Tag: Rennselaer Polytechnic Insitute
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The Academic Minute for 2016.08.08-08.12
Academic Minute from 8.8 – 8.12 Monday, August 8th Heather Reid – Morningside College Commercialism of the Olympics Heather Reid is a scholar of the philosophy of sport at Morningside College in Iowa https://www.morningside.edu/ and is the author of six books related to sports philosophy and the Olympics. Reid, who was recently voted distinguished scholar…
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Wayne Gray, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – Extreme Experts
What is an extreme expert? Wayne Gray, professor of cognitive science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, looks at this group and their exceptional capabilities. Professor Gray earned his Ph.D. from U. C. Berkeley in 1979. His first position was with the U. S. Army Research Institute where he worked on tactical team training (at the Monterey…
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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…