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“The basic premise is that AI can help us do better physics, and something that is less expected is that physics can also help us understand AI better,” said Northeastern professor James Halverson.
AI and physics have more in common than you might think.
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Formed by superheated glacial water from the last ice age, the hydrothermal vents Professor Mark Patterson studies have been bubbling beneath the fjord for centuries.
Professor receives Fulbright to explore one of the world’s most unique hydrothermal vents
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Required Reading
Some broadly required reading might be The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet, (a pointer from my daughter). There would need to be an abridged version for children, but that’s easy and they would love it. According to the Guardian, the book is “a quietly profound, humane tour de force that tackles politics and gender issues...
Who We Are
Who are you?That can be a hard question to answer, really. At its limit, the response is your massive life story, still being told. It seems to me magical that without any effort by you, your story builds itself as you live, your events and feelings swirling and joining in deep, rich ways. I believe...
Holding the Thread
There are lots of threads swirling about, lots to consider. Most important is your health and wellness, so please take care of that above all else. At Northeastern University, we are always reinventing, and trying things out. It’s exciting and disruptive. It’s why I joined the university, and why Northeastern is leading innovation in higher...
Empowering
This is a long weekend all about power. The transfer of power from one US President to the next is always on January 20, according to the 20th Amendment of the US Constitution. And this time there’s overlap with another deeply important national day, that acknowledges the power of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, activist, philosopher...
Drawing
In this first week of the semester, my sincere good wishes and hopes that your family and friends are safe in Los Angeles, and amidst other troubles across our nation and the world. On my living room table and some of my walls are drawings made by my dad, Frederick Sive. Dad was an electrical...
Congratulations
Dear College of Science Faculty and Staff, Amidst the swirl of troubles everywhere, there’s a truth today that is much better. Let’s celebrate! We are through the semester, your students are taught, your grades are in! Congratulations!!Thank You!! Our wonderful Northeastern University students get the most exciting, important experiential education in any university, anywhere! You challenge,...