Robot stand-in mimics your movements in VR

Researchers from Cornell and Brown University have developed a souped-up telepresence robot that responds automatically and in real-time to a remote user’s movements and gestures made in virtual reality.

Two students awarded NSF CSGrad4US Fellowships

Ph.D. students Leah Lackey and Travis Lloyd are the first students from the National Science Foundation Computer and Information Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowships program to attend Cornell.

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Research repository arXiv receives $10M for upgrades

Cornell Tech has announced a total of more than $10 million in gifts and grants from the Simons Foundation and the National Science Foundation, respectively, to support arXiv, a free distribution service and open-access archive for scholarly articles.

Online learning widens gap for minority students

After the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, students belonging to underrepresented ethnic minority groups struggled to bounce back academically as compared with their non-minority classmates.

NYC conference Nov. 3 features leading entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs will gather to hear fireside chats with top business leaders, enjoy multiple networking and engagement opportunities and hear startup pitches at Entrepreneurship at Cornell’s Eclectic Convergence 2023.

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Stephens-Davidowitz named Packard Fellow

Noah Stephens-Davidowitz, assistant professor of computer science at Cornell Bowers CIS, has been named a Packard Foundation Fellow for his work in theoretical computer science and cryptography.

Student hackathons focus on food, ag, animals, health and business services

The hackathons, run by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, are open to undergraduate and graduate students from any field and major and take place from Friday evenings through Sunday afternoon.

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OmniMotion allows for better video motion estimation

Cornell researchers have developed an optimization tool, OmniMotion, to estimate motion throughout an input video, which has potential applications in video editing and generative AI video creation. It was presented at a conference last week in Paris.

Kessler Fellows gain startup experience at internships

The 18 students in the College of Engineering's Kessler Fellows program recently completed funded summer internships at a startup of their choice. Four interns went into depth about their experiences.

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