Jeannette M. Wing, Avanessians Director of the Data Science Institute and Professor of Computer Science, has been appointed to a New York City task force that will develop a process for reviewing how the city uses automatic decision systems.
From filter bubbles to fake news, data-driven algorithms have developed a reputation problem. Jeannette Wing, the new director of Columbia’s Data Science Institute, wants to change that.
Rutgers, Columbia, and NYU will lead research aimed at pushing the limits of wireless-networking. The platform in New York, called COSMOS, will be a proving ground for a new generation of wireless technologies and applications.
From millions of interconnected online genealogy profiles, researchers have amassed the largest, scientifically-vetted family tree to date, which at 13 million people, is slightly bigger than a nation the size of Cuba or Belgium.
The teams, whose proposed projects will use state-of-the-art data science to solve seemingly intractable societal problems in the fields of cancer research, medical science, transportation, astronomy and web technology, will each receive up to $100,000 for one year.