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Join Our Team: A Unique Opportunity for Aspiring Computer Science Students
By Jiayi Li
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COLUMN: Advice
Improvisational Research: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Embrace Uncertainty
By Eric Gonzalez
SECTION: Features
Brain-Load, Stress Levels, and Visual Complexity: Digital Tools for the Detection of Intangible Human-Environment Interactions
How does the built environment affect our brain? The way we perceive our environments plays a crucial role in how our brains respond to cognitive load. Understanding the impact of spatial complexities on our cognitive processes could inform future design guidelines for more responsive environments.
By Mirna Zordan, Seungwoo Je
Understanding Human-building Interactions Using Computing
Reconstructing the network of life from molecular data is a complicated task. How can computational algebraic geometry play a role?
By Bowen Du
OPEN ACCESS
Developing Wearables and Environmental Sensor Systems for Studying Ecosystems
Patrick Chwalek's research is focused on understanding various ecosystems and the living organisms within them. He has been creating a range of systems and tools, including wearables and environmental sensor systems, for researchers to use in the wild. In this interview, Chwalek talks about his experiences of deploying these systems outside the laboratory and shares his insights gained from studying different environments.
By Cathy Mengying Fang, Patrick Chwalek
OPEN ACCESS
Unveiling Patterns of the Earth through Machine Learning and Geospatial Analysis
Konstantin Klemmer is a researcher at Microsoft Research New England, where he works on the representation of geospatial phenomena in machine learning methods.
By Jiayi Li, Konstantin Klemmer
DEPARTMENT: Labz
Building a Pipeline for Real-Time Topical Polling: Grove City College
By Kenneth Browder, Jonathan Allarassem
DEPARTMENT: Hello World
Empowering Sustainability: Navigating global water challenges with WRI's Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas
By Mehak Preet