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NSF award will advance long-range weather forecasts

Professor Victor Gensini receives $475k for 3-year project on predicting hail, tornadoes

March 3, 2021

DeKalb, Ill. — The National Science Foundation is awarding a $475,000 grant over three years to NIU Meteorology Professor Victor Gensini to extend his research into development of long-range forecasts for…

Spell check for research? Confronting the reproducibility crisis with explainable AI

January 19, 2021

You might have heard of the famous “marshmallow test.” The study, and follow-ups that extended over decades, found that children who could delay gratification—and consequently get two marshmallows instead of…

NIU expert says a new 21st century skill set is needed—algorithmic literacy

February 24, 2020

DeKalb, Ill. — NIU Professor Andrea L. Guzman, a leading expert on artificial intelligence and communication, says a new skill set is needed to navigate the Information Age—algorithmic literacy. An algorithm is…

NIU expert: 4 leaps in technology to expect in the 2020s

December 17, 2019

DeKalb, Ill. — Autopilot automobiles, wearable devices, services such as Uber and Lyft. Technological advances in the 2010s made headlines, and some made their way into our everyday lives. So what…

NIU’s David Gunkel takes a serious look at ‘Robot Rights’

Should intelligent machines be due some level of social standing and respect?

August 13, 2018

They recommend restaurants, music and driving routes for us. They beat us at digital games and interact socially. They can—and increasingly will—drive our vehicles. We use various forms of robots…

Speak Your Mind

What will be the big stories of 2016?

January 12, 2016

After all of the media reflection on 2015, the NIU Newsroom decided to turn its attention to the future. In the accompanying Speak Your Mind video, we ask three NIU…

Apocalyptic rhetoric about AI distracts from more immediate, pressing concerns

December 9, 2014

by Professor David Gunkel Stephen Hawking recently told the BBC that “the development of full artificial intelligence (AI) could spell the end of the human race.” And Hawking is not…

Tagged: artificial intelligence

NSF award will advance long-range weather forecasts

Professor Victor Gensini receives $475k for 3-year project on predicting hail, tornadoes

Spell check for research? Confronting the reproducibility crisis with explainable AI

NIU expert: 4 leaps in technology to expect in the 2020s

NIU’s David Gunkel takes a serious look at ‘Robot Rights’

Should intelligent machines be due some level of social standing and respect?

Speak Your Mind

What will be the big stories of 2016?

Apocalyptic rhetoric about AI distracts from more immediate, pressing concerns

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