Artificial Intelligence
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Ansaf Salleb-Aouissi spent an afternoon with middle school girls to kickstart their interest in artificial intelligence through science-based activities.
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In this conversation, Dean Shih-Fu Chang and Vice Dean Vishal Misra discuss how the School is driving and responding to this exciting moment in the development of artificial intelligence.
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The multi-institutional team will use causal modeling techniques to build AI systems that better communicate with people and react to unforeseen circumstances.
About
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is concerned with the development of systems that exhibit behavior typically associated with human cognition, such as perceiving, learning, communicating, reasoning, making decisions, and acting in a physical and social environment. AI research at Columbia CS focuses on machine learning, natural language and speech processing, computer vision, robotics, and security.
AI researchers collaborate widely within the university and beyond, contributing to applications in medicine, public safety, law, journalism, and other areas. Some AI faculty are cross-listed with the Statistics department, Electrical Engineering department, and the Data Science Institute.