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Dear Bowers students,
The end of the academic year is nearly here, and soon we will celebrate our largest ever graduating class during Commencement Weekend.
Congratulations to our graduates on your remarkable achievements. Your hard work has paid off, and we are incredibly proud of you. I look forward to celebrating with you soon!
Good luck to those taking exams. Remember to stay focused, take care of yourselves, and give it your all. You've got this!
Please see the "Upcoming events" section below for more details on Commencement Weekend.
Cheers,
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Thorsten Joachims
Interim Dean
Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science
dean@cis.cornell.edu
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Graduate student spotlight: Yann Hicke
Yann Hicke is a M.S./Ph.D. student in computer science from Paris, France. He now studies AI-powered simulation environments that facilitate the practice of communication skills under the guidance of Claire Cardie and Rene Kizilcec.
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Bala elected to arts and sciences academy
Provost Kavita Bala has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She is among the nearly 250 new members of the academy, who were recognized for their excellence and who are invited to uphold its mission of engaging across disciplines and divides.
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Tardos receives 2025 Carpenter Advising Award
As a distinguished professor and department chair, Éva Tardos has helped to shape the computer science curriculum and fostered a supportive community for students from all backgrounds. She has been instrumental in developing curriculum innovations to ensure that students graduate and are well-prepared for future careers.
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More than 100 Cornell students present at BOOM showcase
In between classes and extracurriculars, participants in the annual Bits On Our Mind (BOOM) event, which showcases students’ tech-based projects, could have been seeing friends or catching up on sleep, but instead they were using their free time to brainstorm, experiment, code, and create.
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AppDev fosters a community of growth and support
On a daily basis, thousands of students check out campus food locations with Eatery, search the TCAT schedules on Ithaca Transit, and get details about Cornell’s gyms on Uplift. All three apps were created by AppDev, a Cornell University engineering project team.
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‘Robotability score’ ranks NYC streets for future robot deployment
For delivery robots, not all sidewalks are created equal – some are uneven or clogged with people and bus shelters – so researchers at Cornell Tech developed a “robotability score” and rated every street in New York City on how hospitable it would be to robots.
Matt Franchi
Maria Teresa Parreira
Frank Bu
Wendy Ju
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AI suggestions make writing more generic, Western
Artificial intelligence-based writing assistants are popping up everywhere – from phones to email apps to social media platforms. But a new study from Cornell finds these tools have the potential to function poorly for billions of users in the Global South by generating generic language that makes them sound more like Americans.
Dhruv Agarwal
Mor Naaman
Aditya Vashistha
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Home care workers unaware of AI’s role and potential benefits
Artificial intelligence is increasingly being used in home health care – but home health care workers are generally unaware. Nor do they understand how AI works, why it may retain their information, and that it could replicate bias and discrimination in their workplace.
Nicola Dell
Ian René Solano-Kamaiko
Joy Ming
Aditya Vashistha
Melissa Tan
Ariel Avgar
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Developers, educators view AI harms differently, research finds
Cornell researchers have found the developers of such tools and the educators who use them have different ideas about the potential harms they may cause, a finding that researchers say underscores the need for educators to be more involved in the tools’ development.
Emma Harvey
Rene Kizilcec
Allison Koenecke
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Personalized AI tools can combat ableism online
New Cornell research reveals that social media users with disabilities prefer more personalized content moderation powered by AI systems that not only hide harmful content but also summarize or categorize it by the specific type of hate expressed.
Shiri Azenkot
Sharon Heung
Lucy Jiang, M.S. ’24
Aditya Vashistha
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New analysis helps discern benign from malignant thyroid growths
Telling the difference between benign and cancerous thyroid nodules before surgery is notoriously challenging, but a new study finds that a combination of artificial intelligence and data analysis techniques may yield surprisingly accurate cancer predictions.
Grace Deng, Ph.D. ’22
David S. Matteson
Andrew Thomas
Yuchen Xu, Ph.D. ’22
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New method explores dormancy in TB, other organisms
Cornell researchers created the first model that constructs a genealogical tree for organisms that enter long-term dormancy. It also estimates key factors that have affected how these organisms have evolved over time.
Jaehee Kim
Jack Lo ’22, M.Eng. ’23
Martin Wells
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Gender, nationality can influence suspicion of using AI in freelance writing
With the development of AI writing assistants like ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot, large language models (LLMs) are now used in various writing professions to generate ideas and work more efficiently. But are there negative associations or potential professional backlash for writers wrongfully (or rightfully) suspected of using AI?
Kowe Kadoma
Mor Naaman
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Robot see, robot do: System learns after watching how-tos
Researchers have developed a new robotic framework powered by artificial intelligence – called RHyME (Retrieval for Hybrid Imitation under Mismatched Execution) – that allows robots to learn tasks by watching a single how-to video.
Angela Chao, M.Eng. ’25
Sanjiban Choudhury
Prithwish Dan, M.S. ’26
Kushal Kedia
Maximus Pace, M.S. ’26
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Another year of innovation, exploration, and impact in the books. From labs to lectures, code to community—we keep pushing what’s possible at Cornell Bowers.
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Game on! Video game design showcase set for May 17
Ready, set, game! On May 17, student teams will present their video games at the annual Game Design Initiative at Cornell’s (GDIAC) 2025 Games Showcase in Clark Atrium in the Physical Sciences building from 1-4 p.m.
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