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February 2019
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How Stevens is Preparing for a Future of Artificial Intelligence

AI is already integrated into many aspects of our day-to-day lives – how we work, commute, shop and communicate with one another. And Stevens is a growing player in the move to harness AI for societal benefit, from the launch of a new research institute to regular hosting of leading experts in this critical field.


Shedding Light On What AI Can and Cannot Do

K.P. "Suba" Subbalakshmi – founding director of the Stevens Institute for Artificial Intelligence (SIAI) – is leading the effort to make Stevens the place where academic researchers and industry partners go to solve complex problems that can benefit from an AI approach.


Master Inventor Tim Dalton '88 Helps IBM Lead the Future of Technology

IBM Research CTO and Stevens alumnus Tim Dalton '88 has seen world-changing technology up close since joining the storied tech giant in 1998. For Dalton, who leads IBM's research efforts in quantum computing and AI, the job of developing the next "wow" innovation never gets old.


Stevens AI 'GURU' Advances in IBM Watson Competition

College of Arts and Letters Dean Kelland Thomas is spearheading a project involving researchers from 17 universities to design a creative, collaborative AI that might one day compete with the likes of Apple's Siri and Amazon's Alexa. The team's effort has advanced to the third round of the IBM Watson AI XPRIZE, a four-year competition.


How a Passion for Machine Learning Led to Internships, Scholarship

From working on data science and cybersecurity machine learning projects at New York Life Insurance and Credit Suisse to receiving a scholarship from Liaison Technologies, Namankita Rana '19 has been on an impressive career path.


Staying Human in an Increasingly Robotic World

Kanika Ghocha, a master's student in finance at the School of Business, was among just 20 students recognized at the Global Peter Drucker Forum in Austria for an essay in which she explored the future of work and changing notions of leadership in a world of AI.

Stevens Through the Years

On January 27, the international community came together to remember the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust and denounce anti-Semitism and other forms of hatred around the world. The date marks the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration camp. Stevens recently had the opportunity to record a very compelling oral history with alumnus Michael Danon '60. Born in Zagreb, Croatia (formerly part of Yugoslavia), Danon and his Sephardic Jewish family were separated from each other when he was just four years old. He would never see his father again. But miraculously, Danon and his brother reunited with his mother, who also managed to escape. Visit Stevens' oral history project – Voices From Castle Point – to listen to Danon’s courageous story (in his own words) on how his family made it safely to the U.S.

In the News

THE WASHINGTON POST
A Nuclear Bomb Might Not Kill You. But Not Knowing How to Respond Might.


NBC NEWS SIGNAL
► Switching Sides: Should A.I. Be Regulated?


BUSINESS INSIDER
StevensOnline Graduate Programs Named Among Nation's Best


BLOOMBERG
Self-Driving Cars Might Kill Auto Insurance as We Know It


TECHREPUBLIC
The Power of Ambient Scents


COMPUTER WEEKLY
New Audiovisual Connections Enhance the Learning Experience


ROI
6 N.J. Schools Make Princeton Review's 'Best Value' List

Events

2/20: Ducks on Display! Stevens Talent Show


2/21-2/22: Graduate Research Conference


2/26: Visual Arts and Technology Spring Lecture Series: Sports, Cats, Unauthorized Happenings and Interactive Experiences


2/27: Presidential Unilateral Nuclear Launch Authority: Its Past, Present and Possible Futures


3/1: Honors Voice Recital


3/9: CAL Dean's Lecture: The Soulfulness of David Bowie


3/13: Breaking the Musical Code: Carlos Alomar


3/14: OnStage at Stevens Presents: "A Celebration of Women"

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