"Hardly any of us stop to think about just how much power we cede to companies when we simply click on a 'terms of service' agreement as we hurry to shop and read on the internet," says Dan Rockmore, director of the Neukom Institute and a professor of math and computer science who created the award program.
Deadline February 14, 2025. CompX supports computational research across the campus and professional schools. This program seeks to fund both the development of novel computational techniques as well as the application of computational methods to problems in the Sciences, Social Sciences, Humanities, and the Arts.
Neukom Fellows are interdisciplinary positions for recent PhDs whose research interests or practice cuts across traditional disciplinary boundaries, and has some computational component, whether it be a framing concept for intellectual exploration or an explicit part of the work that is pursued.
"It struck me one day as I looked down from the northwest corner what a beautiful setting it would be for a sculpture park," says (Neukom Institute Director Dan Rockmore)... "The best sculpture parks simultaneously highlight natural beauty and human creativity. That feels like a part of the Dartmouth ethos."
The Glushko Dissertation Prize highlights interdisciplinary work that advances the scientific understanding of the nature of minds and intelligent systems. Dae will receive the award this July in the Netherlands at the Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society.
"Great to have my short photo essay published on National Geographic. It gives a glimpse into our team's journey to find the northern edge of life on land...
The Neukom Institute is thrilled to announce the seventh annual Neukom Award for Playwriting. "What does it mean to be a human in a computerized world?"
Moss and Finocchiaro will host weeklong workshops at Dartmouth and Northern Stage during the 2023-24 season. The workshops will culminate in the Neukom Festival from April 25-27, 2024, that will consist of two public readings of each play at Northern Stage and at Dartmouth featuring professional and student actors.
"Mathematical models power our civilization—but they have limits." -An essay recounting an experienced programmer's evolution from avoider to advocate of ChatGPT and its use in his work.
"I'm grateful to Sally and Bill Neukom for making the Wright Center and professorship possible," Brison says. "And I'm deeply honored to hold a professorship named after two people so many of us love and admire, Jim and Susan Wright."
