Doctors in intensive care units face a continual dilemma: Every blood test they order could yield critical information, but also adds costs and risks for patients. To address this challenge, researchers from Princeton University are developing a computational approach to help clinicians more effectively monitor patients’ conditions and make decisions about the best opportunities to order lab tests for specific patients.

The growing use of artificial intelligence in both everyday life and life-altering decisions brings up complex questions of fairness, privacy and accountability. Surrendering human authority to machines raises concerns for many people. At the same time, AI technologies have the potential to help society move beyond human biases and make better use of limited resources.

Artificial intelligence is already a part of everyday life. It helps us answer questions like “Is this email spam?” It identifies friends in online photographs, selects news stories based on our politics and helps us deposit checks via our phones — if all somewhat imperfectly.

Depending on who you ask, blockchain technology is poised to revolutionize the world — from creating a universal currency to building a free and truly private internet. Or, the new technology, built with a combination of encryption and transparency, is a solution in search of a problem.

Congratulations to Maryam Bahrani and Eric Neyman, both selected as award finalists for the 2019 Computing Research Association's Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award. Congratulations also to Zachariah Cohen and Trisha Datta who were both selected for honorable mentions.

Robert Fish, Lecturer in Computer Science at Princeton, has been elected as a Fellow of the IEEE "for application of visual communications and networking."

Two Princeton University computer science professors will lead a new Google AI lab opening in January in the town of Princeton. The new lab is expected to expand New Jersey’s burgeoning innovation ecosystem by building a collaborative effort to advance research in artificial intelligence.

Thomas Funkhouser, the David M. Siegel Professor of Computer Science has been elected an ACM Fellow "for research contributions in computer graphics".

The Office of the Registrar added spring semester classes to its list of course offerings on Nov. 8, giving students the opportunity to pour over the webpage while procrastinating on work for their current classes. Course selections begins Dec. 5, when seniors choose courses, and staggers with each class, ending with first-year course selection from Dec. 12 to 14.

The 2019 Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition is awarded to Philippe Flajolet (posthumously) of INRIA (Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique) and Robert Sedgewick of Princeton University for their book Analytic Combinatorics, an authoritative and highly accessible compendium of its subject, which demonstrates the deep interface between combinatorial mathematics and classical analysis.

On Friday, October 5, Jennifer Rexford ’91, Gordon Y.S. Wu Professor of Engineering, Professor of Computer Science and Computer Science Department Chair spoke at She Roars: Celebrating Women at Princeton about internet infrastructure, self-driving networks and privacy on the web.

Brian Kernighan, a professor of computer science, wants to help everyone, regardless of their math background, navigate the dazzling array of numbers flung around by journalists, advertisers and politicians every day.