Computer Science

Okamura, left, celebrates a successful project with students. | Photo credit: L.A. Cicero

Mar 4, 2019

Allison Okamura: I wasn’t one of those kids that always loved robots

Artificial Intelligence, Health, Transportation & Robotics Issue #68

A Stanford-led team figured out how to pack many of the functions of an entire computer onto a single chip. | Pexels/jéshoots and Drea Sullivan

Feb 20, 2019

Engineers create prototype computer-on-a-chip

Artificial Intelligence, Computation & Data, Electronics & Networking

Think of computer science as a swiss army knife, it has wide ranging utility. | Illustration by Kevin Craft

Feb 19, 2019

Jennifer Widom: Computer science grows beyond engineering disciplines

Computation & Data Issue #65

Understanding the interactome — the network of all protein interactions for a species — could shed light on how organisms adapt. | iStock/shuoshu

Feb 14, 2019

New research shows that species evolve ways to backup life’s machinery

Computation & Data

What better way is there to understand ride-share platforms, than to become a certified driver? | Reuters/Simon Dawson

Jan 14, 2019

Paul Oyer: Where, exactly, is the gig economy taking us?

Electronics & Networking Issue #63

How could machine learning enable hospitals and doctors to make more informed decisions and improve care? | Reuters/Mario Anzuoni

Jan 9, 2019

Nigam Shah: Artificial intelligence transforms health care

Artificial Intelligence, Health, Technology & Society

In terms of research and development, China and the U.S. have very different attitudes toward artificial intelligence. | Reuters/Yuri Gripas

Jan 7, 2019

Who is winning the artificial intelligence race?

Artificial Intelligence

The intricacies of languages are hard to learn even for human children and non-native speakers. | Illustration by Kevin Craft

Jan 7, 2019

Is language the ultimate frontier of AI research?

Artificial Intelligence, Technology & Society Issue #63

Grab a warm drink and a cozy spot on the couch and dive into one of these books. | Illustration by Kevin Craft

Dec 19, 2018

An end-of-year reading list from Stanford Engineering

Technology & Society

This tool could one day empower doctors to make informed decisions about X-rays without waiting for a radiologist. | REUTERS/Richard Chung

Nov 29, 2018

AI rivals radiologist-level X-ray screening for certain lung diseases

Artificial Intelligence, Health

Networks of sensors around the world are collecting massive streams of data on earthquakes. | Reuters/Mike Blake

Nov 19, 2018

Greg Beroza: Data helps prepare us for ‘The Big One’

Computation & Data, Environment, Technology & Society Issue #60

How can companies better harness big data to improve their services and products? | Illustration by Kevin Craft

Nov 14, 2018

Jayodita Sanghvi and Grace Tang: Big data meets big business

Artificial Intelligence, Computation & Data, Technology & Society

Secret sharing is a method that breaks up individual data points and then sends them to two different servers. | Illustration by Kevin Craft

Nov 9, 2018

Your toaster may know more about you than you think

Computation & Data, Security, Technology & Society Issue #59

What if surgeons could simulate complex heart surgeries on a computer before getting to the operating room? | iStock/Jolygon

Nov 8, 2018

Alison Marsden: Computer models could transform cardiovascular surgery

Computation & Data, Health, Technology & Society Issue #59

The initiative’s goal is to develop technological and data-driven tools that will help journalists do high-quality reporting. | Reuters/Joe Skipper

Oct 24, 2018

Investigative journalism could make a comeback thanks to data

Computation & Data, Technology & Society Issue #58

Pressure is mounting for tech companies to install “back doors” in software to give law enforcement access to secured devices. | iStock/smartboy10

Oct 9, 2018

Riana Pfefferkorn: How are the boundaries of digital privacy shifting?

Electronics & Networking, Security, Technology & Society Issue #57

AI is in our phones and cars. Is it any surprise that it’s also in our hospitals and doctor’s offices? | Reuters/Mike Blake

Oct 9, 2018

David Magnus: How will artificial intelligence impact medical ethics?

Artificial Intelligence, Health, Technology & Society

Small changes in commute routines could reduce the negative effects of congestion. | Reuters/Eric Thayer

Oct 4, 2018

Balaji Prabhakar: Can digital incentives help alleviate traffic?

Artificial Intelligence, Technology & Society, Transportation & Robotics Issue #57

JackRabbot 2 has an arm and expressive eyes, which can help communicate the robot’s next move to people around it. | Photo credit: Amanda Law

Sep 19, 2018

JackRabbot 2: The polite pedestrian robot

Artificial Intelligence, Transportation & Robotics Issue #56

Sep 14, 2018

A video editing algorithm gives ordinary motion a dance-like rhythm

Computation & Data, Technology & Society Issue #55

Currency is just one of the many potential applications of the traceable, ledger-like technology. | Illustration by Kevin Craft

Aug 7, 2018

Dan Boneh: Still in early days, Blockchain is rich with possibility

Computation & Data, Security, Technology & Society Issue #53

Informed by geometry and motion, the system figures out the vibrations of each object and how they affect sound waves. | Illustration by Kevin Craft

Aug 6, 2018

Crash! Bam! Plop! A new system brings the sounds of animation to life

Computation & Data, Technology & Society Issue #54

The technology would cut medical diagnosis time by 90 percent. | Image credit: iStock/jxfzsy

Jul 27, 2018

A new algorithm could improve diagnosis of many rare genetic diseases

Health Issue #52

Cybersecurity is not a single issue, it's a constellation of issues that touches financial services, energy and government. | iStock/Tommy Lee Walker

Jul 18, 2018

Andrew Grotto: Combating cyberthreats in the age of the cloud

Electronics & Networking, Security, Technology & Society Issue #51