Tag: alex townsend

  • The Academic Minute for 2023.05.01-2023.05.05

    The Academic Minute for 2023.05.01-2023.05.05

    The Academic Minute from 5.01 – 5.05 Monday Carolyn Fornoff – Cornell University Greening Mexican Cinema Carolyn Fornoff is assistant professor of Latin American studies at Cornell University. Her work examines how Mexican and Central American cultural production responds to environmental crisis. She is the co-editor of two volumes in the environmental humanities: Timescales: Thinking Across…

  • Alex Townsend, Cornell University – Scientifically-Minded Artificial Intelligence

    Alex Townsend, Cornell University – Scientifically-Minded Artificial Intelligence

    On Cornell University Week: A.I. is also coming to science labs. Alex Townsend, associate professor in the mathematics department, examines the benefits for scientific discovery. Alex Townsend is an Associate Professor at Cornell University in the Mathematics Department. His research is in Applied Mathematics and most recently focuses on developing machines to learn partial differential…

  • This Week on The Academic Minute (2023.05.01)

    This Week on The Academic Minute (2023.05.01)

    Cornell University Week on The Academic Minute 2023.05.01   Monday Carolyn Fornoff, assistant professor of Latin American Studies, examines how cinema can go green.   Tuesday David Shoemaker, professor and interim chair of the Sage School of Philosophy, explores why psychopaths lack a sense of humor.   Wednesday Debanjan Chowdhury, assistant professor of physics, determines…