Tag: Computer engineering
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Ziqian Cecilia Dong, New York Institute of Technology – Cities and the Environment
On New York Institute of Technology Week: Cities need to prepare for the challenges of the future. Ziqian Dong, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, discusses how best to manage resources in the face of disaster. Ziqian (Cecilia) Dong, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at New…
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Carlos Varela, RPI – Improved Auto-Pilot Technology
“We have computers that can beat the best human Jeopardy! players, and yet we rely on these relatively weak autopilot systems to safeguard hundreds of people on each flight. Why don’t we add more intelligence to autopilot systems?” Carlos Varela, an associate professor of computer science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Insitute, asked this question in a…