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7:00am

Thu January 31, 2013
Higher Ed

Watson, the supercomputer and Jeopardy! champ, heads to RPI

Credit IBM

Nearly two years after an IBM supercomputer named Watson stole the spotlight on Jeopardy! by beating two human champions, the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy will become the first university in the world to receive its own version of Watson, to help further computer science research.

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12:32pm

Thu November 15, 2012
Higher Ed

New center at RPI seeks to bridge divide between humans and computers

Credit Courtesy: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

A new Center for Cognition, Communication, and Culture (CCC) at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will focus on improving ways humans can interact with, and learn from computers.

The interdisciplinary center was launched earlier this week, and it will be housed within the school's Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center in Troy.

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