While the gender wage gap narrowed over the course of the 20th century, progress has largely stalled since the 1990s. One reason may be women’s underrepresentation in well-remunerated, in-demand occupations such as computer science--a field where women’s representation has actually decreased over time. One possible explanation for that trend? The wage gap. Sharon Sassler, Professor of Policy Analysis and Management at Cornell University, will examine three key factors in this persistent gap: gender, race/ethnicity, and nativity.

While many celebrated efforts in Artificial Intelligence aim at exceeding human performance, the real promise of AI in real-world domains, such as healthcare and law, hinges on developing systems that can successfully support human experts. In this talk, I'll share several directions of research we are pursuing towards effective human-AI partnership in the open world, including combining the complementary strengths of human and machine reasoning, addressing concerns around trust, transparency and reliability, and using AI to improve human engagement.

As we think through new technologies, and those currently in development, questions of "smart" devices, and what we mean through the term artificial intelligence come to mind. This discussion looks at issues of intelligence and consciousness as these technologies integrate themselves more and more into our everyday lives.   A panel discussion with Volkan Isler (Computer Science), Tom Wolfe (History) and Michael Maratsos (Child Psychology) This discussion is co-sponsored by the departments of Computer Science, History, Child Psychology, Neuroscience, and Research Computing.