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Rishab Nithyanand

Computer Science faculty member earns NSF CAREER Award

Tuesday, August 6, 2024
Rishab Nithyanand, assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science, will build computational tools to assist regulatory agencies with data privacy enforcement.
Silver medalist Michael Phelps

For many Olympic medalists, silver stings more than bronze

Wednesday, June 26, 2024
Researchers used AI to analyze photos of Olympic medalists and found that bronze medalists appeared happier than silver medalists. A cognitive process called ‘counterfactual thinking’ may explain why.