iSchool professor Jaime Banks secured a $600,00 NSF grant to study how we perceive AI companions. Over four years, her team will explore how language and social cognition shape our relationships with AI.
The NYLA Annual Conference brings together over 1,000 librarians for four days of networking, professional development, and a Trade Show featuring the latest library products. Syracuse University alumni, faculty, and students will also be presenting.
Syracuse iSchool faculty and doctoral students will present new and ongoing research at the annual ASIS&T 2024 conference.
Professor Jaime Banks' panel, Love Machines: The Science of AI Companionship, has been accepted to SXSW. The session will explore how AI companions—customizable, memory-driven social machines—challenge ideas of real intimacy and connection, while examining their potential and risks in today's world.
iSchool Professor Ingrid Erickson has been selected for the U.S.-India AI Fellowship Program, a one-year initiative that connects 20 emerging leaders from the U.S. and India to advance AI research and policy.
iSchool faculty are leading conversations in the information field across the globe.
Syracuse iSchool faculty and doctoral students will present new research and accept awards at the conference taking place Oct 14-17.
Dr. Jaime Banks studies human-robot relationships and how social technologies are impacting our lives. She recently studied people who lost access to their AI companions.
Carlos Enrique Caicedo Bastidas is serving as the principal investigator on a research grant, which focuses on a new architecture for the next era of wireless communications.
Leah Dudak G’26 is researching trauma in public libraries and using her skills in quilting, crocheting and embroidering to tell the stories of librarians’ struggles.