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In Memoriam: Dr. Jerome Williams

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Published: Tuesday, 02 March 2021 11:16

Dr. Jerome Williams was a RuCCS Affiliate and Distinguished Professor at Rutgers University. He will be remembered by colleagues for his combination of intelligence, leadership and kindness. You can read more about his impact as a scholar and
a champion for inclusion here.

Faculty, staff, students, and alumni may post condolences here.

Keynote Conversation on AI and Ethics with Meredith Whittaker

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Published: Monday, 08 February 2021 13:33

Meredith Whittaker, is the Co-founder and co-director of the AI Now Institute, Minderoo Research Professor at NYU, and Founder of Google's Open Research Group. The talk is taking place via Zoom on February 12 at 12:00 PM. Click here for the registration link and check here for further information regarding Meredith's talk, as well as future talks. 

Rutgers Wellness Study: Participate and earn $120

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Published: Monday, 08 February 2021 13:04

A study on the ways digital behavior can be used to predict changes in a person's mental health is done by the researches at the Rutgers School of Communication and Information (Rutgers SC&I), Rutgers School of Public Health (Rutgers SPH), and Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science (RuCCS). The participants will be required to download their Google account data through Google Takeout, a feature that will allow it to be encrypted and shared with the research team. Then over the course of 10 weeks, each participant will fill out some surveys. The users will receive a total compensation of $120 (in Amazon gift cards) upon completion of the study. To sign up for the wellness study, email here at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. as soon as possible. Check here for more information regarding the project. 

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders awards RuCCS EC member Kasia Bieszczad a $1.7M grant

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Published: Friday, 05 February 2021 11:46

Kasia Bieszczad, Rutgers Center of Cognitive Science - New Brunswick, (RuCCS) EC member and Assistant Professor of Psychology awarded a $1.7M grant by the NIDCD for her project "Molecular Epigenetic Mechanisms that Transform the Auditory System for Learning and Memory." The aim of this project is to investigate epigenetic neural mechanisms which can ensure meaningful sounds are faithfully and adaptively represented in the adult auditory brain. Bieszczad's proposal was scored in the 4th percentile by the NIDCD.  

$3M NSF Grant Awarded to Rutgers for the Development of Robots of the Future

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Published: Friday, 20 November 2020 12:21

Kristin Dana (RuCCS EC member, ECE Professor) is the PI for the proposal awarded the grant Socially Cognizant Robotics for a Technology Enhanced Society (SOCRATES). The SOCRATES grant proposal was completed by Dana alongside her team of co-PIs, senior personnel, and an external evaluator:

• Kostas Bekris (Computer Science/RuCCS EC, co-PI)
• Clinton Andrews (Planning and Public Policy, co-PI)
• Jacob Feldman (Psychology/RuCCS EC, Cognitive Science, co-PI)
• Jingang Yi (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, co-PI)
• Pernille Hemmer (Psychology/RuCCS EC, Cognitive Science, senior personnel)
• Aaron Mazzeo (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, senior personnel)
• Hal Salzman (Planning and Public Policy, senior personnel)
• Matthew Stone (Computer Science/RuCCS EC, senior personnel)
• Kathy Haynie (External evaluator on STEM education)

The objective of the grant is to create a new vehicle for graduate training and research that integrates technology domains of robotics, machine learning, and computer vision with social and behavioral sciences including psychology, cognitive science, and urban policy planning.

Read the article on Rutgers Today for more on the story. For more info on the research read the ECE article here. For more info on the NSF grant read here.