Designing a more accessible world for people with disabilities
Human factors engineer Ryan Beckett is on a personal mission to design adaptive devices.
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Making data-informed decisions in a changing world
Graduate students participating in the Data Driven Decision Making at Tufts initiative learn to leverage data in making choices and engaging communities.
Tufts alum named Schwarzman Scholar
Computer science alum David Gantt is the first Schwarzman Scholar to be selected from Tufts.
Vahedifard interviewed on FEMA flood standard
Professor and Berger Chair Farshid Vahedifard advocates for the prioritization of disadvantaged communities in a recent Law360 article on the new FEMA flood standards.
Contestability in government-related AI systems
Bridge Professor Susan Landau outlines recommendations for the use of AI in government systems from a recent workshop on automated systems, contestability, and the law.
Taking a train during a heat wave? Watch out for 'sun kinks'
Professor and Berger Chair Farshid Vahedifard spoke with Grist magazine about the impact of heat waves on railroads.
A Jumbo presence at the Paris Games
Jesse Grupper, E19, David Liebenberg, E14, and Alex Flynn, E26, will represent the U.S. at the 2024 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Sokolov receives MLSC Women’s Health Innovation grant
Professor Igor Sokolov and Tufts Medical Center colleagues are developing novel imaging modality and image analysis to decrease the number of unnecessary colposcopies during screening for cervical cancer.
Lessons from the disability community in dealing with AI
In a recent article for The Conversation, Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor Elaine Short highlights insights from the disability community about the growth of AI.