We couldn't be more proud that the founding dean and vice president of Carnegie Mellon University Miami will be one of our own, @CSDatCMU Interim Head Jignesh Patel!
Carnegie Mellon has named Jignesh Patel as the founding dean and vice president of Carnegie Mellon University Miami.
A distinguished computer scientist, trailblazing researcher and savvy entrepreneur, Patel will shape the campus' work and help establish CMU Miami as an innovative hub where bold ideas can move quickly from the lab to the real world.
https://t.co/qKuFWkXquX
One of the most-viewed PNAS articles in the last week is “The more you automate, the less you see: Hidden pitfalls of autonomous AI scientists.” Explore the article here: https://t.co/SUqtNkN4dG
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Placing a peg in a hole is child’s play — until it's 22,000 miles in space! 🛰️
@CMU_Robotics and @northropgrumman are teaching space robots how to dock, refuel, and fix old satellites, ending the days of single-use spacecraft: https://t.co/eoUqznQeMv
Robots just got a lot more delicate! 🤖🤏
@CMU_Robotics researchers designed human-inspired robotic fingertips with silicone skin & tiny fingernails. By combining force & sound sensors, the hands can handle fragile items without crushing them! #IROS2026
https://t.co/LONkPFfmnz
As part of Citadel founder and CEO Ken Griffin’s transformative investment, we’re now known as the Kenneth C. Griffin School of Computer Science! With this new support, we’re ready to ask bigger questions!
https://t.co/3BB8L3cl6S
Paulo Carvalho, a @cmuhcii assistant professor, has received a @NSF CAREER Award for his project examining how motivation influences a student's willingness to use effective study strategies and how their perceived difficulty influences motivation.
https://t.co/OV1hPE3b3q
Training robots to move with knowledge humans intuit is difficult. In rethinking safety, incorporating new kinds of data and finding value in failure, Andrea Bajcsy, of @CMU_Robotics, is trying to do just that. Hear how on this episode of Does Compute.
https://t.co/wNOmpA280C
How do you start a supersonic jet company from scratch? For Blake Scholl (@boomsupersonic), a CS degree was the first step. In the season 3 premiere of our Does Compute pod, he talks about how a fondness for software informs it all.
https://t.co/pmh6pRKt3b
Leaders from CMU and Rare Ventures joined members of the rare disease community to ring the opening bell at the @NYSE.
The milestone comes about a month after CMU joined Rare Ventures as a founding partner in the initiative which aims to transform therapies for rare diseases.
The CMU Paths to AI Research Program (PAIR) connects undergrads with graduate student mentors from across SCS who provide perspective on opportunities, questions and uncertainty that come with pursuing artificial intelligence research! #TartanProud
https://t.co/p6OaDoNJhB
Rayid Ghani, Distinguished Career Professor in the Machine Learning Department and the Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy, explains how public interest technology combines data, design, and policy to solve real-world problems.
https://t.co/4Cb7AqcJZo
Season 3 of Does Compute, the SCS podcast, starts 9/8! This season, we explore everything from teaching robots common sense and using AI to combat human trafficking to accessible design, wearable tech, supersonic flight and a lot more.
Catch up! https://t.co/7c1Q4yXU2c
The @CMU_Robotics Institute's Michael Kaess has been named one of the inaugural fellows in the ONR Chief of Naval Research Fellows program.
https://t.co/qZ57KJuLtG
SCS researchers used MHS to run experiments about 3x faster than before, with an AI agent orchestrating a liquid handler, a plate reader, a robotic arm and monitoring cameras across three computers with fundamentally incompatible interfaces.
Today, we're kicking off the first phase of the research preview for Model Hardware Standard (MHS): a new standard for AI agents to safely operate physical equipment in scientific research and advanced manufacturing.
Read more: https://t.co/XQ2y9EW7Af
SCS faculty member Ken Koedinger received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Artificial Intelligence in Education Society for his work to advance learning sciences and technology.
https://t.co/t72P7d1uh3
CMU's Team Resnik was one of 10 groups invited to the Johnson Space Center to test the autonomous driving tool they developed as part of the NASA SUITS Challenge.
https://t.co/uO1AIKb02h
@CarnegieMellon named SCS alum Damion Shelton as associate vice president and the next executive director of the Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship.
https://t.co/6xLLkZ2Shq
Zackory Erickson (@CMU_Robotics) has earned an @NSF CAREER Award for his work on one of the biggest challenges to helping robots safely and effectively interact with people: lack of realistic training data.
👉 https://t.co/gAEJYfaiq7