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News Jan 23 2024

Susan Landau Awarded AMS Bertrand Russell Prize

Landau was awarded the 2024 Bertrand Russell Prize for writing technical research papers and op-eds, publishing public-facing work, briefing policymakers, and participating in national studies. Susan Landau has received several awards in her career as an expert in computer privacy and security, but the most recent, the 2024 Bertrand Russell Prize of the American Mathematical […]

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News Jan 16 2020

Exploring the Theory of Computing

In his new book, Avi Wigderson argues for computing’s central role in human thought.

Architecture and Hardware

2023 ACM A.M. Turing Award laureate Avi Wigderson

Opinion Jan 16 2020

Exploring the Theory of Computing

2023 ACM A.M. Turing Award laureate Avi Wigderson discusses his work in an interview originally published in January 2020.

Theory

Credit: C: Peter Badge/HLFF - all rights reserved 2024; Avi Wigderson BW

News Oct 3 2019

Women in STEM: No Simple Answers

National averages of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) professions vary greatly, for many reasons.

Computing Profession

U.S. National Science Foundation statistics indicate just 28% of those in science and engineering occupations in the U.S. are women.

News Sep 19 2019

Theoretical Computer Scientist Receives Waterman Award

Mark Braverman is the third theoretical scientist in a decade to be honored with the Waterman Award.

Computing Profession

Braverman is a problem-solver comfortable with attacking highly abstract questions, as well as real-world applications.

News Sep 10 2019

Making AI Systems Fairer Will Require Time, Guidelines

Director Christoph Lütge on the new Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence at the Technical University of Munich.

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Said Lutge, "Certainly there are questions in the systems Facebook and others use that we will be looking into."

News Dec 13 2018

Seeking Equilibria in Economics, Computer Science

Daskalakis' work brings deep theoretical analysis to bear on high-impact problems with direct effects on real-world applications.

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Massachusetts Instittue of Technology professor of electrical engineering and computer science Constantinos Daskalakis.

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