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RuCCS EC Member Konstantinos Michmizos to give keynote speech on Neuromorphic Computing and Neuro-Robotics at the 2021 IEEE International Conference

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Published: Friday, 30 April 2021 09:10

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Konstantinos Michmizos, RuCCS EC Member, will be giving the keynote speech on Neuromorphic Computing and Neuro-Robotics at the 2021 IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques (IST). The conference is to be held on August 24th-26th of this year in New York. The IEEE IST is the premier conference demonstrating frontier research results in imaging technologies, systems, and techniques. For more information on the conference, visit here.

 

 

 

 

 

RuCCS Executive Council Member Karin Stromswold selected as recipient of the 2019-2020 School of Arts and Sciences Award for Distinguished Contributions to Undergraduate Education

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Published: Friday, 30 April 2021 09:06

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Congratulations to Dr. Karin Stromswold, RuCCS Executive Council Member and Professor of Psychology, has been selected as a recipient of the 2019-2020 Rutgers School of Arts and Science
Award for Distinguished Contributions to Undergraduate Education at the Professor rank! The awards
for Distinguished Contributions to Undergraduate Education are given annually to professors and
teaching assistants in the School of Arts and Sciences (SAS) to "recognize their outstanding achievements in and beyond the classroom, their engagement with their students and
pedagogic communities, and their overall commitment to the undergraduate education mission."

 

 

 

 

RuCCS Affiliate Mariapaola D'Imperio elected to the International Speech Communication Association Board for 2021-2025

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Published: Wednesday, 28 April 2021 12:46

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Mariapaola D'Imperio, RuCCS Affiliate and Distinguished Professor, has been elected to the International Speech Communication Association (ISCA) Board for 2021-2025. She is elected to the board alongside 7 other international members from the US, the UK, Singapore, Sweden, Japan,
India, and the Netherlands. For more on ISCA, visit the website here.

 

 

 

 

RuCCS Affiliate Austin A. Baker interviewed on Ipse Dixit podcast

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Published: Wednesday, 28 April 2021 12:43

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Austin A. Baker, RuCCS Post-Doc Affiliate, was interviewed on the Ipse Dixit podcast, a podcast on legal scholarship, alongside their collaborator J. Remy Green to discuss their article "There is No Such Thing as a Legal Name: A Strange, Shared Delusion." In the interview, Baker discusses how there is no universal definition of a "legal name" contrary what most people believe. Furthermore, Baker argues in the interview that the law can and does allow people to use the names they want. Baker also reflects on the harms caused by refusing to use someone's correct name. You can listen to the full podcast here!

 

 

 

 

 

Graduate student Carolina Flores wins SWIP-NYC Essay Prize for paper on epistemic styles

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Published: Friday, 16 April 2021 08:40

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Congratulations to graduate student Carolina Flores who won the Society for Women in Philosophy - New York City (SWIP-NYC) essay prize for her submission! The SWIP-NYC essay prize competition takes place annually and is open to graduate students in all areas of philosophy who are women or who have ever been identified as women. Winners of the competition are invited to present their papers in New York City in the second half of the spring semester. Flores is the 2021 competition's co-winner for her paper on epistemic styles titled, "Changing Minds with Style," alongside Eliana Peck of the City University of New York.