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Professor Claire Gmachl teaches a first-year physics course

Research Highlights

A beautiful mind: Tom Griffiths is decoding intelligence — both human and artificial — to think differently about how we think
Dec. 5, 2024

It takes Tom Griffiths just 15 minutes to walk from the Computer Science Building on Olden Street to Peretsman Scully Hall, home of Princeton’s psychology department. Jointly appointed in both departments, Griffiths makes the jaunt every weekday, during which he can sometimes feel the different sides of his own brain negotiating the competing perspectives of both centers. 

More checks make AI fairer
Dec. 2, 2024

As artificial intelligence increases its role in everything from education testing to medical diagnoses, ensuring the systems’ fairness is a key goal for researchers and policymakers. Currently, AI engineers evaluate fairness with a single leaderboard number, but research from Princeton Engineering shows that reducing fairness to a single metric could lead to societal harm.

Tapping into Bacterial Conversations
Nov. 21, 2024

Through a process now known as quorum sensing, bacteria communicate with one another using a chemical “language.” For more than three decades, HHMI Investigator Bonnie Bassler has dedicated her life’s work to decrypting this language. 
 

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