Machine Intelligence (CASMI) supported a special interest group (SIG) event on Oct. 17 in Minneapolis called “Purposeful AI.”
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October 2023 CASMI designed and led a workshop to support the expansion of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF) guidance from a sociotechnical lens.
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October 2023 The Northwestern Security and AI Lab (NSAIL) team is one of the leaders of a growing multidisciplinary community developing and deploying AI technologies to address global threats and protect against malicious actors around the world.
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October 2023 CASMI research is aimed at helping designers form rich and accurate descriptions of real-life situations so that they can create context-aware responsible tools.
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October 2023 There’s a new artificial intelligence (AI) club on campus, and it’s open to anyone interested in entrepreneurship and technical discussions.
October 2023 The weekend’s activities included educational forums and lectures led by Feinberg faculty who discussed topics ranging from pathogen genomics and the biology of aging to the latest developments in artificial intelligence and digital technology in medicine.
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October 2023 A fully automated process, including a brand-new artificial intelligence (AI) tool, has successfully detected, identified and classified its first supernova.
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October 2023 Northwestern Engineering researchers have developed a new nanoelectronic device that can perform accurate machine-learning classification tasks in the most energy-efficient manner yet.
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October 2023 Over the summer, a cohort of 22 second- and third-year Northwestern Computer Science (CS) students conducted practical, immersive research in labs alongside graduate students and faculty members.
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October 2023 Tyler Smith, a third-year medical student and a current RISE scholar, is exploring how machine learning models can help better determine the physiology of patients diagnosed with cardiovascular disease.
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October 2023 Google may look like a monopoly, but is its power actually hurting consumers? A legal expert weighs in.
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October 2023 A team led by Northwestern University researchers has developed the first artificial intelligence (AI) to date that can intelligently design robots from scratch.
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September 2023 CASMI is co-hosting a workshop on Oct. 16-17 in Washington, D.C. to test and evaluate sociotechnical approaches for AI systems, focusing specifically on expanding the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF).
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September 2023 As data science and machine learning are increasingly deployed across the decision-making pipeline, designing provably reliable and trustworthy methods and systems is imperative.
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September 2023 Recent research from Professor Vadim Backman and the Center for Physical Genomics and Engineering (CPGE) could one day help doctors make that crucial discovery earlier and save more lives.
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September 2023 Northwestern University and the University of Chicago teamed up on Sept. 14 for a discussion about AI’s potential and limitations. The Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (I.AIM) event, “Crosstown Showcase: AI in Healthcare,” took place in Chicago at DLA Piper, a business law firm, and included participants from industry and academia.
September 2023 A multi-institutional team of researchers, including Northwestern University scientists, has received $45 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) to fast-track the development of a first-of-its-kind implant to sense and treat cancer.
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September 2023 CASMI researchers are working to understand what is causing bias in a popular predictor tool that is quick to train.
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September 2023 We can all probably agree that generative AI has the algorithm thing down better than we humans do—and as a bonus, AI-based technologies can theoretically perform each of those business-building steps while considering more novel creative possibilities than we could and avoiding bias.
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September 2023 CASMI researchers are studying expectant mothers’ stress levels to combat them in real time and even prevent them.
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September 2023 Five members of the Northwestern Engineering community have received the school’s annual awards for outstanding teaching and advising.
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September 2023 Merging the digital and physical worlds, the technologies of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) offer immersive ways of experiencing and interacting with digital content.
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September 2023 An artificial intelligence (AI)-powered tool from Weinberg College’s Waldron Student-Alumni Connections Program, Ask a Wildcat aims to connect students seeking thoughtful advice on college and career matters with alumni who can dispense wisdom, viewpoints, and counsel to help shape students’ experiences at – and beyond – Northwestern.
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September 2023 Renowned researcher Jeffrey A. Hubbell has received the 2023 Kabiller Prize in Nanoscience and Nanomedicine, a biennial award given by Northwestern University’s International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN) to one scientist for outstanding achievements in the field.
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August 2023 Kristi Holmes, PhD, professor of Preventive Medicine, director of Northwestern’s Galter Health Sciences Library and chief of knowledge management for the Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (I.AIM), has been named the new associate dean for knowledge management and strategy at Feinberg.
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August 2023 Law enforcement agencies are using machine learning technologies to forecast where crime might occur. CASMI has supported newly published research that is aimed at mitigating the risks in data-driven policing.
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August 2023 CASMI researchers have investigated threats to validity and reliability in human-AI decision-making and have demonstrated how new methods may help address these challenges.
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August 2023 Social media represents a new frontier for social learning. What happens when all-important observing and mimicking of others is mediated by algorithms controlled by tech companies whose goals are to keep people’s attention on platforms?
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August 2023 A recent study led by Apkar Apkarian, PhD, professor of Neuroscience, of Anesthesiology and of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Paulo Branco, PhD, assistant professor of Anesthesiology in the Division of Pain Medicine, used machine learning to predict acute pain after mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI).
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August 2023 Ninety-three STEAM Scholars2 students — ranging from third grade to high school — participated in computer science project workshops, toured the Segal Design Institute’s Ford Prototyping Lab, and played a chess tournament during the third-annual Northwestern Computer Science (CS) Summer Camp.
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August 2023 On this episode of The Insightful Leader: Opaque algorithms on platforms like LinkedIn, Uber, and TaskRabbit have more power than ever. It’s starting to impact livelihoods.
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August 2023 The longest time-lapse footage of an exoplanet to date was assembled from real data.
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August 2023 On July 18 and 19, CASMI hosted 32 interdisciplinary scholars from academia, industry, and government for its workshop, “Sociotechnical Approaches to Measurement and Validation for Safety in AI," to discuss how to meaningfully operationalize safe, functional AI systems.
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August 2023 Northwestern Engineering’s Sam Kriegman is among the inaugural cohort of Schmidt Futures AI2050 Early Career Fellows, selected to solve hard problems in artificial intelligence (AI) through bold and ambitious multidisciplinary research.
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August 2023 In a review published Aug. 3 in the journal Trends in Cognitive Sciences, social scientists from Northwestern University describe how the misalignment between the objective of social media algorithms, designed to boost user engagement, and functions of human psychology can lead to increased polarization and misinformation.
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August 2023 Supported by a grant from the Office of Naval Research (ONR), Northwestern Engineering's Simge Küçükyavuz is tackling the issue of social media misinformation, an accelerating global problem the World Economic Forum and others have cited as one of the main threats to well-functioning societies.
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August 2023 A new review paper from a team led by Northwestern Engineering’s Horacio Espinosa highlights how applying machine learning (ML) to the field of experimental solid mechanics is producing promising results.
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August 2023 Lauded as a win for consumers, new protections could have unintended consequences. “There’s no privacy ‘free lunch’ here.”
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July 2023 On July 3, 2023, the BBVA Foundation’s Statistics and Operations Research Society awarded Northwestern researchers “Best Applied Contribution in Statistics” for their paper “Scalable Variational Gaussian Processes for Crowdsourcing: Glitch Detection in LIGO“.
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July 2023 ChatGPT and other large-scale language models are clearly here to stay. But how should managers adapt their roles to embrace these technologies?
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July 2023 Air raid sirens sound off on a weekly basis. Sporadic missile attacks strike residential buildings, killing innocent civilians. These are the grim conditions under which researchers at the Ukrainian Catholic University are working – at all hours of the day – as they investigate fairness and accuracy in artificial intelligence (AI) systems.
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July 2023 Northwestern Engineering computer science PhD student Chenkai Weng has received a J.P. Morgan AI Research PhD Fellowship in recognition of his work advancing cutting-edge research in cryptography.
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July 2023 Northwestern Medicine scientists have developed a new technique for measuring protein folding stability on an unprecedented scale, findings detailed in a new study published in Nature.
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July 2023 A research team led by Northwestern University and the University of Pennsylvania scientists has created a new synthetic biology approach, a “QR code for cancer cells,” to follow tumor cells over time, finding there are meaningful differences in why a cancer cell dies or survives in response to anti-cancer therapies.
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July 2023 Exploring the theme of reemergence, reengagement, and reconnection after two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 22nd annual ACM Interaction Design and Children (IDC ’23) Conference brought together researchers, educators, and practitioners to “rediscover childhood” and question what adults can do to ensure a sustainable and equitable future for the next generation.
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July 2023 Northwestern Engineering’s Ken Forbus authored a chapter in the new book Artificial Intelligence in Science: Challenges, Opportunities and the Future of Research (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Publishing, 2023) that explores the current and emerging applications of AI and examines public policy implications.
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July 2023 Researchers with the Northwestern Center for Advancing Safety of Machine Intelligence (CASMI) have found a simple and effective way to identify unknown and anomalous data for language models, which improves safety and reliability.
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July 2023 A new tool predicts whether a specific study is likely to replicate, building confidence in the findings among scientists, funding agencies, and the public.
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July 2023 Thanks to the proliferation of large-language-model (LLM) generative AI tools like ChatGPT-4 and Bard, it’s now easier to create texts, images, and videos that are often indistinguishable from those produced by people.
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June 2023 Northwestern University astrophysicists are part of an international team of scientists using advanced simulation tools that has predicted the existence of merging massive, 30 solar mass black hole binaries in Milky Way-like galaxies, challenging previous theories.
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June 2023 Several CASMI researchers attended the Association for Computing Machinery Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (ACM FAccT), an event that is closely aligned with the focus of CASMI's next workshop, “Sociotechnical Approaches to Measurement and Validation for Safety in AI.”
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June 2023 Northwestern University’s Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (NU-MRSEC), which is among the longest continually funded materials research centers in the country, has received a six-year, $18 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
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June 2023 Using eye-tracking technology, CASMI researchers gathered data about eye gaze signals, with help from 11 people with disabilities, and concluded that it’s likely assistive devices can be designed to allow for smoother control.
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June 2023 Using AI, Chris Wolverton proposed a method that unifies different kinds of heat carriers to estimate the lower limit of lattice thermal conductivity and applies it to thousands of inorganic compounds.
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June 2023 Northwestern’s annual TEACHx conference, a celebration of teaching and learning innovation, last month welcomed more than 300 faculty, students, learning designers and education technology specialists to learn from guest speakers and their peers. Topics ranged from artificial intelligence and alternative grading to data integrity and diversifying curricula.
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June 2023 IDEAL hosted a career development workshop for 30 undergraduate students interested in pursuing research in computer science, data science, electrical engineering, mathematics, and statistics.
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June 2023 On June 8, the Center for Human-Computer Interaction + Design hosted a thought leader panel to explore thoughtful design approaches to broadening participation and recognizing computing’s value for all learners.
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June 2023 Large language models (LLMs) were the focus June 7 of the AI@NU, Institute for Augmented Intelligence in Medicine (I.AIM), and McCormick School of Engineering event, "Exploring Opportunities at the Intersection of Healthcare and AI."
June 2023 On this episode of The Insightful Leader, we talk about how large-scale language models work and what leaders should make of them.
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June 2023 To develop the Human Lung Cell Atlas, a large team of investigators successfully combined 49 lung datasets from nearly 40 separate studies into a single integrated atlas using advanced machine learning.
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June 2023 Next steps include using artificial intelligence, such as machine learning and deep learning approaches, to enhance triple-negative breast cancer drug development.
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June 2023 Northwestern Engineering’s Xiao Wang has received a 2023 Google Research Scholar Program Award for his work developing zero-knowledge proofs (ZKP), which allow a party to verify a statement without revealing the underlying information that “proves” the data.
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June 2023 Looking to the future, President Michael Schill said that Northwestern is poised to become a leader in research areas that can address some of the most pressing challenges facing our society, including data science and artificial intelligence.
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May 2023 Researchers with the Center for Advancing Safety of Machine Intelligence (CASMI) have found that a commonly used technique in machine learning (ML), which is meant to improve accuracy, is more likely to worsen fairness for historically disadvantaged groups.
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May 2023 As part of presidential inauguration week, an expert panel explored hot topics of longevity, AI, regenerative medicine, bioelectronics and new approaches to cancer treatment.
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May 2023 Brian Uzzi, professor of management and organizations at Kellogg, considers implications of AI-generated music for what he sees as the inevitable creative class wars against AI, and what it means for us all.
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May 2023 Northwestern Engineering’s Alok Choudhary is a co-editor of a new book called Artificial Intelligence for Science: A Deep Learning Revolution (World Scientific Publishing Company, 2023) that introduces the AI, machine learning (ML), and deep neural network technologies leading to revolutionary scientific discoveries.
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May 2023 Research is underway to develop an experimental platform for testing news recommender systems. The system will expose people to news stories on topics that interest them and measure outcomes such as clicks, reader retention, and reading diversity.
May 2023 Researchers utilized a machine learning algorithm to shed new light on how the deadliest form of thyroid cancer transforms from slow-growing to aggressive, according to research published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
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May 2023 As gravitational wave scientists prepared to turn their detectors back on in mid-May, the Gravity Spy Citizen Science team expanded the scope of their project to further refine the data generated by LIGO‘s detectors.
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May 2023 Two academic panels composed of Northwestern University faculty will convene to discuss contemporary topics of importance in higher education: biomedical science and engineering and freedom of expression.
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May 2023 CASMI visiting researcher Francisco Iacobelli and his research team are creating an intelligent tutoring system for low-literacy Latina breast cancer survivors.
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May 2023 Physicians who performed colonoscopies assisted by artificial intelligence achieved a 13 percent increase in the detection and removal of colorectal polyps, according to new research by Northwestern Medicine shared May 9 at the Digestive Diseases Week conference in Chicago.
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May 2023 Echo CEO Doug Waggoner spoke at the 41st Annual William A. Patterson Transportation Lecture April 26 at the Walter Athletics Center Auditorium.
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May 2023 Northwestern University students designed a digital avatar that made its debut April 26 during a Chicago Innovation event. The plan is to use the avatar for an improv show in Chicago.
May 2023 Machine learning finds no evidence of cytokine storm in critically ill patients with COVID-19.
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May 2023 Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine has launched the new Simpson Querrey Lung Institute for Translational Science (SQLIFTS), ushering in a new era of lung research, education, and patient care at Northwestern Medicine.
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May 2023 The latest artificial intelligence tools, including language models like ChatGPT-4 and image generators like Stable Diffusion, have the world riveted. It’s clear that AI could be on the verge of disrupting a lot of knowledge work—and indeed the broader economy.
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April 2023 On April 11, eight Innovation Lab teams presented live project demos during a virtual event, the culmination of their entrepreneurial process of understanding stakeholder needs, conducting market research, brainstorming ideas, testing solutions, and prototyping tools.
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April 2023 The latest artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT are already capable of developing a travel itinerary, generating a simple business plan, and writing marketing copy—and the technology is getting better.
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April 2023 The Northwestern Center for Advancing Safety of Machine Intelligence (CASMI) is hosting a workshop on July 18-19 entitled, “Sociotechnical Approaches to Measurement and Validation for Safety in AI.”
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April 2023 Zhanlin Chen, a first-year medical student at Feinberg, has been awarded the 2023 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans. He hopes to use his Feinberg education to provide personalized healthcare which incorporates machine learning, genomics and data science.
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April 2023 Five Feinberg faculty members have been inducted into the American Society for Clinical Investigation and the Association of American Physicians, including Huiping Liu, MD, PhD, whose laboratory studies include the use of machine learning.
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April 2023 Northwestern community members gathered recently for the winter faculty webinar to discuss generative artificial intelligence — specifically ChatGPT — its growing popularity and its potential impact on University culture.
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April 2023 The Northwestern University Center for Human-Computer Interaction + Design (HCI+D) hosted a virtual panel on April 7 entitled, “Thought Leaders on AI Education.” The discussion focused on what curriculums are available for students and teachers in all grade levels and how adults can also learn about AI systems and tools.
April 2023 The study finds that people perceive greater moral outrage in political posts than authors felt when writing them.
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April 2023 Researchers used machine learning to identify people who were tweeting about American politics with either high or low levels of outrage.
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April 2023 CASMI hosted a virtual panel Monday, April 3 entitled, "The Harms and Benefits of Generative AI: Exploring the Differences Between Fluency and Fact."
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March 2023 Researchers at Northwestern University and Tsinghua University in Beijing adapted a well-known computer-vision algorithm used for sharpening photos and, for the first time, applied it to astronomical images from ground-based telescopes.
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March 2023 Northwestern Engineering’s Brenna Argall and Danielle Tullman-Ercek have been elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering’s (AIMBE) College of Fellows.
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March 2023 ChatGPT has also caught the attention of professionals across fields, including academia, healthcare and scientific research. In an anonymous Twitter poll administered to Feinberg faculty, staff and students on February 13, almost 50 percent of respondents said that ChatGPT could “prove useful” in their own work and lives.
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March 2023 Residency matches are made by the National Resident Matching Program, which utilizes an algorithm to pair graduating medical students with open training positions at teaching hospitals across the U.S.
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March 2023 Ben Shneiderman’s four-page TechBrief was published with the hope of convincing the government and policy communities to make safer algorithmic systems a priority.
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March 2023 Anyone can go to the AI Incident Database to report AI harms or near harms, which are then classified as AI incidents. The database currently has more than 2,400 reports of AI harms, resulting in more than 400 incidents.
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March 2023 Melissa Bregger, MD, assistant professor of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine, has been named assistant medical director for continuing medical education at Feinberg. She discussed how the use of artificial intelligence fascinates her.
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March 2023 The explosion of generative AI has brought one pressing question to the forefront: how can the industry use these tools responsibly? Nick Diakopoulos, associate professor of communication studies in Northwestern’s School of Communication and (by courtesy) associate professor of computer science in Northwestern Engineering, is studying this issue through his “Generative AI in the Newsroom Project.”
March 2023 The CEO at Gap Inc. fired all creatives and, copying his competitors, turned his efforts toward big data instead. As history revealed, simply turning toward big data and AI would not solve the problem.
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March 2023 A new method allows for the continuous imaging of cells and their morphological analysis using machine learning algorithms for further assessing efficiency and efficacy.
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March 2023 The Quad Fellowship, an initiative of the governments of Australia, India, Japan and the United States, is designed to build ties among the next generation of scientists and technologists.
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March 2023 Lyft is using ”reinforcement learning” to match customers to drivers—leading to higher profits for the company, more work for drivers, and happier customers.
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February 2023 The Center for Advancing Safety of Machine Intelligence (CASMI) at Northwestern University, a collaboration with the UL Research Institutes' Digital Safety Research Institute (DSRI), is providing $2.2 million in funding for eight new projects across seven institutions.
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February 2023 The new Northwestern fellows are chemist Todd Gingrich of Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and neuroscientist Ann Kennedy of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
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February 2023 Four Northwestern University assistant professors, including Hatim Rahman, have received the prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation. Rahman’s research examines how new technology, such as artificial intelligence, is changing the way people work.
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February 2023 The Center for Advancing Safety of Machine Intelligence (CASMI) at Northwestern University hosted a workshop on Jan. 19 and 20 entitled, “Toward a Safety Science of AI.” Interdisciplinary thought leaders attended to share ideas on how we can define, measure, and anticipate safety in AI.
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February 2023 The Institute for Augmented Intelligence in Medicine (I.AIM) is hosting the 3rd Coast Augmented Intelligence for Health Bowl in its second year. This year’s theme is for teams to create an AI-based product to address health disparity issues.
February 2023 In a recent paper, David Dranove and Craig Garthwaite, professors of strategy at Kellogg, explored the implications of incorporating AI into healthcare—in particular, how such software would affect the central role of the physician.
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January 2023 This transformation was possible due to $3.8 million in university funds made available for the Northwestern Data Science Initiative, $5.5 million in philanthropic giving toward projects in synthetic biology, sustainability, and studies of innovation and team science, and $13 million from federal funding agencies.
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January 2023 Feinberg has named two new associate deans: Linda Suleiman, MD, and Kathryn Hufmeyer, MD. Hufmeyer, ’11, ’14 GME, said she hopes to help adapt Feinberg education to meet the modern challenges of medical education, including incorporating artificial intelligence.
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January 2023 The Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) has elected Northwestern Engineering’s Kristian Hammond as one of its 2023 Fellows.
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January 2023 Panelists considered the potential and limitations of ChatGPT in the legal sphere.
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January 2023 According to a new report by artificial intelligence (AI) and foreign policy experts at Northwestern University and the Brookings Institution, the researchers predict the technology is on the brink of being used much more widely, including in targeted military and intelligence operations.
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January 2023 Blinded human reviewers — when given a mix real and falsely generated abstracts — could only spot ChatGPT generated abstracts 68% of the time.
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January 2023 The King Faisal Foundation has awarded Northwestern University professor Chad A. Mirkin the 2023 King Faisal Prize (KFP) in Medicine and Science for his work in chemistry.
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January 2023 To establish which ESG researcher produced better ratings, researchers drew data from RepRisk, using machine learning to power a daily review of 100,000 multilanguage information sources.
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December 2022 Today, people around the world have unprecedented ability to capture and disseminate everything from children’s dance recitals to police violence or war crimes. But technological advances in AI have also encouraged the proliferation of deepfakes: seemingly realistic videos that contain inauthentic elements.
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December 2022 A multidisciplinary team of academic, industry, and non-profit partners led by Professor Brenna Argall aims to enhance safety and facilitate independent wheelchair operation.
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December 2022 Integrating social determinants of health into machine learning models helped mitigate bias when predicting long-term outcomes for heart failure patients, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in Circulation: Heart Failure.
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December 2022 In a new study, researchers used artificial intelligence to analyze data from a wide variety of tissues, collected from humans, mice, rats and killifish. They discovered that the length of genes can explain most molecular-level changes that occur during aging.
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December 2022 On the one hand, new technologies can make people more productive. On the other hand, some forms of automation can also make workers obsolete.
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December 2022 In October, Northwestern Engineering and the Buffett Institute hosted the “Conference on AI and National Security” to mark the launch of the joint Northwestern Security and AI Lab.
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November 2022 A team of investigators highlighted advances in atomic-scale experimentation.
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November 2022 Northwestern investigators have developed a deep learning-based method that can predict cognitive function capacity based on brain shape and structure, detailed in a study published in Scientific Reports.
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September 2022 The emerging field of CS+Law is exploring the common foundations and bidirectional relationship between CS and law.
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August 2022 Teams use AI to design and synthesize next-generation materials to help reduce carbon emissions.
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August 2022 A team in Professor Luís A. Nunes Amaral's lab simulated the impact of losing 67 percent of direct air routes.
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July 2022 The Institute for Data, Econometrics, Algorithms, and Learning (IDEAL) received a five-year, $10 million Phase II award from NSF.
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July 2022 Localized electroporation device could support pivotal cellular engineering processes
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July 2022 Recent work from Northwestern Engineering researchers could provide answers to how most data used by AI and ML is collected by the public and how much data the scientific community actually has.
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June 2022 On this episode of The Insightful Leader: When Boston Public Schools looked to algorithms to solve equity issues and save money, it ran into a roadblock—the complicated lives of parents and students.
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June 2022 NU researchers used machine learning to identify speech patterns in children with autism that were consistent across languages
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June 2022 Patricia Bao’s commitment is largest ever for Northwestern’s Center for Human-Computer Interaction and Design
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May 2022 Panelists discussed the implications of artificial intelligence for artistic creation
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May 2022 The award will support research at the intersection of economic theory and computer science
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May 2022 Teams of computer science and law students developed computational solutions to improve legal services delivery
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April 2022 Ceremony featured remarks from Northwestern, Underwriters Laboratories leaders
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March 2022 'We want to make fetal monitoring as easy as taking your temperature'
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March 2022 Nanofountain Probe Electroporation system enables efficient engineering of stem cells
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March 2022 MS student Karina Zadorozhny presented research she conducted during an internship at Amsterdam-based Pacmed during the 6th International Workshop on Health Intelligence
from Department of Computer Science
March 2022 The book introduces a methodology for combining data science tools with mathematical scientific principles
from Northwestern Engineering
February 2022 In collaboration with Underwriters Laboratories, new center will foster research that integrates safety into AI design and development
from Northwestern Now
February 2022 Speakers introduced the fundamentals of AI and explained the evidentiary principles governing AI evidence in civil and criminal cases
from McCormick School of Engineering
January 2022 With support from a recent National Institutes of Health U01 grant, principal investigator Yuan Luo, PhD looks to further integrate artificial intelligence with clinical medical practice.
from Feinberg School of Medicine
January 2022 Feinberg curriculum will prepare students to utilize and to evaluate data science and machine learning in healthcare
from Feinberg School of Medicine
January 2022 On November 16, IDEAL hosted a workshop focused on new directions on robustness in machine learning as part of the fall 2021 special quarter.
from Department of Computer Science
January 2022 AI presents a roadmap to define new materials for any need, with uses in green energy and waste reduction
from McCormick School of Engineering
December 2021 As artificial intelligence and machine learning become more integrated into daily lives, IEMS faculty members are improving decision-making and addressing societal challenges across industries, businesses, and disciplines.
from McCormick School of Engineering
December 2021 Business leaders can’t rely solely on data scientists to get the job done.
from Kellogg Insight
November 2021 V.S. Subrahmanian explains how artificial intelligence is used for both good and bad
from Northwestern Now
November 2021 Two computer science professorships named for IBM’s retired chairman and CEO will bolster Northwestern Engineering’s artificial intelligence and machine learning programs
from Northwestern Now
November 2021 What lies ahead for business leaders looking to incorporate data analytics?
from Kellogg Insight
October 2021 Presented by AI@NU, the event featured leaders in AI from Northwestern, academia, and industry
from McCormick School of Engineering
September 2021 Creative exploration followed by exploitation can lead to a career’s greatest hits
from McCormick School of Engineering
September 2021 Speed is a competitive advantage. A coauthor of the new book “The AI Marketing Canvas” explains why—and how—to get started.
from Kellogg Insight
August 2021 Your company already holds the data that can lead to sustainable change.
from Kellogg Insight
August 2021 These systems can create an “invisible cage” for freelancers.
from Kellogg Insight
July 2021 The work could allow scientists to accelerate the discovery of materials showing a metal-insulator transition
from McCormick School of Engineering
July 2021 Method could lead to more accurate predictions of how new materials behave at the atomic scale
from McCormick School of Engineering
July 2021 Technique enables rapid development of stronger and more robust adhesives
from McCormick School of Engineering
June 2021 NU lecturer-founded startup Taelor addresses style and sustainability with artificial intelligence
from The Daily Northwestern
June 2021 Antiferromagnetic-based memory device could bolster computing applications and answers fundamental questions
from McCormick School of Engineering
June 2021 The work will support athletics-centered learning experiences that connect computer science and sports
from McCormick School of Engineering
June 2021 Ten teams presented their final projects that explored collaboration between reporting and computer science
from McCormick School of Engineering
April 2021 'Synaptic transistors’ mimic brain’s plasticity by simultaneously processing, storing data
from Northwestern Now
April 2021 PhD student Andrew Paley blends his two passions—artificial intelligence and music—to add a unique dimension to his compositions and performances.
from Northwestern Engineering
April 2021 Optimization and machine learning expert Jorge Nocedal believes that human connections are integral to learning and discovery.
from Northwestern Engineering
April 2021 Could the way drosophila use antennae to sense heat help us teach self-driving cars to make decisions?
from Northwestern Now
April 2021 One millionth compound incorporated in database with Northwestern roots
from Northwestern Engineering
April 2021 A machine-learning algorithm instantly predicts electronic properties in metal-organic frameworks
from Northwestern Engineering
March 2021 The collective voice of millions of users could be as effective as regulation
from Northwestern Now
March 2021 These tools have the possibility to transform your business. If you know how to harness them.
from Kellogg Insight
March 2021 Emerging research shows that artificial intelligence has far more practical implications than business leaders might imagine. In this webinar, Professor and MBAi Program Director Eric Anderson will share the art of what’s possible.
from Kellogg Insight
March 2021 Consequences for workers and cities could be bleak.
from Kellogg Insight
March 2021 First study to use AI to find indicators of pain in patients’ vital signs data
from McCormick School of Engineering
March 2021 New method for generating additional training data for commonsense models developed
from McCormick School of Engineering
March 2021 The more retweets, the more people believe it — even if it’s not true
from Northwestern Now
February 2021 During a Q&A with filmmaker Shalini Kantayya, faculty, students, and the community examined the bias in algorithms that impact us all.
from McCormick School of Engineering
February 2021 New research study will explore how AI models could help guide radiologist’s review of mammograms with higher likelihood of cancer
from Northwestern Now
January 2021 Examination of Theia 456 finds its nearly 500 stars were born at same time
from Northwestern Now
January 2021 Platform aims to minimize resources required in the development of new materials for use in targeted applications
from McCormick School of Engineering
January 2021 He will use the award to advance the field of principled deep reinforcement learning
from McCormick School of Engineering
December 2020 Recent bipartisan legislation to make public court records more accessible encouraging sign to Northwestern team.
from Northwestern Now
November 2020 AAAS recognizes faculty who have made significant contributions to science and its applications
from Northwestern Now
November 2020 This year’s virtual U7+ Alliance of World Universities Presidential Summit brought together nearly 100 university leaders from six continents for a series of dialogues on intergenerational justice as students worldwide call on higher education institutions to play an active role in addressing the global challenges they will inherit.
from Northwestern Now
November 2020 Algorithm outperformed thoracic radiologists in new study
from McCormick School of Engineering
November 2020 A panel of experts including Northwestern Engineering’s Todd Murphey explored the legal, technological, and societal implications of assigning responsibility
from McCormick School of Engineering
November 2020 An excerpt from the book The Science of Science shows how robots may soon be able to run their own experiments—from start to finish.
from Kellogg Insight
November 2020 New platform Pixie syncs AI-generated images to music
from McCormick School of Engineering
November 2020 New approach determines optimal materials designs with minimal data
from McCormick School of Engineering
November 2020 A quick explainer on what happens if you aren’t thoughtful about the data you use.
from Kellogg Insight
October 2020 The virtual program “Leading with Analytics and Artificial Intelligence” was honored for “Best Use of Video Learning” by Brandon Hall Group
from Northwestern Now
September 2020 Center to develop the future of human and computer interaction
from McCormick School of Engineering
August 2020 Kellogg and McCormick announced the MBAi joint degree program, a 5-quarter program to address the intersection of business and technology management.
from Northwestern Now
August 2020 AI-enhanced precision medicine identifies novel autism subtype.
from Northwestern Now
August 2020 Solid science is more important than ever, yet experts often struggle to predict which studies will replicate. Artificial intelligence could do the job better.
from Kellogg Insight
July 2020 General framework has led to policy changes in Austin, could help other communities.
from Northwestern Now
July 2020 Regional institute will address major societal challenges with math-based solutions
from Northwestern Now
July 2020 Making court records publicly available will enable statistical analysis
from Northwestern Now
July 2020 Budgets are strapped. There are a million other things to do. But the risk of ignoring AI-powered modern marketing is dire.
from Kellogg Insight
June 2020 CAVIDOTS provides easy-to-skim summaries of academic papers
from Northwestern Now
June 2020 Rife with obstacles and occlusions, terrestrial environments may have helped give rise to planning circuits in the brain
from Northwestern Now
June 2020 Device monitors early signs, disease progression and response to treatment
from Northwestern Now
May 2020 More than 90 researchers and scientists took part in the virtual event on May 11-12
from McCormick School of Engineering
May 2020 Wireless sensor gently sits on throat to monitor coughs, fever and respiratory activity
from Northwestern Now
May 2020 Researchers develop machine model that exponentially shortens expert review period
from Northwestern Now
April 2020 New platform connects Illinois organizations with supplies to help combat the pandemic
from Northwestern Now
March 2020 Made from nanomaterials, device can perform several different classes of spiking
from McCormick School of Engineering
March 2020 An interdisciplinary team of Northwestern University researchers has developed a new wireless, battery-charged, affordable monitoring system for newborn babies that can easily be implemented to provide clinical-grade care in nearly any setting.
from Northwestern Now
March 2020 Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine has established a new Institute for Augmented Intelligence in Medicine (I.AIM), with the goal of augmenting human expertise with computational methods to advance the science of human health.
from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
February 2020 New, comprehensive analysis presents a more nuanced picture of global energy use
from Northwestern Now
February 2020 AI is now being used to serve customers. On this episode of The Insightful leader, we discuss trends and potential pitfalls that should be on companies’ radars.
from Kellogg Insight
February 2020 New algorithm could help control driverless cars, automated warehouses
from Northwestern Now
February 2020 Magnetic memory device is smallest demonstrated, uses record-low current
from McCormick School of Engineering
January 2020 The Chicago Police Department recently started working with a controversial facial recognition tool called Clearview AI.
from WTTW News
January 2020 Reconstructing the stable information from neurons driving skills like tying sneakers can aid paralyzed patients
from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
January 2020 AI has potential to reduce false positives, negatives
from Northwestern Now
November 2019 Industry partners, researchers, and students discussed future of field
from McCormick School of Engineering
September 2019 More than 150 radiologists, engineers, and computer scientists discussed innovative approaches to using AI in radiology.
from McCormick School of Engineering
September 2019 Northwestern's schools of engineering and law join forces to refine and preserve the rule of law worldwide.
from Northwestern Engineering Magazine
May 2019 As police departments across the U.S. weigh the use of facial recognition software, several communities are raising privacy concerns over the technology, which can identify people in real time through a combination of artificial intelligence, surveillance cameras and a database of photos for comparison.
from WTTW News
May 2019 There is a tremendous amount of activity in Artificial Intelligence at Northwestern. There is a globally recognized depth of AI expertise within Computer Science and the applied work in AI all across the University is impressive. The challenge is to harness this work to expand on the core research expertise to both support and amplify the impact of the applied work while keeping a policy eye on the implications of the new technologies as they emerge.
from McCormick School of Engineering
March 2019 Ken Forbus’s new book and work highlight the importance of practical reasoning in understanding, designing intelligent systems
from McCormick School of Engineering
March 2019 Experts from IBM Watson and Kellogg discuss how to remove bias and increase transparency in machine-learning algorithms.
from Kellogg Insight
