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  • This Week on The Academic Minute (2015.5.11)

    This Week on The Academic Minute (2015.5.11)

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    Monday, May 11 Jeff Sovern of St. John’s University analyzes the complicated contracts we all sign. Tuesday, May 12 Ryan Schacht of The University of Utah examines how our surroundings might dictate our reproductive desires. Wednesday, May 13 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Heidi Newberg explores the size of our galaxy. Thursday, May 14 Georgiana Bostean of…

  • RPI’s Heidi Newberg records at WAMC

    RPI’s Heidi Newberg records at WAMC

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    If there are ripples, then it looks like the number of stars in the (presumed flat) disk drops off quickly, and then farther out where the disk ripples back up it looks like a detached ring of stars appears,” Dr. Heidi Newberg, professor of physics, applied physics, and astronomy at Rensselaer Polytechnic University in Troy,…

  • Carlos Varela, RPI – Improved Auto-Pilot Technology

    Carlos Varela, RPI – Improved Auto-Pilot Technology

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    “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…