We are in the middle of a huge boom in artificial intelligence (AI), with unprecedented investment in research, a supercharged pace of innovation and sky-high expectations. But what is driving this ...

The nature of scientific progress is that it sometimes provides powerful tools that can be wielded for good or for ill: splitting the atom and nuclear weapons being a case in point. In such cases, ...

Elon Musk has long touted the potential for brain computer-interfaces (BCIs) to give humans the ability to control machines with their minds. But communication is a two-way street. What happens when ...

Four Northwestern Computer Science students — Brian Chen, Kevin Hayes, Sean Rhee, and Marko Veljanovski — received honorable mentions in the Computer Research Association (CRA) 2024-2025 Outstanding ...

The 30th Annual European Symposium on Algorithms awarded its 2021 Test-of-Time Award to Sorin Istrail, professor of computational and mathematical sciences and professor of computer science, and his ...