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In a new article, The Brown Daily Herald talks to Brown CS faculty member Ellie Pavlick about Brown's new AI Research Institute on Interaction for AI Assistants (ARIA), funded by a $20 million grant from the National Science Foundation to study human-artificial intelligence interactions and mental health. 

The program, first of its kind worldwide, aims to enable these young scientists to conduct high-quality, policy-informed AI research, to empower them to advocate for new AI policies or changes to existing policy, and to build a pipeline of qualified technologists to fill emerging needs in government.

The new institute, based at Brown and supported by a $20 million National Science Foundation grant, will convene researchers to guide development of a new generation of AI assistants for use in mental and behavioral health.

Two new classes offered through Brown’s Cogut Institute for the Humanities add critical and historical context to deep questions surrounding artificial intelligence and large language models.

The fellowship supports early-career computing researchers who bring interdisciplinary expertise from the social sciences to infuse ethical and societal perspectives into Trustworthy AI development, and Diana Freed is one of the inaugural recipients.

When Brown CS alum Matt Meyer enrolled in his first computer science course at Brown, he never imagined it would shape his approach to governance. Now the newly inaugurated Governor of Delaware, Meyer tells us about his journey from software to public service, highlighting the growing intersection of technology and leadership.

The Computing Research Association (CRA) is a coalition of more than 200 organizations with the mission of enhancing innovation by joining with industry, government, and academia to strengthen research and advance education in computing. Every year, they recognize North American students who show phenomenal research potential with their Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award, and for 2024-2025, four Brown CS students received honors: Artem Agvanian and Corinn Tiffany (Finalists) alongside Byron Butaney and Kaleb Newman (Honorable Mentions).

A new article from The Brown Daily Herald interviews Brown CS faculty member Michael Littman, who has just been appointed as Brown’s first Associate Provost for Artificial Intelligence, a newly established leadership position with a campus-wide charge to advance, in a responsible manner, Brown’s engagement with AI across its academic missions.

 

In another story from the latest issue of Conduit, our annual magazine, Brown CS doctoral student Jason Xinyu Liu shares how he develops intelligent robots that assist people by executing natural language instructions from humans autonomously and safely.

In another story from the latest issue of Conduit, our annual magazine, Brown CS undergraduate Robayet Hossain talks about his experience working with Brown CS faculty member Nora Ayanian's Automatic Coordination
of Teams (ACT) Lab.