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Artificial intelligence systems often learn through guided trial and error, practicing tasks that become progressively more difficult. But what if training could skip those intermediate steps?

Felix Heide’s goal was big: help computers see. He did not know he was starting on a path to develop artificial intelligence that uses light instead of electricity, requires vastly less energy than a conventional computer, and produces results hundreds of times faster.

The Materials Research Society has named Adji Bousso Dieng an Early Career Distinguished Presenter.

Pravesh Kothari has joined the Princeton faculty, bringing experience in theoretical computer science and algorithm design.

Adji Bousso Dieng, expert in artificial intelligence, has been recognized by The Africa Report magazine as one of 10 African Scholars to Watch in 2025. 

Two computer science faculty members, Aleksandra Korolova and Olga Russakovsky, have been awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.