Broader Perspective

The AAAI Spring Symposia are a place for worldwide artificial intelligence, machine learning, and other computer scientists to present an...

Rather than being a dusty old concept in philosophy, epistemology is a source of philosophical advance, and is perhaps shifting in some e...

Much of contemporary human endeavor involves both art and technology. Objects are both technologized and aesthetically designed. Apple fo...

The new mindfulness extends to every area of life. Communication and romantic relationships often exist now on much improved ground compa...

Quantified self trackers 1 are having an increasingly intimate relationship with technology and data flow in mediating their experience ...

As usual, Craig Venter’s remarks on April 16, 2013 at UC Berkeley did not disappoint - they were inspirational, informative, and demonst...

The human microbiome is essential in working symbiotically with the human (and indeed all animals) for nutrient synthesis and pathology p...

Identity needs to be authenticated in more granular, flexible, real-time ways as digital venues expand and the physical world becomes mor...

The AAAI spring symposia held at Stanford University in March provide a nice look at the potpourri of innovative projects in process aro...

One of the leading digital media foundations in the San Francisco Bay Area, GAFFTA, the Gray Area Foundation for the Arts, held a hackath...