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Stanford University School of Engineering

The Stanford School of Engineering has been at the forefront of innovation for nearly a century, creating pivotal technologies that have transformed the worlds of information technology, communications, medicine, energy, business and beyond. The faculty, students and alumni of Stanford Engineering have established thousands of companies and laid the technological and business foundations for Silicon Valley. Founded in 1925, the school has a tradition of pursuing multidisciplinary collaboration aimed at solving the most pressing global problems.

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Effective human-robot interaction requires robots to move beyond rigid, optimal models and instead account for human "bounded rationality"—the tendency for people to make decisions based on limited time, attention, and resources. Dorsa Sadigh, a professor of computer science and electrical engineering at Stanford, emph...

The 2024 William D. Nix Lecture

12 Apr 2024

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Best of: Better ways to build an airplane

The future of educational technology

The future of Russia and Ukraine

Best of: A more thoughtful approach to technology can improve medical care

The future of cognitive tools

The future of perceptual phenomena

The future of polymers

Best of: How math makes markets fairer

The future of exercise

Best of: The future of proteins

The future of computer-aided education

The future of effective communication

Best of: What happens when computers can write like humans

The future of the universe

The future of brain science

The future of robotics

The future of cybersecurity

Best of: Regenerating and rejuvenating human tissues

Best of: How do you build a better robot? By understanding people.

The 2024 William D. Nix Lecture